I thoroughly enjoyed this CNN account of Republicans rhetorically punching each other in the snot-locker, stomping fellow caucus members’ insteps and kneeing one another in the beans with great force. The donnybrook concerns an upcoming GOP primary in the Virginia 5th between arch-conservatives Bob Good, the incumbent and GOP House Freedom Caucus chief, and challenger …
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Donald J. Trump: 267-Pound* Weakling
Florida held its presidential primary yesterday. Controversially, the FL Democratic Party opted not to expend resources on a presidential primary and threw its support behind Joe Biden.** The Florida vote was pretty meaningless since both candidates had already clinched their nominations. But it’s fascinating that although Trump won big with 81%, the FL primary was …
Empty Promises, Empty Threats (Open Thread)
It has nothing to do with the post, but I’ve been obsessed with this song lately. It’s a haunting cover of an atmospheric ballad by Jason Molina, whose tragically brief oeuvre should be discovered and savored on its own terms. Okay, now on to the post proper: Ready to see a candidate with a bloated, …
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Amy Coney Barrett: Tone Police
Finally got around to reading that unanimous SCOTUS opinion on the Colorado ballot, and hoo boy. I’m not a lawyer, so I’ll leave the legal analysis to qualified people, but tone is something I do understand. And folks, what we have here is a tone cop with a newly minted badge who is instructing us …
A place for everyone, and everyone in their place
The Republican Party is more diverse than it once was, especially in places like Florida and Texas. But during a “thank you” call with supporters yesterday, failed presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said that while the party welcomes votes from racial and ethnic groups that fall outside the party’s solid vanilla core, those voters should be …
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In other news…
I made this fabulous mac and cheese: I used Ina Garten’s recipe, skipping the sliced tomatoes on top because I don’t have any to spare. You can’t go wrong with Ina. *** Larry Hogan is running for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat. According to HuffPo, two Dems are vying for a shot: Rep. David Trone …
Win, Place, Show (Open Thread)
In the first two GOP early state primary/caucus contests, Trump notched wins with 51% and 54% of the vote, which analysts called dominating performances. And they were big wins in the sense that losers DeSantis and Haley got clobbered. But this is what it looks like when a party leader has a unified base behind …