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Category Archives: Presidential Politics

Chris Dodd returns home

Saturday, January 5, 2008

My wife and I went to East Haddam today to join a a crowd of folks welcoming Chris Dodd back from the campaign trail. Chris never caught on, but he earned the gratitude of Constitution lovers everywhere by holding off the latest assault on the Constitution, taking time off from his campaign to do so. […]

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Clinton to go negative by attacking the Democratic base?

Saturday, January 5, 2008

The word is that Hillary will “start” going negative against Obama. Bill Clinton says that they are being forced into it by the media, and there’s a kernel of truth to what he’s saying. The press has treated the Clintons unfairly ever since the brief honeymoon period in 1992. But if this is any indication, […]

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Iowa

Friday, January 4, 2008

All of a sudden all kinds of people are coming out as Obama fans (I won’t mention names, but one sleeps with me). Talk about fickle. Not to take anything away from the guy, but if you wanted to design a system least likely to do the best job at picking a president, you might […]

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Say what?

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Per usual, the South Carolina Republican primary promises to be nasty. Latest case in point is a bogus holiday card purportedly sent by Mitt Romney that brings to light some of the doctrines of the Mormons that some Christians might call heretical, while the rest of us would just call them delusional. Be that as […]

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Choosing evil, the Republican way

Friday, December 28, 2007

Much is being made in the blogosphere today about the article in this morning’s Times in which we learn that Rudy tried to help Purdue Pharma stave off federal prosecution for misleading pretty much everyone about the dangers of Oxycontin. The tale is sordid, and apparently not unique. As one blogster noted (I can’t remember […]

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A legislator doing good work

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Recently I passed on a suggestion from the comments that the Democrats in the Connecticut State Legislature should use their veto proof majority to keep Jodi Rell from appointing a replacement for Joe Lieberman, should Joe decide to depart for greener pastures. State Representative Tim O’Brien, (D. New Britain/Newington) wrote in to say that he […]

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Strangeness

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, though she’d be head and shoulders above any of the Republicans. But it’s a mystery to me why so many men in the beltway appear to feel that their manhood is threatened by her candidacy. Sure says more about them than it does about her.

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Chris Dodd-patriot

Monday, December 17, 2007

This being a Connecticut blog, and Chris Dodd being the Democratic Senator from Connecticut, it is mandatory that I salute him for his attempt to stop the FISA bill that Harry Reid brought to the floor of the Senate. The Senate invoked cloture, and the filibuster is over. What a leader Harry is. He has […]

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John Edwards on confronting the corporations

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Via Atrios, this interesting exchange from one of this morning’s TV shows: STEPHANOPOULOS: Four years ago, The Des Moines Register picked you. They said, “His time is now,” and it clearly gave a boost to your campaign then. So this endorsement of Hillary Clinton is a blow this morning. EDWARDS: Oh, I think The Des […]

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Dem candidates urge Reid to reject telecom immunity

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Harry Reid has a choice. He can do the right thing, or cave to George Bush and go against the wishes of the likely next (Democratic President). Finally, the Democratic candidates (those in the Senate, anyway) join in an attempt to stop something horrible from happening: Dear Majority Leader Reid: We understand that the Senate […]

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