So, several Democratic primary candidates dropped out before Super Tuesday. That’s normal. Yeah, but it’s not good for anyone who voted for them in the earlier states or who used eary voting or vote-by-mail to vote for them in a…
No Party This Year: The Republicans Cancelled Their Primary Election
I really don’t understand anyone who plans to vote Republican in the general election this year. Not that I particularly understand them in any year. Even a brief perusal of this blog should make it pretty obvious that I am…
Election Season: This Is Just Too Much
The “election season” is too long. Way too long. We’re up to the point that presendential campaigns are major news for more than a year before the actual election day. That is just too long. Most of the other large…
Iowa: Don’t Learn The Wrong Lesson
Yeah, Iowa screwed up. You can check out Iowa: Not What You May Be Expecting for more on that. But don’t learn the wrong lesson from it. A lot of political media folks seem to have decided that what they…
Iowa: Not What You May Be Expecting
You’re gonna be hearing a lot about the Iowa caucuses today. And not for why we all expected to anyway. You’re probably already aware that last night the Iowa Democratic Party failed rather dramatically in the one job they had…