That’s my ward, baby

By Feb 03,2009

That’s my ward, baby

David Brooks describes Ward 3, home to Washington’s highly-educated, upper middle-class “Democratic staffers, regulators, journalists, lawyers, Obama aides and senior civil servants”. (Ward maps available here. I live in Ward...

By Feb 03,2009

New RNC chairman talks about new ideas

Michael Steele on Fox News Sunday: [CHRIS] WALLACE: But do you need to show Americans that you have new solutions… STEELE: Absolutely. WALLACE: … to their daily kitchen-table concerns? STEELE:...

By Feb 03,2009

Capitalism and Conservatism

Sam Tanenhaus has a good, provocative piece out at TNR. People more up on the intricacies and history of partisan politics in America will surely be chiming in during the...

By Feb 03,2009

Worst lede of the day

Republicans, geese, jet engines, exploding debt, pork, Oscar Meyer, bank bailouts….Good grief this is insufferable. How many mixed metaphors can you take? It’s hard to take Republican leaders too seriously...