Because it has been on my mind, herewith are some thoughts on the election. I intend to go from facts to theories about the facts to recommendations.

FactsLooking at the voting data, it appears that Clinton lost the election because in many states, rural areas that had voted Republican in 2008 and 2012 60/40 went Republican in 2016 70/30 or 80/ ( Read more... )

I suppose I should say something profound about Hilary Clinton becoming the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. I find that I don't have a lot to say that hasn't been said before, including by me ( Read more... )

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. This is why I think Hilary Clinton is our next President, absent getting caught in bed with a live girl or a dead boy.

First, as has been said by many people, the electoral map for Republicans is not good. They are in the hole from the word go, and Trump is not showing much signs of getting out ( Read more... )

Last week, in the recess appointment thread, daveon said words to the effect of "glad to see Obama finally realized that he can't work with Republicans." I've heard that a lot lately. Since this is a Rotary day and blogging time is limited, here are my thoughts, recycled for your entertainment value ( Read more... )

Now, I am absolutely not a fan of the indefinite detention parts of the NDAA. And, when somebody like this fellow calls the signing of the Act a "scene from a failed Presidency" I feel his pain. I really do.

But then I see things like:

A) This kiss, which, prior to Obama, would have been grounds for immediate courts-martial of both parties ( Read more... )

I did not watch the Republican Party Presidential debate last night.  I had more important things to do, namely attend an event in which this was served:


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So, last week, Donald Trump, the billionaire son of a multi-millionaire, a fiscally-responsible guy with four bankruptcies and three wives, felt America needed to see Obama's birth certificate ( Read more... )

I found that I had nothing interesting to say yesterday, so I said nothing. Today is different ( Read more... )

I'm going to make a bold prediction. Absent a massive unforced error on Obama's part, he will win re-election in 2012 and the Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives. I predict this largely due to the Republican's current actions, which remind me of Democrats circa 1982 ( Read more... )

Yogi Berra is supposed to have said "predictions are hard, especially about the future." Well, I'm about to make a prediction, based in part on a couple of observations.

The first observation is from E. J. Dionne in the Washington Post, who notes that For weeks now, our national political conversation has been driven by 86,441 voters and a ( Read more... )