2010 and 1994, Cont.
Yesterday, I noted that the media are quickly catching on to the fact that there's a chance, however small, that Congress may change hands in November. This wasn't the case in 1994 — back then, folks didn't feel the first tremors of the coming political earthquake until the summertime, and those who did tended to [...]
When the going gets tough, Part Two
In our post about Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s retirement, John asked whether Kennedy’s decision means Democrats will hold the seat. Michael Barone’s answer is: not necessarily.
To be sure, the district strongly favors Democrats. It voted 65%-33% for Barack Obama in 2008 and 62%-36% for John Kerry in 2004. But [...]
The plot thickens in Indiana, Part Two
Red State reports that Congressman Mike Pence will not run for the Senate this year. I had heard over the weekend that the Bayh camp believed Pence would probably not challenge their guy. It’s sensible for Pence not to, given his status in the House and the prospect of a Republican [...]
Lincoln in Peoria
The current issue of the Claremont Review of Books (subscribe here) features Harry Jaffa’s wonderful review/essay “Lincoln in Peoria.” Lincoln’s great Peoria speech is available online here.
Our friends at the CRB have kindly made Jaffa’s review/essay available online for our readers in light of MIchael Barone’s column today on the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. [...]
Democrats: Fluttering into the Windshield?
Michael Barone writes that “we’re seeing what happens when liberal dreams collide with American public opinion.”
It’s like what happens when a butterfly collides with the windshield of a speeding sport utility vehicle. Splat.
It’s a nice image.
“What’s really exceptional at this stage of Obama’s presidency,” writes Andrew Kohut, the Pew Research Center’s respected pollster, “is [...]
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