The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Gone, Wisconsin!

Joan Kloppenburg has declared victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election — apparently winning by a margin of 204 votes — and thus dies whatever hope there had been for the state’s economic and political future. Gov. Scott Walker and the newly-elected Republican majority in the legislature had begun the only possible reform that could have saved Wisconsin: The […]

Prosser Wins in Wisconsin
UPDATE: Kloppenburg Steals It?

Yeah, I know that’s not the headline this morning. “Too Close to Call,” they say, but with 99% of precincts reporting and conservative Justice David Prosser leading by 585 votes in the state Supreme Court race, I’m calling it: Prosser wins. Even if the unions finagle the recount and manage to steal this thing for […]

Hey, Obama’s Running for Re-Election!

I’m sure you’re shocked to learn that Barack Obama has decided he wants to be president another four years. What may be most shocking about it is this Obama campaign ad without Obama: Ed Morrissey noticed the obvious problem: The Obama 2012 team released its first web ad this morning, but other than a couple […]

Sarah Steelman vs. Claire McCaskill?

While surfing the Web, I saw an ad for this Republican candidate — former Missouri state treasurer Sarah Steelman — who has made an early start campaigning against Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill for 2012: You can contribute at Steelman’s Web site.

Fight Over GOP 2012 Primary Calendar

The 2012 Republican National Convention is scheduled for Tampa, but Florida is trying to monkey around and move up its primary, prompting at least two state chairmen to threaten to strip Florida of the convention. Ben Smith at Politico: South Carolina Republican Party Chair Karen Floyd today brought into the open the simmering tensions between […]

The REAL Budget Battle (UPDATED)

Yeah, I know everybody’s riveted by negotiations between Republicans and Democrats over the federal budget, but what is far more urgent — at least to me, personally — is the battle over my own budget, which involves negotiations with Mrs. Other McCain. If you think this is leading up to me asking you to hit the tip […]

In Case You Missed It: Democrats Waving White Flag on Taking Back House in 2012

Thanks to Moe Lane for pointing this out. In the immediate aftermath of the mid-term GOP tsunami, Democrats were boasting about how many of the Republican freshmen they were targeting for 2012. In the past few months, however, these boasts have been significantly downsized. Jim Geraghty at National Review reprints this e-mail from the National Republican Congressional […]

NY-25 Flashback: Dan Maffei Still Trying to Comprehend His Own Defeat

Perhaps you can imagine the big grin with which I’m writing this, as I think back on that day last October when Da Tech Guy and I arrived in New York’s 25th District and the front-page headline was: “Dan Maffei leads Anne Marie Buerkle by 12 points in new poll.” That would be former Democratic […]

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