Danny Novo
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If there was one, single thing we could do to make our country better, this would be it: ensure that every eligible voter has the right, and understands the duty, to vote. Every voter, every vote. Can you imagine the upheaval if our representative government was actually elected by everyone it represented, not just the […]
I was bitching this morning to my wife about the recent O’Donnell/Coons debate where she insisted the Constitution did not preclude the government from influencing religious preference, and about the conservative reaction to what she said (She’s right! It doesn’t actually say “separation of Church and State” in the Constitution!), and my seven year-old couldn’t […]
James Morone on Presidents and Health Care — Chair of Political Science at Brown University, talks with a local KC radio host about National health care and the Presidents who have tried (or succeeded, in the case of LBJ) to pass it. It is in the second half of the show, so you might just […]
There’s a lot to read out there post election, about the dysfunctional McCain campaign workings (imagine them running the country), about Obama’s plan (to be patient, apparently), about the future of the GOP (no future for you!), etc. But I found a couple of things I like best so far: This collection of newspaper front pages […]
First, and I feel I need to get this off my chest: Boo-ya! Take that, Permanent Republican Majority. In your face. Okay, thanks. We watched CNN most of the night last night, except for one period of time between when they called Ohio and they called the Presidency, when the CNN pundits clearly knew Obama had […]
I have been looking for the easiest way to understand what is going to happen tonight as the polls begin to close. These are the resources I am marshalling to my defense: Rundown of what to look for tonight — Taegan Goddard’s awesome schedule for tonight, when the polls close, what to look for each […]
