The widely-respected Pew Research Center released a very interesting survey yesterday, reinforcing what many of us have been saying for months: the nominating process is helping the Dems, not hurting them. So far, the presidential primary campaign has been very good for the Democratic Party. Public interest in the race has been relatively high. Nearly […]
I’m inclined to agree with Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on extremely rare occasions, but I happen to like their proposal to alter the current line of presidential succession. I know; I can’t believe it either. Lott and Cornyn are arguing that the current line suffers from serious flaws, most notably including […]
I noticed that three blog heavyweights — Mark Kleiman, Eugene Volokh, and Glenn Reynolds — have commented on the comparison between Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments crusade in Alabama and Gavin Newsom’s gay marriage initiative in San Francisco. In light of my ongoing interest in Moore, I wanted to weigh in. At first blush, the comparison […]
Every couple of years, we hear about a new demographic that will be critical in the next election. Soccer moms and office-park dads were all-the-rage, but lately, NASCAR dads have been enjoying plenty of attention. The whole point of labeling these groups is to isolate constituencies that are willing to back either party’s candidates. You’ll […]
It’s as if the network wants to be humiliated. There’s no other way to explain it. Earlier this month, we learned that the Bush administration was launching a massive taxpayer-funded television ad campaign to promote its Medicare bill. Instead of using $9.5 million from the Health and Human Services budget to provide health care for […]
I remember when Howard Dean first started running for president in 2002, his support for Vermont’s civil unions law was supposed to be an almost disqualifying part of his record. Dean refused to back gay marriage, but his signature on the state’s civil unions bill — which came, effectively, under court order — allegedly put […]
The AWOL scandal has obviously faded a bit. That’s a shame, because there are key questions that remain unanswered. Realistically, though, it’s hard not to notice that the controversy isn’t dominating the way it was just a week ago at this time. I think there are probably at least three reasons for this. One, the […]
If you had any doubt about the benefits of the Dems’ nominating process so far, look no further than the latest poll from USA Today/CNN/Gallup. In a hypothetical, general election match-up, Kerry leads Bush 55% to 43% among likely voters. More surprisingly, Edwards also leads Bush by a similar margin, 54% to 44%. I know […]
One of my favorite Bush quotes of all time was a comment about his interest in the news. In a Fox News interview on Sept. 22, 2003, Bush explained his newspaper reading habits. “I glance at the headlines, just to get kind of a flavor,” he said. “I rarely read the stories, and get briefed […]
Wisconsin’s primary is put on the schedule as a critical test — the last major challenge in a delegate-rich state before Super Tuesday. With this in mind, it’s easy to forget that the next important date on the calendar is not March 2; it’s February 24. Sure, Super Tuesday is the largest voting day in […]