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    They lost the vote 2/3 of the time. Having powerful friends to bail you out doesn't make  you a good…
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    • I thought the Iraq War was won by Iran. ...speaking of Ahmed Chalabi.
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    • Exactly right about the numbers. These people like to pretend that they're the Democrats' voting base, and then complain that…
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    • The voters of Connecticut. Who "enabled" him?  He's a United States Senator.  He has power in the Senate.
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    • The most important thing to Protest People is their self-image as Protest People. Attaboys don't show the world that you're…
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    • The important thing to keep in mind is that these people do not speak for "progressives" or "liberals" or "the…
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    • This reads like something out of the Onion: "I would probably vote for the president in the end, but I'd…
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    • So...your theory is that Assad's friends include Israel?
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    • My favorite element of this fairy tale is the Community Reinvestment Act. Because a law that doesn't provide banks with…
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    • Um, no.  The people who pushed Freddie and Fannie into the subprime market were the Wall Street banksters looking to…
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    • Is "Tel Aviv" supposed to refer to the Palestinian Authority?
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    • Assuming that you're asking serious questions, and not just demonstrating that you're an awesome antiwar protest person: There is a…
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    • Yes, being literate and having a passing familiarity with the workings of Congress is nice indeed. If you actually have…
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    • The situation in Libya is not a stalemate.  Gadaffi's forces are being steadily eroded (down to well under half of…
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    • If last month's unpleasantness on the jobs front turns out to be a one-time blip caused by gas prices, which…
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    • LOL. And here I was thinking U6 was the most important factor.
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    • "The pattern broke." Indeed it did.  Between 1868 and 1900 - nine consecutive election - exactly one featured a margin…
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    • It wouldn't surprise me, either.  Massachusetts voters are allergic to religious right, national Republicans, but that's really not Brown's profile.…
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    • I just looked up historical election results. Before 2000-2004-2008, the last time there were three consecutive presidential elections decided by…
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    • The country has always been polarized, what was unique about the first decade of this century was the equality of…
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