By • Jan 20,2010

Hedging bets

Over at the Atlantic, Megan McArdle writes: And even if I thought those numbers were about right, it might make sense as a way to hedge my net psychic wealth....

By • Jan 19,2010

Why Coakley might win

Remember the New Hampshire primary in 2008? All the polls had Obama as a lock, but Hillary won anyhow, saving her candidacy from an early defeat. I ate some crow...

By • Jan 19,2010

Brown-Coakley: Pre-emptive spin

The polls close in around an hour. Assume Scott Brown wins. The spin from both sides should be pretty simple. GOP — This was a referendum on Obama. Dems —...

By • Jan 19,2010

Coakley or Brown?

I was going to write up a blog post pithily summarizing the myriad gaffes of Martha Coakley and offering up my guess as to who will win, but it seems...

By • Jan 19,2010

MLK would've protested against Obama

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, on ABC: If Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive, he would march on this White House because he would say, “Don’t escalate the...