Month: May 2010

Some Good News from Hawaii

An interesting thing happened last night in the Hawaiian special election to replace Rep. Neil Abercrombie. The winner wasn’t a surprise. Republican Charles Djou was favored because of the stupid election rules in Hawaii...

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Your Bought Congress

The New York Times commits an act of journalism. The Dems put vulnerable freshmen on the House Financial Services Committee to make it easier for them to raise money. In fact, I can’t find a link right now, but Chairman...

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My Own Life in Politics

[It started getting too long for a comment — I’m just so damn mouthy. Anyway, Boo, I’m really glad you started this line of thinking. I’ve been wanting to chart my own political history for a long time...

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Just Shoot Me

Robin Givhan, in the Washington Post: The other men and women who have gone through this [Supreme Court nominating] process have not been daring in their wardrobe choices either. There hasn’t even been a pair of artful...

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Run Newt Run

I kind of hope that Newt Gingrich runs for president. I’d be more enthusiastic about it if I could be sure he wouldn’t win. I get the feeling that the Republican primaries are going to be the weirdest, most...

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