Showing posts with label Bernstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernstein. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The unknown territory of a contested convention

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Supposedly the last contested convention was the 1976 GOP convention. I don't remember it, That means I have no compass for guessing wha...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Political Lie Machine: Self-serving predictions

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Contrary to an abundance of evidence, Hillary Clinton isn't running for president, or at least she won't be running. That's ...
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Monday, December 15, 2014

The pro-torture political party of America

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It's disgusting that we have one party in this country that seems to be in favor of torture, despite our constitutional ban on cruel and...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Moderating forces and their opposites

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I'm a moderate and I want a moderate political party. Why isn't there one I can join, goddammit? I asked this question on a recent...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

The invisible primary clarifies everything

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I learned this concept from  Jonathan Bernstein , the only political commentator who has stayed interesting to me. (Others, like Josh Barr...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

I'm tired of America

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You should be able to guess from the title that this post will be a rant. I'm so tired of all the political hate. It's getting har...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Smallest nuclear blast ever

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Finally the Democratic Senate got fed up with the GOP blocking just about every damn nominee. They voted to end the Senate rule that allows ...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Short: But what is the alternative to...

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What are the alternatives to Obamacare? I ask this question regular. What would have been the alternatives to the stimulus or alternative co...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Roundup: Still no Tea Party Plan

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So the House surprised watchers by sending a hopeless funding bill to certain dismemberment in the Senate. The Senate even has a timetable f...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Missing: Real fiscal negotiations

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. . . chasing a fetish instead For some unknown reason, the GOP decided to forego fiscal negotiations in the run-up to the appropriations ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Short: Why I love Plain Blog

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The matchlight flares up blindingly. Suddenly I see so clearly why I like (love?) the Plain Blog about Politics . Here it is: It's ...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Leak: For them, Norquist is a RINO

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OK, folks, I have no idea how politics is done, so this was eye-popping. You see, to be infulential (I mean influential) in politics, you ha...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Rant: Kevin Williamson is still lying about race

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I was extremely pissed off last year about Kevin Williamson's lying piece about how the GOP was so great on civil rights and the Dems ...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

Continuing resolutions and continuing stonewalls

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I like to write about significant issues, not the outrage du jour (currently whether or not the White House threatened Bob Woodward and all...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Is the GOP for Simpson-Bowles?

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One of the biggest surprises in the GOP campaign is the attack on Obama for not supporting the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan (capsul...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Not all gaffes are equal

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It was a tough day for Republicans. On Sunday, the GOP candidate for Senate from Missouri made a big-ass mistake . He said that he doesn...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Short: When you aren't the target audience

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Bernstein had a great, timely reminder that the general public is not always the target audience for all parts of the campaign. He writes a...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Campaign: Team insignia

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Bernstein wrote a post on Obama's announced support of same-sex marriage and the effect it had on black opinion. In the post, he talks ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Short: Bernstein takes down the GOP civil rights claims

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This could be a "History for Amnesiacs" post if I had done the research. But instead, it's a Bernstein self-Catch of the Day ...