Not to belabor the point, but there's some nonsense going on in this comment thread regarding the Florida primary. The content of the nonsense appears to be the argument that, regardless of the delegate situation, the Florida result represents a true enough picture of the preferences...
Dana and Tom have good posts. To expand on one of Tom's points, I think Edwards is a lesson in the perils in trying to become president from the Senate,.
Richard Bruce ("Dick") Cheney turns 67 today.Words fail. . . . Mr. Trend discovers that Cheney shares his birthday with Phil Collins. And I'll simply note the *cough* coincidence that.
There was no Florida Democratic primary. Although the high turnout in a non-primary was heartening for Democratic prospects in November, the results are wholly meaningless as there was no campaign and no delegates at stake. Changing the rules ex post facto and claiming delegates for a...
On the wonderfully ignominious collapse of Rudy!, I think Noam Scheiber gets it right: "Was Rudy's strategy flawed, or was it the candidate? I say the latter. Rudy spent a.
Hitching your wagon to Rudy! really wasn't a great idea...
As djw reminded us recently, the long overdue self-destruction of the Giuliani campaign continues to be immensely pleasing, whatever else happens from here. And Fred Thompson's quiet departure for the rendering plant was also quite satisfying -- partly because a lot of people blew their allowance...
It's anybody's guess how long Rudy will stay in the race after his disastrous performance in Florida tonight. All signs point to him endorsing McCain as soon as tomorrow.My question.
Santana to Mets, assuming that the Wilpon who passed on Vladimir Guerrero doesn't come back. It sure was a great idea for Minnesota taxpayers to give their multi-billionaire owner a.
This last Sunday, Parag Khanna published a long excerpt of a new book in the New York Times Magazine. Dan Nexon at Duck of Minerva loved it. Dan Drezner didn't. I'm pretty much in the camp of the latter Dan, who opined:I will heap praise on...
I thought this passage from the Times story about Kennedy's endorsement of Obama was interesting:In a 20-minute address, Mr. Kennedy hailed Mr. Obama’s ability to transcend racial divisions. Mr. Kennedy,.
Hillary Clinton, who has supported the war from the beginning, applauds the surge. Maybe this doesn't disqualify her from the Democratic nomination, but being consistently wrong on the most important.