Re-running this, because it kinda got overlooked early this morning, and I owe commentor Betsy: Looks like the big Moral Monday will be June 23. Legislature is about to finish its dirty business and wrap up the session, so it would be worth publicizing what will probably be the big finale to the weekly protests. …
Election 2018
Ahhh…..TEACHOUT!
As long as I live in Nixonland, I expect to have to vote for centrist triangutards in presidential elections. But I will be damned if I have to vote for Andrew Cuomo as governor of New York State. He’s slashed support for education, helped Republicans keep control of the State Senate, and, well, I just …
NC Primary Winner Thom Tillis: “Divide & Conquer”
Via Ed Kilgore: “What a nasty, nasty piece of work. And this is the “Republican Establishment” candidate for the Senate. Tells you a lot about them, eh?” Partial transcript, via Wonkette: “… What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance … We have to …
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Not Looking Good for Wendy Davis
Ted Nugent’s favorite candidate, Greg Abbott, is up by 11 points over Wendy Davis in the latest Texas polling. On the topic of Davis, Margaret Sullivan, the Times’ Public Editor, is pretty tough on the Times Magazine Davis piece Ann Laurie posted about yesterday.
How Not to Do It
We’re having a bit of a dust up over the new Rochester Mayor, Lovely Ann Warren. Lovely is a protege of the awful David Gantt, and she apparently learned a few bad habits from him. Lovely went around civil service rules to hire her uncle to head the first-ever security detail for a mayor here, …
Good News for Democrats
Clean sweep for Democrats in Virginia as Obenshain will finally concede Attorney General's race http://t.co/qB2g2mQztt — Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) December 18, 2013 From the Washington Post: RICHMOND — State Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R) conceded the race for Virginia attorney general to Democrat Mark R. Herring on Wednesday, saying his “vigorous and hard-fought fight” is over. …
“An uncomfortable relationship to the political activism of blacks and the poor”
It’s race, class AND punditry predictions: In most elections, the intricacies of voting procedures rarely warrant headlines or interest most Americans. But in 2012, voter identification laws took center stage. In fact, in the five years preceding the 2012 election, almost half of states enacted some form of legislation restricting voter access — such as …