The Pain Caucus Lacks An Electoral Constituency: An Ongoing Series

Matt Miller’s emulation of Mickey Kaus has ended in humiliating defeat, with Miller finishing behind three serious candidates as well as New Age guru Marianne Williamson. (But I was assured that he was running well internal polls!) Maybe Robert Samuelson can move to California and try in the next cycle. I should also note as a political scientist that jungle primaries without a decent electoral system seem like a terrible idea.

There is, however, another avenue open to Miller: he can run with Erskine Bowles in the next Politico primary. They can enlist an all-star team of Dick Morris, Mark Penn, and Lanny Davis to craft an America-Rocks Let-Senior-Citzens-Eat-Baloney-That-Was-Thrown-Out-After-The-Quick-E-Mart-Adjusted-The-Expiration-Date-3-Times message.