[Citations for appeals to common sense here and here (Chertoff), here (maj. op. pg 11) and here (Roberts), here (Paine).] Previous Venn Diagrams SCOTUS Clarence Thomas, 3/29/12 GOP CANDIDATES Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11Up Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, […]
Previous Venn Diagrams Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11Up Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich, 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Other Candidate Venn Diagrams Jon Huntsman, 12/20/11 Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
Previous Venn Diagrams SCOTUS John Roberts, 3/30/12 Clarence Thomas, 3/29/12 GOP CANDIDATES Michele Bachmann, 12/22/11 Newt Gingrich , 12/19/11 Jon Huntsman, Jr., 12/20/11Up Willard Mitt Romney, 12/21/11 Rick Perry, 12/23/11 Herman Cain, 12/25/11 Rick Santorum, 12/28/11 Ron Paul, 12/31/11
[updated; see below] Greetings from Austin, TX! For those of you who missed it, last time I was here (September) I took a fabulous tour of the state capitol building, which inspired this post on legislative security, or the lack thereof. Austin is, of course, named for Stephen F. Austin, who managed to make it into one of my GOP Candidate Venn […]
So Rick Perry is officially out. We hardly knew ya (venn diagram aside). The conventional wisdom outside of Capitol South metro station, where I learned of the news, was that this is bad for Romney. I don’t buy it. Mostly because I’m 99.44% confident the race is already over regardless of what happens in South […]
A quick word on Ron Paul, then some links and my schedule next week. Given all the stuff that’s come out over the past few days — and it’s just way too much to link to, just get on the internet or twitter and open a few doors — I don’t think any libertarian in […]
Following the failure of the Senate to invoke cloture on the Halligan nomination yesterday and the Cordray nomination today, Steve Benen was a bit annoyed by a Politico piece that equivocates over which party is responsible for the rise in Senate obstruction over the last decades. Here’s Benen: The Senate keeps an updated table, charting […]
You really can’t swing a dead cat around the chattering class these days without hearing about the “anti-incumbent” situation both political parties are facing this primary season and then this November. It’s really become the CW of a wide stripe of armchair political analysts, both the (over)paid type on TV and their counterparts at your water cooler. Judging by those two bellwethers, you’d think that most of the House was in serious danger of losing this fall.
My sense, however, is that there is less anti-incumbency out there than most people making the claim seem to think.