From Chris Good at The Atlantic comes the reminder that when it comes to politics, ol’ Niccolo Machiavelli had this stuff figured out 500 years ago. Thinking in the context of the health care debate and why the democrats seem (comparatively) so weak in their level of support: It must be considered that there...
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Back in June I talked about my general sense of optimism and to a certain extent a bit of complacency with regards to the ascendancy of progressive politics for the foreseeable future. I wrote: “Republicans on the other hand are faced with somehow completely transforming their party ideologicaly and demographically. The GOP faces a...
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This blog has a lot of catching up to do. My local readers will probably know that after running for City Council in late 2007 I then dedicated myself to the Obama campaign. Not long after that was over my mother succumbed to leukemia. Right after *that* my employer informed me that he wanted...
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