(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
My previous post on the lame-duck Congress omitted a couple of very important priorities. Both can be accomplished without the Senate and without the dedication of high-value time on the House floor. House Democrats and their staffs will need to work overtime, but both of these issues can be handled entirely in House committees. Finishing…
While I will continue to post on this blog, I will be pausing my use of Twitter to reference future blog posts. I have multiple reasons: I have serious concerns about the direction of the platform under Elon. It’s a bit of a pain. There’s just not that many people that follow my minimalist Twitter…
The 117th Congress ends on January 3, 2023 and Republicans will thereafter control the House. Democrats do still have a lame-duck opportunity to move some legislation, but their timeframe is quite limited. The remaining calendar not only contains the holiday season but also includes the political distraction of the Georgia Senate runoff and a surfeit…
I want to plug an eight-episode podcast that just concluded this week, available on your platform of choice. “Ultra” is an absolutely fascinating, exceptionally well-researched, deep dive into an all-but-forgotten and, unfortunately, all-too-true chapter in American history. There’s that oft-repeated aphorism whose original form was likely “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to…
The 2022 elections aren’t quite finalized yet, but I thought I’d go ahead and post a quick post-mortem – summarizing the winners & losers in addition to evaluating my own projections as reflected in my Final 2022 Election Analysis post. U.S. House My projection: “While I don’t see as massive of a ‘red wave’ as…
In premature anticipation of Georgia once again being the deciding factor in party control of the Senate, I’d started writing down my thoughts on the 12/6 runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. However, with the win in Nevada by Catherine Cortez Masto over Adam Laxalt, Democrats will retain control of the Senate even without…
I got tired of waiting for the Senate race results out of Arizona & Nevada. (I care about the Governor and Secretary of State races in those swing states as well… but, for now, I’m mostly interested in control of the Senate.) So, I took a deep dive into at the election results thus far. …
I’ll weigh in further on the election results when things are a little more finalized. For now, I’ll simply note a general state of amusement. I’m amused by all of the election “experts” busily spinning their predictions in light of actual results. Many are now actually claiming that they were right all along… within their…
Well, today is the day. While it may sound over-wrought, I truly believe that Democracy itself is on the ballot. There are so many 2020 election-deniers on the GOP ticket that this election’s primary issue is simple respect for the American experiment. I’ll make one last comment on the status of the races… While I…
While it’s way too late now, I’ve been wanting to publish a list of the best mid-term Democratic campaign ads. Here’s the thing, though: It’s a very, very short list. And, frankly, the GOP’s ads are even worse. The ad agencies hired by both parties have mostly cranked out unremarkable pablum that I stopped watching…