Category Archives: Elections and politics

I think Zeke Miller is correct that the GOP’s fuss about CNN and NBC broadcasting GOP primary debates is more about protecting the frontrunners, and attempting to keep Tea Party candidates in their proper (that is, secondary) place, than about … Continue reading →

Multnomah Education Service District Patrick Lasswell versus Nels Johnson. I voted for Johnson. I read both of the candidates’ official statements (pdf file), and wasn’t all that impressed with what either one wrote. But Lasswell seems to be a sky-is-falling … Continue reading →

Alex Pareene suggests the one thing we most need to know about a potential Hilary Clinton candidacy: The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn … Continue reading →

Note that the 49,000 number seems to be an upper bound. Like Jordan, as many as 49,000 people across Central Florida were discouraged from voting because of long lines on Election Day, according to a researcher at Ohio State University … Continue reading →

I was supposed to be doing this somewhere warmer, like Las Vegas. Every election cycle, there are organizations that send out lawyers to act as poll monitors in battleground states, observing the voting process and making sure there are no … Continue reading →

So the elections over (give or take). And it was unquestionably a good election for Democrats, and perhaps even for liberals. So what effects will it have? 1) So: Four more years. On the bright side, Obama starts his second … Continue reading →

All the Democrats and lefties I know are pretty confident that Obama will win the election on Tuesday, just from watching the polls. At the same time, many Republicans seem awfully confident that Romney will win. My friend Jack at … Continue reading →