Of the 39 Dems who voted against Health Care Reform, 12 are going to be returning in the next Congress. From Why Obama-care didn’t flip the house The blue-dogs were the ones who disproportional lost seats. Yet the narrative will continue to be that when conservatives loose seats it’s because that didn’t stick to conservatism and when liberals loose… Continue reading Why Obama-care didn’t flip the house
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Five Thirty Eight
I read this blog religiously during the last election cycle. It used to be independent, now it’s part of the NY Times. His claim to fame is his detailed statistical analysis and resulting accuracy – he doesn’t just look at poll results, he actually looks at the historical accuracy and bias of each pollster and takes that into account when determining what the likely result of the election is.
The end result: in 2008, he correctly predicted 49 of the 50 states for the Presidential election and was 100% accurate for the Senate results. Not bad.
538 is worth reading on just about any polling data.
Wall Street’s best friend is The Tea Party
Even though few things enrage Tea Party rebels more than government checks made out to Wall Street financial companies, the reverse dynamic does not seem to be a problem. The top 12 Senatorial candidates most favored by Tea Partiers have already hauled in $4.6 million in campaign contributions from Wall Street. Even more amazing is… Continue reading Wall Street’s best friend is The Tea Party
Subway Says Your Sandwich Is “Cheating”
Chet and his wife routinely split Subway footlongs. Chet is more partial to roast beef. His wife is more partial to turkey. So when they ordered a Subway Club recently, they asked for all the roast beef to be put on one side, turkey on the other, ham evenly distributed across, and it cut in… Continue reading Subway Says Your Sandwich Is “Cheating”
How to Turn the Taliban Against Al Qaeda
Washington’s goals officially remain those stated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: to strengthen Afghan Army forces and to “reintegrate” the supposedly “moderate” Taliban, that is, fighters who will consent to lay down arms and respect the Afghan Constitution, including its Western-inspired provisions to respect human rights and equality of women in the public sphere.… Continue reading How to Turn the Taliban Against Al Qaeda
Yglesias » FA Hayek, Statist
in The Road to Serfdom Hayek ends up committing himself to a view of environmental regulations that’s well tot he left of where today’s center-left politicians are: Nor can certain harmful effects of deforestation, or of some methods of farming, or of the smoke and noise of factories, be confined to the owner of the… Continue reading Yglesias » FA Hayek, Statist
Friedman On Japan
…staring in 2000, the BOJ nearly doubled monetary base over a period of 3 years. And the money just sat there. Banks did not, in fact, expand loans. In fact, Japan’s experience is a key element of the case against monetarism. Just printing notes does not work when you’re in a liquidity trap. From Friedman On Japan… Continue reading Friedman On Japan
They called their joint campaign and debates a civility tour
It’s a local race – and no big deal. A state senate seat in Connecticut. And yet …: The race between [incumbent state Senator Andrew] Maynard and [Republican challenger Stuart] Norman may be unlike any other in the state. Rather than spend their time railing against each other, the two have decided to campaign together,… Continue reading They called their joint campaign and debates a civility tour
Predictable bad advice from David Brooks
President Obama is likely to suffer a pummeling defeat on Tuesday. But the road map for his recovery is pretty straightforward. From The Next Two Years Mr Brooks gives President Obama the typical bad advice people give the president on an off year election. When the GOP suffers a loss, the advice is that they… Continue reading Predictable bad advice from David Brooks
Frog Found in Frozen Vegetables
From Frog Found in Frozen Vegetables Better than a half-frog I guess.