New Hampshire Hates That It Loves Donald Trump
Clearly the fears about a Trump victory in New Hampshire go beyond wounded pride.
Daily Archive: February 9, 2016
New Hampshire Love Fest Open Thread/Tweetathon
Place your bets. Curse your fates. State your true druthers. Make new fearless predictions. Pretend you knew all along how things’d turn out. Vape ’em if you got ’em.
David Brooks: I Miss Barack Obama – The New York Times
People are motivated to make wise choices more by hope and opportunity than by fear, cynicism, hatred and despair. Unlike many current candidates, Obama has not appealed to those passions. No, Obama has not...
This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants – Gawker
Hillary Clinton’s supporters often argue that mainstream political reporters are incapable of covering her positively—or even fairly. While it may be true that the political press doesn’t always write exactly what Clinton would like,...
@KarlreMarks: A building based on journalistic and political clichés – Twitter
I designed a building based on journalistic and political clichés.
Brian Beutler: Will Marco Rubio’s Fragile Appeal Be Shattered in New Hampshire? | New Republic
Rubio alone proposes reforms (zeroed-out investment taxes, zeroed-out inheritance taxes, significantly reduced corporate taxes) designed to minimize (and in many cases eliminate) the tax liabilities of members of the Republican donor class. Though Rubio...
Electricity in the New SCOTUS Season, Part 2 (edited)
The Supreme Court decides in favor of flexibility and conservation in electricity supplies.
The Rent-Seeking Is Too Damn High | FiveThirtyEight
Occupational licensing is just one example of rent-seeking. For another, see this Aruna Viswanatha story in The Wall Street Journal on the rise of noncompete agreements in fields such as journalism and fast food....
Morning Ed: Politics {2016.02.09.T}
My prediction: Trump 31%, Cruz 21%, Kasich 17%, Rubio 12%, Bush 8%, Christie 5%
