It was half past one on a rainy Thanksgiving morning, and I’d been rudely awakened by an urgent telephone message. “We need your help,” they said, and when my country calls I’m there.
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(NOTE: Image is from the delightful widget out at 270towin.com — You should go out there and play around with it. I find it soothing. -Editor)
Yes, there’s still an election coming. Yes, I know you’re tired of hearing about it. How do I know? Funny you should ask… (more…)
I’ve been trying for months, but I’ve been unable to put it into words. Then, an unusually reasonable exchange on Twitter followed by a timely DNC campaign email crystallized the thought for me. This is what I sent back to Mr. Biden. It says what I mean, and how I feel. I wonder if it might not be close to how you feel.
I know this is (more…)
Now that the news has broken (props to Lee Fang of The Intercept), it’s finally OK for me to write this. It’s been killing me for weeks, knowing that I’d never get confirmation.
A week before Super Tuesday, the big news was the formation of two SuperPACs designed to inject life into campaigns that had started to founder: PersistPAC and (more…)
Yesterday, Democratic voters in fourteen states and American Samoa participated in our quadrennial contest, where we choose the contender for the upcoming presidential race. People flocked to the polls in overwhelming numbers, in many cases swamping the facilities and staff to register their selection.
Common wisdom has it that the winner on Super Tuesday will (more…)
It’s here.
Tuesday’s vote will decide who stays in the race and who goes home. It may decide who comes out of July’s convention as the final candidate. In that sense, it’s quite possible it may determine our next president. I cannot overstate the importance of this primary event.
On the other hand, common wisdom has it that, as always, The Fix Is In. There’s (more…)
Most of what I write that’s not Gonzo satire is fact, or as close to it as I can come. In this case it’s different; the entire topic is subjective, and what we’re discussing here is entirely about motives and speculation. All I can tell you is what I’ve been told, what I’ve read, and what I’ve extrapolated from other sources; there’s some (more…)
Stuck In The Middle With You, by Stealers Wheel
Usually I find these things to be, if not informative, then at least excellent entertainment. This was not. This was pro wrestling gone horribly off-script.
As I watched, gorge rising, I could not help but think to myself: Where is Jed Bartlet to save us from these… these mediocrities?! Of them all, only Sanders and Warren (more…)
What you need to know going into today: Nevada is a caucus state, but different from Iowa. Every state is different, of course, but Nevada is very different. And I’m not just talking about the prostitution laws, although that does hit politicians very close to home; no, they do everything differently here in the Sagebrush State.
To begin with, it’s a closed caucus; only registered party members can vote. Which would matter (more…)
I was subtle and polite, but some of you are too damned lazy to read fifteen hundred words of well-reasoned prose. Here’s the pre-chewed version. Read it and weep.
Eight candidates. One clear leader – Sanders – but The Party doesn’t like him. No single candidate with a decent chance to take him down in the primary.
And so they present you with the illusion of choice: (more…)
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