I was digging around the dusty corners of the Documents folder on my computer today when I found, in a rarely-visited folder, a document from 2009 called “A New Party Platform.” I opened it up and was fairly delighted by … Continue reading
Reading the much-talked-about GOP “autopsy” today, trying to put together some impromptu thoughts about it for a Senate District meeting tonight, I find myself reminded of a passage from Douglas Adams’ novel Life, The Universe, and Everything. Slartibartfast, a hapless … Continue reading
First things first: I was wrong. Nate Silver was right. The Democrats did, indeed, have a turnout miracle. Final exit polling shows the Democrats with a D+6 advantage on election night, essentially matching their D+7 result in 2008, and burying … Continue reading
I had planned to spend tonight, the last night before the election, finally talking about Minnesota’s Voter ID Amendment, explaining why requiring photographic identification is a wise policy and why the arguments against the amendment are (as I was planning … Continue reading
In my recent (and surprisingly popular) post about the weirdly good polls the Democrats have been seeing recently, I suggested that the polls might be suffering from an unidentified systemic source of bias. I promised a followup discussing the implications … Continue reading
It is now the top of the 9th and final inning. Despite a few scattered base hits, the score has not changed since Romney’s big inning in the 6th. The 8th inning saw five strikeouts between the two teams, but … Continue reading
During this cycle, likely voter polls have consistently shown more Democrats showing up to vote than Republicans. Actually, that is a bit of an understatement. It is perfectly normal for Democrats to outnumber Republicans, even at the polls, even in strong Republican … Continue reading
It looks like the Obamaniacs have finally got their pitching problems worked out! All they had to do was put their main man on the mound. He’s not doing anything special, nor anything we haven’t seen a million times before, … Continue reading
In the bottom of the 6th, Fightin’ Joe Biden came in to pinch hit for an exhausted David Axelrod. He made a lot of noise, fouled a lot of balls, and got the Romulans jeering that he was all talk, … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I was watching Mitt Romney’s polling numbers dive, and, on both sides of the aisle, the conversation — and the conventional wisdom — was starting to ask not, “Who will win the election?” but, “Why will … Continue reading