Start from the beginning and move down:
Michigan Messenger: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote.
Michigan Messenger: GOP has a history of voter ‘caging,’ according to Democrats’ lawsuit.
Michigan Messenger: Messenger rejects GOP plea for retraction.
Gemma discussed this here, with several insightful comments by herself and tyromaven.
… Read the restThe Washington Independent: Obama Laces into McCain’s “No Change Express”
The Flint Journal: Presidential candidate Barack Obama promises at Flint appearance to help auto industry refashion itself.
I wish I could have been at this. I would’ve waited for hours and hours…
It’s icing on the cake that the Journal actually avoided making one of the innumerable puns that presented themselves.
… Read the restEvent: Obama’s Speech in Flint, and Other Good News. Read More »
Thesis: Stop thinking about whether they are likeable or not… there will be time enough for that later.
As much as the presidency is a person, it is also an institution, and we would more accurately make responsible decisions in presidential elections by thinking of the office as a very powerful and ideally coordinated committee, with the ballot in the chairmanship.
Event: The Executive Branch is a Committee, with an Economic Example of Why it Matters. Read More »
I wanted to write about this last week, but ran out of time.
In sum:
New York Times: Mississippi’s Ballot Trick.
Here’s a more local take on the issue:
Biloxi SunHerald: Dems respond to Barbour’s appeal in ballot dispute.
… Read the restEvent: Mississippi’s "Where’s Waldo" Ballot. Read More »
What do we make of this:
Michigan Messenger: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote.
Or this:
Michigan Messenger: Michiganders see red about voters’ rights threat
And this:
Detroit Free-Press: GOP Won’t Use Foreclosure List to Block Voters.
? ?
… Read the restEvent: Drama in Michigan Read More »
New York Times | Paul Krugman: Blizzard of Lies.
I hope we are not put in a position to see whether Krugman’s thesis that McCain/Palin would be worse than Bush/Cheney is true or not. However I am reminded of something I witnessed in college.
… Read the restEvent: The Current Republican Thesis Is That We Won’t Mind Being Made Fools Of. Read More »
To kick this off, I won’t recap the last year-and-a-half of election drama except to say that this, I believe, is more important than any other election I’ve experienced except perhaps 2000. Which may be a tie. I have many reasons for believing this, and I’m sure you have many thoughts on the subject too, but the most eloquent and trenchant observation I’ve heard on this comes from outside of the United States, in an article my mom sent me yesterday.
… Read the restEvent: Why I am giving Obama my hard earned cash; because I want you to as well. Read More »
Okay… I’m going to attempt to pull out of my hat what I stumbled upon accidentally in 2006:
By writing about local candidates in Michigan, Illinois, and New York that were not extensively covered elsewhere I got a bajillion hits from searches on those names and, who knows, maybe even affected a contest by changing a mind or two.
Event: Politics 2008: The Blue Skies Falling Plan Read More »
I wasn’t going to blog at all this week, but the conversation has been too great. It’s wonderful; fresh air and water. Here’s Gemma’s most recent post: Palin(g) in Comparison, Part the Second
Here are my thoughts:
… Read the restOkay, I think that I understand what you’re saying a bit better now, and I’m behind now… I’m going to watch these speeches, but I’m going to spend my first vacation since last Christmas watching them!
Event: Sarah Palin Episode II Read More »
Gemma is one of my most trenchant and honest friends, which is why I mix it up with her in detail… I’m posting here a comment in response to Gemma’s post Palin(g) in Comparison. Here’s what I think:
… Read the restHm. Well, I was evidently off in the last comment that I posted, and I agree with you that we are presented with an opportunity to “appreciate” Palin.
EVENT: Palin is a footnote; Clinton is a chapter. Read More »