Archive for September, 2002
Posted in September 29th, 2002
Moderates on the Block The NY Times has a good article on Morella and the future of the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is largely run from the center. Partisans can dispute this, but comparing the leadership (especially with Bonior gone) demonstrates the difference. One of the larger problems in the Republican Party is no […]
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Alternative Education Order up some special ed classes for these morons.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Ashcroft Explained! For an publication based in University City, the River Front Times is an especially poorly named publication. But they have discovered the secret to John Ashcroft.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Next area to be limited in appeals Actions by the FEC. Could Dubya be that bold? Can you say 3rd Party Challenge!
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Turn off the life support Trial Lawyers are one of the most influential lobbies within the Democratic Party. Thus, Dems do bad with doctors compared to other professionals because of doctors’ desire for tort reform. This is sort of a universal maxim for the parties, except when the ICFST is in place . First the […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
A Rush to Topinka In danger of becoming collateral damage to the Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team, Topinka has found some help from Bobby Rush. This could be a good sign that even with historically low Republican turnout expected given the ICFST Ticket, Topinka will have a shot. She is professional and moderate and while […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Kinsley Channelling Marshall, or vice versa Ya know you go to your blog and plan to make a nice column like statement and some guy gets there first and does a better job of it.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Making it up as they go along Josh Marshall further analyzes the administration’s problems with explaining the war.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Cobb-Headed Who would be surprised that an area that elected Newt Gingrich several times, would want to teach creationism? Coincidence? I think not.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Krugman: how could a $30 billion robbery take place in broad daylight? Because if you do something so incredibly brazen no one will believe it. The Democratic Party tried to present the Bush Tax plan to voters in focus groups, they refused to believe he would pass the plan–thus, Dems didn’t fight. Being brazen has […]
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
More on Poverty Rates Brad DeLong takes the time to further criticize Kaus’s rant on poverty and welfare reform.
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Posted in September 27th, 2002
Birkett’s Blues Two good stories (and maybe more by the time I get done with the papers) about Birkett’s role in the Cruz Case. Phil Kadner offers the appropriate way to handle such cases. Rich Miller offers why, even with all of her faults, Lisa Madigan is the better choice. Birkett claims his experience in […]
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Posted in September 26th, 2002
Erratic posting alert–off and on for the next week.
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Posted in September 25th, 2002
Steve Rhodes gives airing to Schipper some space regarding the conspiracy theories concerning Hamas, Oklahoma City, and Iraq. It is a conspiracy theory. Sometimes they turn out to be true, but mostly not. This probably falls in the not category. Additionally, the theory seems to be that Hamas and Iraq cooperated on this. There is […]
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Posted in September 25th, 2002
K-Mart Rats Not Chuck Conway either…. K-Mart has more problems.
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