Blog No. 188 observed that RINOs and other disaffected Republicans should wish for, and give their support to, a Democratic victory in the House of… Read More »Blog No. 189. A Few Words For Democrats in 2018 and 2020
In Blog No. 99, we described the contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as a “World Series of Weevils.” (For anyone late to the… Read More »Blog No. 112. Kakistocracy and Support For Hillary Clinton
Michael Bloomberg recently put a toe in the political waters by letting it be known that he was considering a race for president in 2016 as an Independent. According to a story in The New York Times, Bloomberg is unhappy with a possible choice of candidates between Donald Trump or Ted Cruz as the Republican nominee, and Bernie Sanders the Democratic opponent.Read More »Blog No. 92. The Bloomberg Toe and the Clinton and Sanders Pas De Deux
Actually, the unveiling of Jeb Bush has only just begun. Speculation about Bush’s possible candidacy reached something of a mini-crescendo when he announced before Christmas that he would be “actively exploring” a run for the Presidency. That did not come as a great surprise—Candy Crowley on CNN remarked that it was what she had thought he was doing all along over the past many months. Nevertheless, the making of a formal statement made it seem unlikely that Bush would decide that the whole thing was not a good idea.Read More »Blog No. 56 The Unveiling of Jeb Bush
The recent decision of the Supreme Court in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission has once again focused attention – often outrage – on the quagmire of campaign finance law. In McCutcheon, Chief Justice Roberts observed that many people “would be delighted to see fewer television commercials touting a candidate’s accomplishments or disparaging an opponent’s character.” I count myself among the people Roberts described. Nevertheless, it can be argued that extravagant political spending is more of an cultural irritant than the fundamental threat to democracy that it is sometimes claimed to be. In any event, it may be helpful to put the McCutcheon case in context and highlight briefly some of the key issues and Supreme Court decisions
Read More »Blog No. 34 McCutcheon and the Quagmire of Campaign Finance