Posts Tagged ‘Voting Rights Act’
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Seven Things I Would Do If I Were In President Trump’s Shoes
Posted on February 15, 2017
It’s entirely predictable. A new President comes in. The press attacks. The opposition forms. The hands wring. Panic sets in. Somebody or sometimes, a whole bunch of somebodies gets fired....
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Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Lame Duck
Posted on August 27, 2014
So, if the Senate flips, what will the lame duck session of Congress look like? If history is any judge, like life for Thomas Hobbes, it will be nasty, brutish...
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One Innocuous Tweet And All Hell Breaks Loose
Posted on June 5, 2014
I make one innocuous tweet, and all Hell breaks loose. As it became clear that Chris McDaniel and Thad Cochran were heading for a run-off and that slightly more Republican...
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Updating the Voting Rights Act Is Good Politics for the GOP
Posted on May 16, 2014
At the end of the day, it’s all about turnout. Which side is best able to turn out their voters? And what are the best ways to diminish excitement on...
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Gerry Returns
Posted on June 13, 2011
When Elbridge Gerry presided over Massachusetts as its governor in 1812, he signed into a law a redistricting plan that helped benefit his Democratic-Republican Party. One district was said to...
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