First Principles

11:27: I need to go to bed.  But some closing thoughts. In the primary, pundits struggled to find a pattern to an electorate which supported both Sandoval and Angle, and seemed similarly schizophrenic across the country.  Much ink was spilled over whether the GOP was moving right, or splitting altogether.  The agendas, while different, shared […]

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Two years ago, on the eve of another historical election, I wrote about my hopes for the election results and the next several years.  I said that my desires, in order of preference, were 1) that John McCain won, and was successful, 2) that Barack Obama won, and was successful, or, failing those two outcomes, […]

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And What “Republicans for Reid” Can Teach the Tea Party Movement Sometimes, you don’t always have the right general, and the other guy has a better one.  Sometimes that’s true even when you’re on the right side.  Lee chewed through plenty of Union generals, but that didn’t make the Confederate war to protect slavery any […]

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Well, no big surprises.  He made the same promises that he made a year ago, and the only difference is that now we can be even more sure he won’t keep any of them. The big takeaway from me on this was just how unserious this speech was. 

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Today when I got home from work, the following pre-recorded message was on my answering machine: Hello.  This is a message from Accountable America. Why is the recession and increased unemployment dragging on?  We need to ask our Congressman Dean Heller.  He voted against spending money to put America back to work.  Congressman Heller voted […]

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