Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
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The Five P’s of Predicting a Winner In An Mid-Term Senate Election
Posted on August 25, 2014
People ask me how I rate the Senate races. Here is my handy-dandy guide that you can use at home. Possession is 9/10’s of the law: If you are an...
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The Passing of Jim Jeffords
Posted on August 19, 2014
In the opening months of the 107th Congress, with the House firmly in Republican hands but the Senate tied fifty-fifty, rumors started flying. Was somebody going to switch parties to...
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Kansas Continues to Fascinate
Posted on August 6, 2014
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices In 2004, Thomas Frank wrote “What’s the Matter With Kansas?”, a fascinating if tilted view of the political dynamics of a state...
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All Too Often, Good Politics = Bad Policy
Posted on July 8, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Republicans have a historic chance to take back the Senate this November. If they control both houses of Congress, they will have an opportunity...
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Murder on the Cantor Express
Posted on June 19, 2014
One of my favorite movies is “Murder on the Orient Express.” Hercule Poirot investigates who murdered Mr. Ratchett, played by Richard Widmark in the movie. It turns out that just...
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