HAS, QUASI-SPIRITUAL, REAGANISM DAMAGED THE REPUBLIC?
This past summer, without near enough coffee and reeling from the effects of deep middle age debauchery (half a bottle of red wine and two bowls of ice cream), I switched on the TV and MSNBC's "Morning...
View ArticleBECKWATCH: The Revolution Can Begin - "Carpe Diem"
Quote of the day: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I'm only for myself, what am I? And if not now , when? Pirqe Abhoth 1:14 Research topic: Barry GoldwaterThis is a watershed...
View ArticleThe Care, Feeding, and Reproduction of the American Election, part 6
[insert lame and dated 'Friday' joke here] Anyway, this section will be a lot bigger eventually, but here's part 6, on scandals!
View ArticleThe Care, Feeding, and Reproduction of the American Election, part 7
Hey, people are still reading this. Cool.
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The first Medicare fight, and what we can learn from it in 2011
Salon's Andrew Leonard has a fascinating history of the politics of Medicare, beginning with this ad the Johnson campaign ran against Barry Goldwater, a month before the 1964 election. Goldwater...
View ArticleThe Care, Feeding, and Reproduction of the American Election
The Vice Presidency! This section's a bit slim, but just enough for a posting, I think.
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Mr. Obama is not the 3/5ths President - GOP is addicted to 50 Years of Racism
The sheepskin of George W. Bush may have said Yale, but the mouthful of "Bushisms," from the "decider" to "misunderestimated" made him the butt of billions of dollars of "dumb" joke merchandise. Yet,...
View ArticleWilling to Lose
In 1964, Barry Goldwater lost. And not by a little, either: he lost by a lot. He carried 6 states and 52 electoral votes. Sixteen years later, Ronald Reagan won. And not by a little either: he won by a...
View ArticleFear Motivated Voting ... Again
First, I want to thank Stephen Daugherty for his earlier diary, which provided the impetus for this very brief diary.In his diary, he points out how Bush & Company used scare tactics to motivate...
View ArticleGOP: Eternal Enemy of Progress
They say an elephant never forgets. Perhaps they should say that a Republican never learns. Republicans refuse to learn from their own mistakes. Republicans refuse to learn from their opponents...
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Time to lend Mitt a helping hand…
In French Rarebit, Bugs Bunny finds himself at the center of a battle between two French chefs and he helpfully provides each chef with advice to help move things along.It is in the spirit of that...
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Mitt’s choice: Goldwater or his Father…
Mitt Romney comes off as fake. He seems like a man running from himself. When he speaks, he speaks in word strings designed to sound like something, while meaning nothing. He is running for President...
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Movement Conservatism and the Power of Myth
Like all ideologies, conservative ideology requires the power of myth in order to keep its flame alive. Many conservatives may know the basis of that ideology while others may know relatively little....
View ArticleAsk the Political Wonk #2: Why do governors get nominated?
Hanskey asks “How come governors get presidential nominations more often than people in other offices?”That's a good question, and political scientists have been talking about it for decades. Barack...
View ArticleWhy I Rooted for Mitt, Or Why Rick Santorum Was Not a Gift to the Democrats
Hallelujah! Mitt Romney has locked the Republican primary race! What, you didn't think I would feel that way?I've been listening to liberal media pundits talk about the unlikely prospect of Rick...
View ArticleBarry Goldwater's Daughter & Granddaughter Endorses Dr. Richard Carmona for...
I received a great email today from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Dr. Richard Carmona, who is running for Jon Kyl's seat in Arizona. The day after both Carmona and his Republican opponent,...
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AZ-Sen: PPP/LCV Poll Shows Dr. Richard Carmona (D) Trailing Jeff Flake (R) By...
Uploaded with ImageShack.usThe latest PPP poll conducted for the League of Conservation Voters shows Democrat Dr. Richard Carmona trailing his Republican opponent, Congressman Jeff Flake by just one...
View ArticleThe 39% Polling Floor
"She'll wipe the floor with him!""This will be epic; a landslide!" Many of us who read, comment and post diaries here are political activists and polling junkies. 2 points change in Nebraska's Box...
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AZ-Sen: DSCC Launches Ad Buy For Dr. Richard Carmona (D)
Uploaded with ImageShack.usYou know the race is close when the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is pouring money in the Arizona Senate race:http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/...The...
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AZ-Sen: PPP Has Dr. Richard Carmona (D) Beating Jeff Flake (R) By 2!
Uploaded with ImageShack.usAnother great poll I must say. Trying not to post diaries every time a new poll comes out but this one is important. Along with today's Missouri Senate poll, PPP is also...
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