National Politics
Glenn Reynolds writes: With the election over, Republicans are arguing about whether they should address Democrats via compromise, or confrontation. Both have their places, but I have a different suggestion. Clarity. With the deficit and the debt ballooning, with the economy remaining in the tank, and with tough choices on the horizon, what Americans need…
2+ minutes of pithy comments by Milton Friedman on greed, enlightened self-interest, and how societies and free markets work. A succinct summary on the two meanings of being pro-business from Don Boudreaux, who writes for the Café Hayek blog and is a professor of economics at George Mason University: There are two ways for a…
The biggest political question on the table is how President Obama will react to the Republican’s gains, this election. Victor Davis Hanson notes that Obama’s post-election speech didn’t indicate that he understands the message that the American people are trying to send to him. But here’s the interesting paragraph from Hanson’s post: Had not some…
Taking Fox News’s online balance a step farther, I’ve thrown together these simple graphics: U.S. Senate U.S. House
Taking Fox News’s online balance a step farther, I’ve thrown together these simple graphics: U.S. Senate U.S. House
Taking Fox News’s online balance a step farther, I’ve thrown together these simple graphics: U.S. Senate U.S. House
The WPRO news dept. (630 AM) is reporting that Democrat Richard Blumenthal is projected to defeat Republican Linda MacMahon in the Connecticut Senate race, and Democrat Joe Manchin has won the West Virigina Senate race. This begins to take the “Republican Takeover of the Senate” scenario out of play.
Taking Fox News’s online balance a step farther, I’ve thrown together these simple graphics: U.S. Senate U.S. House
For some reason, I’ve been glum, today. Stresses at work have much to do with it, to be sure, but some of my mood has to do with concern about what voters will do, tonight. What portion of voters have even a generally accurate sense of the people and policies for which they’re voting tonight?…
Networks are starting to make their projections. Here’s CNN’s first two of the night…Early returns showed Republican running strongly, with Rand Paul projected by CNN to win his Senate race in Kentucky and another conservative, Dan Coats, projected to win the Senate race in Indiana… Coats will take over the seat held by retiring Democratic…