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Republicans may have obliterated the enthusiasm gap

A few days ago I noted that the big question in the election was which side was the most dispirited. I said I thought it would be the Republicans, and it looks like it may turn out that way. As Steve Benen notes total turnout for Republicans only slightly exceeded turnout in 2008, when they […]

Iowa Caucuses

Who cares?

Who’s on this A team you speak of?

Steve Benen reports that Bill Kristol is still casting about for late entries into the Presidential sweepstakes, and apparently Kristol’s not the only one:   This comes, by the way, a day after National Review’s Rich Lowry ran a piece quoting “a pretty prominent conservative officeholder,” who conceded that when it comes to the Republican […]

I Pledge Allegiance…to anyone who asks

We learn here that Newt Gingrich just pledged to never ever commit adultery, among other things. Luckily, for him at least, he was not required to affirm that he had never ever committed adultery, but as the article at the link points out, this is still at least the fourth time he’s taken such a […]

Thinking about flip flops

Yet another article documenting yet another flip from Romney, this time on immigration. It occurs to me that Romney’s history of flip-flops, in a way, documents the insanification (that word is copyright me, by the way, and is patent pending. Might not be as good as truthiness, but it gets the point across) of the […]

This am a day for dissing Perry

Like everyone else, I’m still laughing at Rick Perry’s debate blunder. Like fine wine, it gets better with age. But, in truth, it tells us little about the man, as it’s something that could happen to anyone. Well, maybe that’s not quite true, in that it was so obvious that he was parroting a poorly […]

The Republican Way

Well, last night was a pretty good night, nationally. Perhaps the most satisfying outcome was in Ohio, where the Unions overwhelmingly defeated the forces of evil. But, that victory, satisfying as it was, illustrates the fundamental difference between Democrats and Republicans. After a shellacking like that Democrats would allow that the people have spoken, and […]

Just plain weird

In case you haven’t seen it. One of the most bizarre political ads ever made. Where do these people come from? Do you ever meet them in real life? How is it that they rule the world? Block is a creature of the Kochs, by the way. UPDATE: Colbert’s take: The Colbert Report Get More: […]

Yet more on the filibuster

Good discussion here about the fact that Republicans, should they take the Senate next year, could repeal the Health Care Act using reconciliation. Should they take the White House that would mean the act would be repealed. Should Obama be reelected, he would veto the repeal, after which the Republicans would no doubt refuse to […]

Mitt Romney, the Republican’s Dr. Fell

Is there anyone who didn’t see this coming. In fact, hasn’t it been here all along? The teabaggers aren’t happy with Mitt, and some of them are saying that his now seemingly inevitable coronation as their candidate will turn them off. Mitt is, at heart, not a tea party man. He’s Wall Street pure and […]