Author: Ken

Stu Rothenberg Doesn’t Know Jack About Polling

Alright, so one of my pet peeves about modern campaigns – and especially modern media coverage of those campaigns – is the relentless obsession over the horserace numbers in polling. Rarely do individual numbers...

Loser Clinton celebrates her white support

Hillary’s double-digit loss in North Carolina and narrow win in Indiana had sent her campaign on the ropes. Her own superdelegates are squirming, she’s had to loan her campaign $6.4 million more in April,...

Meet House Democrat #235

Upending for a second time a long-time Republican District, House Democrats now can claim at least 235 seats, with growing signs of even more seats to be gained on Election Day in November. Don...

S-CHIP or Potato Chips?

As today’s Politico suggests, there appears to be a very bizarre sense of logic on Capitol Hill these days, even more so than usual: Mindful of the inequities, the White House is proposing to...

Hillary’s Tough Life

You know, once upon a time, I had sympathy for Hillary and respect for Bill. This campaign has totally soured me on them both. Today’s new soundbite from her is a good example. Apparently,...

Blog tinkering

I am tinkering with the design of this blog, trying to decide if I should switch themes. Pardon the mess. UPDATE: I have upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and chosen the “CorpGreen”...

An Upset Brewing in Dixie

By a margin of 405 votes, would-be House Democrat Travis Childers missed scoring a huge upset last night in a special election in Mississippi, even as most of the news media was breathlessly covering...

The Myth of the Apathetic College-Age Voter

It is readily apparent in small college towns, but not just in those locales, that the “townies” or “local folk” look down on the college population, especially when it comes to issues of local...