Let’s Just Let This Play Out
I gave the benefit of the doubt to Gore, Kerry, and Gregoire with far less reason to believe people were out to get them than Trump has.
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Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Brace Yourself, Confirmed Priors Are A’Comin’
Harsh Your Mellow Monday returns to deal with election analysis that only confirms your priors, voter fraud or lack there of, and Alex Trebek.
An Election Rant
Democrats don’t seem to have a national figure that isn’t fondly in love with some form of collectivism. Not that Republicans are much better.
Throwback Thursday: Primaries of Ordinary Times Past
On the cusp of the 2020 primaries starting in Iowa on Monday, Throwback Thursday takes a look at some writing about primaries past from the pages of Ordinary Times
Boris Johnson set to win a clear majority in U.K. election, exit poll suggests
Boris Johnson set to win a clear majority in U.K. election
A Guide To The 2019 UK Election
Everything You Need To Know To Understand What’s Happening Across The Pond This Holiday
Lonely Election Geeks With Clipboards
There was a municipal election that I was in charge of last Tuesday, and here is how my day went:
About Last Night: Overreaction Wednesday Edition
There were several notable election last night, meaning there is reaction — and overreaction — this morning:
Indict the System, With an Expert in Indictments
Symposium: There is no “I” in “team” but there is a “me”, and there is an “I” in Avenatti, and both are in “nominee.” You see what needs to happen here.
Who Are We Kidding? Vote for Biden
Symposium: You want someone who can beat Trump. That’s the most important issue. Hell, that’s the ONLY issue. And Joe Biden can beat Trump.
Amy, I Think I Could Stay With You
Amy’s focus on sensible changes rather than sweeping reforms earned her the derisive nickname “the Senator of small things.” Maybe that focus on small things is the way to go.
Debatable: The Slog in South Beach Part 2
10 candidates, 5 moderators, 4 front-runners, and lots of cross talk: Night two of the Democratic debates is in the books.
SCOTUS: “partisan gerrymandering claims are not justiciable”
People can over-react to Supreme Court rulings, but this ruling, and the reaction, is going to be big.
Debatable: The Slog in South Beach Part 1
10 candidates, almost as many moderators, 2 languages, 1 glaring technical glitch, and a whole lot of crosstalk: Night one of the Democratic debates is in the books.
An Indian Election
A primer on the Indian presidential election, Indian politics, and Indian history.
Let the People Gerrymander Themselves
Many of the arguments about gerrymandering now fall back on complex mathematical overlays to geography and the Civil Rights Act, but the Supreme Court justices remain bewildered and unimpressed. There is, however, a much more elegant and simple solution to the problem that allows for a far fairer representative system: eliminate the district lines altogether.
