If Fresno keeps having elections at this rate, eventually we'll all just be in the habit of going to the polling place every Tuesday.

Do you have an election today?

Yesterday's defeat of Mitt Romney has left quite a few of my very dear friends devastated1. Despite the fact that it appears that the Republicans held on to control of the House of Representatives, the conservative agenda seems to be dead in the water for at least the next two years, if not the next four ( Read more... )

Long night = long day.

The more inconvenient it is to vote, the more important it is that you do so.

Come Wednesday morning, the easiest game on the planet to hunt will be grouse.

The year I was born, 1972, is the only year a political party that included full equality for gays and lesbians in its platform received an electoral vote. It was from a faithless elector ( Read more... )

I've voted. At least, I will have next time I'm by a mailbox.

We don't come to all the same conclusions, but I wanted to point everyone to dsmoen's analysis of the propositionsIn particular, please note one element in her Prop 35 analysis which I had overlooked, which is that it dramatically weakens (if not completely eliminates) laws against non-sexual human trafficking. Want to import slave labor to work in your ( Read more... )

This election, at least here in California, is all about the propositions. The Presidential election is a formality, and the only statewide race is lopsided to the point of absurdity. I'll weigh in on both of those races, of course, but if you're a Californian, please stick around for the part that actually matters ( Read more... )