Following up on the Pennsylvania GOP’s move to award electoral votes by Congressional district, here’s some commentary: * Stephen L. Taylor offers three reasons for abolishing the electoral college. * ED Kain explains how this could happen in other “trifecta” states. * Nate Silver has a extremely thorough analysis of why this might not be …
Election 2011 eh
Debate Reaction
I didn’t watch the debates, but it sounds like T-Paw was true to his nature and wimped out, and Michelle Bachmann was able to speak in complete sentences and therefore has stolen the critical MILF vote (or more accurately, the vote of those who will vote for women they consider MILFs) from Palin. The other …
Nobody Doesn’t Like Mitt
Nate Silver: Since this race is a “least objectionable wins” situation, Mitt and T-Paw are looking pretty good.
Member of Congress
As we watch Nancy Pelosi and Steve Israel beat the Wenis into a bloody pulp, consider this: Weiner’s district is a D+5 District in Brooklyn and Queens. It was previously represented by Schumer and Ferraro (in her prime, before she was reduced to ugly PUMA racism). Though it’s mainly white and older, it has an …
Another Hothouse Flower
I just watched Chris Wallace interview Sarah Palin from her Arizona home (apparently the bus tour is over?), and her poor grasp of Paul Revere’s ride is the least of her problems: She said that she “tried as much as possible” to get the government out of healthcare in Alaska. Here’s the Anchorage Daily News …
Decisive Hochul Win in NY-26
The AP has called NY-26 for Kathy Hochul, who’s holding a 6 point lead over Jane Corwin. Current Tea Partier and former Democrat Jack Davis has about 8 percent. It’s pretty hard to cast Davis as a spoiler with those kind of numbers in a R+7 R+6 district. This election was brought to you by …
GOTV in NY-26
Ian Murphy, who writes for the Buffalo Beast and is running on the Green Party line in NY-26, got a buzz cut, put on a polo shirt, and did some volunteer calling as “Steve” for his Republican opponent Jane Corwin at her local headquarters: “Hi, sir, my name’s Steve and I’m a volunteer for the …