Month: September 2015

The Real Low-Energy Candidate

I keep forgetting that Rand Paul is running for president, which is kind of sad. I mean, at one time, I thought it would be at least interesting to see if he could put together a new kind of coalition of folks who might be able...

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Nothing to See Here

I’ve barely written about the Planned Parenthood controversy because I don’t like to dignify these right-wing collective freak-outs, but they’re holding hearings on the Hill today and the New York Times has an...

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Ted Cruz is Going Nowhere

I’ve seen a lot of smart people predicting that this September/October window we’re in is going to be the time for Sen. Ted Cruz to shine as a presidential candidate. With all this really unpopular (with the...

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A Poll Worth Talking About

The Hart Reseach poll released by MSNBC today has some interesting findings.  Forget the top-line, hypothetical head-to-head match-ups because there’s too much noise in those.  Where this poll is good is that it...

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