Ezra, Matt, and others are quite right to highlight this passage from former RI Senator Chafee's forthcoming memoir: "The system works best when power remains in the hands of the... [More]
February 2, 2008
February 10, 2008
What's Up With Washington State?
The networks have called the state for McCain, but as TPM notes, only 87% of the precincts are in. What gives? Best anyone can tell, the Washington GOP waited until... [More]
February 12, 2008
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Clinton's key supporters in the state, made the following argument to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are... [More]
February 13, 2008
About Those Caucuses
What Matt said: I didn't like caucuses before Iowa, and I still don't like them now. In addition to the participation barriers, caucuses make outcomes overly dependent on "caucus math"... [More]
February 15, 2008
Advantage: Democrats
The Fix is in: From 1998 to 2004, 98 percent of all House incumbents who ran for re-election were victorious. That figure dropped to 94.5 percent in 2006 as 22... [More]
Irony
Now how funny is this? Tom DeLay's ridiculous effort to gerrymander Texas is likely to give Obama a huge boost in the upcoming Texas priamcaucus. Short-term, DeLay might be thrilled... [More]
February 18, 2008
What Republicans Are Thinking
The Politico has an interesting article up detailing the result of discussions at a big RNC donor retreat over the weekend. Here's how TPM's Eric Kleefeld summarizes their strategy for... [More]
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