And if you haven’t already, read the Gospel according to Frank Rich. Here is an analysis that will rekindle your hope that the Democrats aren’t done. And why McCain loses. And here is a new catechism on the Clinton false claims about being fully vetted. Amen, and pass the amunition. 

Clinton proposes a no-moderator Lincoln-Douglas-style debate. My take: Great for the party, terrific opportunity for Obama, who got suckerpunched the last time out. Might be a great test drive for using that format in the general. Your thoughts?

We have just had a command change in Centcom, and now we have shots fired.
What strikes me as strange is that the firing was done by a US civilian contracted ship, not US Navy vessels. And we all know that civilian contractors have a policy of shooting up everything that moves. In the article, I […]

Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen asserts that all political systems present themselves as fair. But “fair” can mean either of two very different things: one citizen-one vote or one  dollar (or share or other currency unit)-one vote. Both models are currently popular. One is the basis of democratically elected government; the other is the basis […]

As I slowly accept there will be no cathartic summer, I remember last November when angst was wrung from fear of the Clorg and the upcoming primary season deliberately rigged for its queen. If Clorg had clinched Super Tuesday as scheduled to clinch, we’d already have air-hammered nails into our brains rather than endure ten […]

With Clinton looking for a big upset in North Carolina will Edwards break his silence and endorse Clinton or will he come out for Obama? What are the implications of and Edwards endorsement?

In case you’ve forgotten what this election is really all about, let me point to a couple of recent reminders: First, Rush Limbaugh has been calling for riots during the Democratic Convention as part his “Operation Chaos.” Operation Chaos is his purported effort to game the Democratic nomination process to make Hillary as […]

Last night on News Hour Democratic elder and super-delegate David Bonier re-endorsed Obama but complained of Obama’s sudden and mysterious lack of passion.
The issue isn’t what’s being done to Obama, the issue is what’s being done by Obama. He broke kayfabe: his swerve is now just gimmick.
I break no kayfabe proclaiming my congenital rubiness for […]

I just read the interview with Keith Olberman that occurred just before the Pennsylvania primary. Hillary’s attack ad tells us she is the one who should answer the phone at three in the morning. But she has very different memories of going to Tuzla than every one else there. There was no […]

General Petraeus has been chosen to head Centcom. While I think that the General has become very political, I am not sure he is so out and out in favor of attacking Iran. He seems to be very concerned with his career. He has never really promised that the surge would be […]