Category Archives: Elections and politics

…In time for the Democrats to go through a primary and pick a different nominee. Unfortunately, it’s very unlikely that Clinton will be hurt at all by the email scandal. (Vox summary here, for anyone who needs the scandal explained … Continue reading →

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s disgusting Shelby decision, Representatives Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) have proposed a new Congressional Constitutional Amendment, which has been endorsed by the Democratic National Committee. The text of their proposed amendment: … Continue reading →

Thank goodness I live in Oregon, where getting stoned will soon be legal. And it’s not just that this year is a bad map for us. We lost Massachusetts! That’s just pathetic. (We lost Massachusetts? Seriously, what will it take … Continue reading →

(Fortunately for my preference, Democratic slimeballs don’t seem to be in short supply.) In the comments at Ethics Alarms, “Michael R” writes: How to tell if you are infected [with “partyism”]: if there is an election where the candidate for … Continue reading →

At some level, I just plain enjoy GOP House Leader Eric Cantor losing the Republican primary, even though his Tea Party opponent David Brat is as awful as you’d expect. But even though I don’t like the David or the … Continue reading →

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: In a decision that could have implications nationally and in Wisconsin’s November elections, a federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state’s voter ID law, saying it violated the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. … Continue reading →

At the Monkey Cage, a couple of Harvard professors report on their new study, which found that Romney’s ground game was apparently as good as Obama’s: …despite the media accounts of the superiority and sophistication of the Obama campaign, we … Continue reading →

Both liberals and conservatives will put more money than ever into key Secretary of State races in 2014. The officials who win these races will have a great deal of power over voting rules in the 2016 election. From the … Continue reading →