So there’s certain to be a recanvas (same thing as a recount but they call it a recanvas in NYS) in NY-20. This sort of thing is usually quite orderly in NYS because of the fact that each county has two election commissioners, one Democrat and one Republican. But this one could be so close …
Archives for March 2009
Makers and takers
Sometimes Sully’s more Randian than Burkean: The new cultural divide will not be on guns, gays and God. It will be between the makers and the takers, the producers of wealth and the recipients of redistribution. And it will be about tempering the over-reach that the Democrats will be unable to resist. (A) Why not …
Following NY-20
If you want to follow the results in NY-20, I recommend comparing the incoming county-by-county results from here with the county-by-county results of the 2006 election (in which Gillibrand defeated John Sweeney by 6 points). Though to some extent it may be possible to get a feel from raw totals, since the results didn’t vary …
Re: special election in NY
To follow up on John’s earlier post on the special election in NY-20, my opinion is that Larison is partly but not completely right. He writes: But if Murphy does win it will mean that an out-of-state transplant made up a 20-point deficit against a fixture of regional politics in less than six weeks, and …
Special Election in NY
Not to step on DougJ’s toes, but Daniel Larison has some interesting thoughts on the special election between Tedisco and Murphy: Taken in isolation, this outcome wouldn’t matter much. But if Murphy does win it will mean that an out-of-state transplant made up a 20-point deficit against a fixture of regional politics in less than …
Site Changes
Tomorrow the PJ Ads come down, so you all can finally stop complaining about that. I have thrown up the Amazon link below to the left, and I am working on getting into a blogads network and dealing with the impossible feat of activating a google adsense account. Expect things to look a little funny …
Stop Blaming It On The CRA
More testimony and evidence that the CRA is not to blame for the current crisis: Amid the ongoing debate over mortgage lending reform, a top federal regulator took a seat before Congress last week and debunked the myth — popular among conservatives — that a law encouraging loans to low-income communities has been largely responsible …