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It became apparent fairly early in the evening last night that the Republicans were going to get thumped.  As state results began to march across the map, with major battleground states turning blue, and Tea Party candidates losing, Republican hopes waned.  Their plan simply didn't work.  The hundreds of millions of billionaires' money didn't work.  The politics of division didn't work.  The Tea Party revolution of 2010 failed. Despite almost unanimous prognostication that the race...

If this election has shown anything it is that both parties are campaigning hard to attract the middle class. Both sides acknowledge that the middle class has taken it in the teeth over the past several years. Of course, both sides have alternative views as to why that happened and what needs to be done about it. This so far is normal in terms of elective politics.Let me say this, I believe Mitt Romney and...

"It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me, it's more the way that you mean it when you tell me what will be." --HeywardI often get Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman confused, so I can't remember who addressed the now infamous 47 percent first, but it is clear that the statements weren't as much gaffes per se, but Freudian slips. The statement most telling wasn't made by Mitt...

Over the weekend, the conservative blogosphere freaked out over an art print being sold by the Obama campaign.  The image was a free hand likeness similar to an American flag, with the Obama logo in the upper left corner.  Conservatives screamed that it was a "desecration" of the flag, even though it's not a flag at all.  Here's said offensive image: The fake outrage campaign worked, of course, and the poster no longer appears on...

The DNC just posted a video that's devastating to the Romney campaign.  Have a look: Is this the beginning of the end?...

Miss me?Some good quotes to ponder as we prepare for the November election. Sentient beings, take note. Repubs, you should pay attention too. :-) 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Times; mso-hansi-font-family:Times;} "Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security." - Benjamin...

Is it me, or has the cast of characters really changed in the GOP at the convention this year?  Also, what about the subjects that have been the keystones of Republican focus for over a decade?  Listening to the speeches last night, I was more struck by what is not being said and who is not present rather than who is there and what is being said. Who's missing?  Only former president George W. Bush,...

Matt Yglesias: Last night in the comfort of my living room watching PBS, I got a better sense of exactly how tedious it is to watch person after person saying basically the same thing. But it also reminds you of the fundamental value of conventions--they cut through the veil of "news" and remind non-junkies of the enduring disagreements between the parties that, at root, all elections are about. Only once you see it in that...

The Romney campaign has decided they aren't moving the needle far enough and fast enough with economic issues, plus they can't overcome the fact that people just don't like Mitt Romney, so it's time to pull out the old Republican tried and true--the president is near."Having survived a summer of attacks but still trailing the president narrowly in most national polls, Mr. Romney's campaign remains focused intently on the economy as the issue that can...