Brad Plumer reports that Karl Rove (and I sort of admire the spare elegance of Rove serving as an election analyst for Fox News; I mean, why not just skip the middleman) threw cold water on the idea of a McCain/Huckabee ticket. I have no idea who McCain will pick, and I understand the logic: […]
Month: February 2008
For my part, I’m pretty committed to protecting the voting rights of “marshmallow shaped, middle-aged” people. And knowing more Ron Paul voters than Hillary Clinton voters is not som
I decided to watch the returns with the second-best commentariat in the blogosphere, which meant that I couldn’t hear the speeches, etc. I think Yglesias gets the bottom line about right. 10 day
Shorter Verbatim Hugh Hewitt: “McCain can’t be considered a frontrunner by any conventional standard.” Sure, keep telling yourself that and you’ll…oh, actually, even he couldn’t actually convince himself of that.
Somehow, we’ve all forgotten that Alan Keyes is still in the race, and his supporters are characteristically humble in their assessment of the campaign’s stakes: When I talk to people of l
How does it make sense that Clinton wins New York and Massachusetts handily, while Obama leads in Connecticut? Open thread etc. etc.
Obama wins the first state of the night...though by a smaller margin than the exit polls first predicted. This isn’t much of a surprise, but, damn, that was fast. Thoughts on whether this means anything? And if so, what?
Anthony Infanti at Feminist Law Profs has got a great post up about the decision of the President of San Jose State University to ban blood drives on campus. Why? Because the FDA’s refusal to ac
More on the disgrace of Colin Powell.
My BHtv diavlog with Dan Drezner is up. It was distressingly congenial; I need to drink more before I do these things. And I also have to make sure that I don’t schedule them for days I teach, so that I don’t look like such a damn square.
At the end of the day, I can’t think of too many compelling reasons not to prefer Obama over Clinton, but this shocking revelation doesn’t make the choice any easier. Then again, it can
As my preference for Obama isn’t nearly as strong as Scott’s, I have no problem conceptualizing this evening as almost pure entertainment. It’s so much better than the actual electio