Is the Hillary Clinton waiting game actually good for democracy?
There’s basically two options here. None of them are really very good for the United States’ belief in themselves as a true democracy. Continue Reading
Republicans
Here are some of the best lines from the Joe Biden New Yorker profile
I just read this on a plane from BOS to DFW. I laughed out loud about six times; when the plane landed, the guy across the aisle from me was like, “Hey, I have to ask … what could possibly… Continue Reading
When politics confuses you, remember this: it’s mostly about voting by party
Politics can often be confusing, but if you dig just below the surface, it doesn’t have to be. Consider this. Pew recently did a study on Presidential candidate traits, and they found some things you’d expect: military experience, Governor, business… Continue Reading
How big a deal are the Koch Brothers and their dark money?
A couple of days ago in The Washington Post, they ran an article about the Koch Brothers’ impact on the 2012 elections. In short, it was about $400 million through various “dark money” groups that they work with (one of the… Continue Reading
Matt Rosendale, Kirk MacKenzie, the Defend Rural America movement, and the craziness of Montana politics
Most people from the coasts tend to not understand Montana at all; they think it’s either a place with a lot of free masons, a place with maybe some cool national parks, a place where you can probably drive 90… Continue Reading
The age of Mia Love is now upon us all
You may have heard that seven-term Utah Democrat Jim Matheson isn’t seeking an eighth term, because, as the National Republican Congressional Committee will tell you: “It’s telling that Matheson, who didn’t even vote for ObamaCare’s original passage, knows he can’t run and… Continue Reading
Here comes Ted Stevenot in Ohio
The conservatives-getting-challenges-from-the-Tea-Party motif continues — we’ve seen it in Texas, in PA we’ve seen an unpopular Governor become a Tea Party ally, and on the Amazon show Betas we’ve seen it depicted hilariously — with Ted Stevenot challenging John Kasich in a… Continue Reading