National Politics
Exit polls only, no real numbers yet…IL 49-43 Kirk [R]… KY 55-44 Paul [R]… NV TIED…
Drudge has his first set of exit polls up…EXIT POLLS: Arkansas: Boozman (R) defeats Lincoln (D) Ohio: Portman (R) defeats Fisher (D) North Dakota: Hoeven (R) defeats Potter (D) Wisconsin: Johnson (R) defeats Feingold (D)Guarantees are none.
According to Elizabeth Crum at National Review Online’s election blog, a couple of names familiar to Rhode Island political-watchers are showing up in the Nevada Senate race, those names being “Harrah’s” and “Jan Jones”…Executives at the casino giant Harrah’s pushed company employees to vote early in an all-out effort to help the Harry Reid campaign,…
Thanks to the folks at Reason.com for reminding people that political campaigns have been dirty for quite some time (say, a couple hundred years, at least).
They come in all shapes and sizes. Don’t like any of them. Yes, indeed, not then and not now (and now). The labels or times may change but not the fundamental issue that any government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. More on bizarre incentives…
One of the unanticipated benefits of leaving Rhode Island is that I moved into Barney Frank’s congressional district. Which means I get to vote for his opponent, Sean Bielat. Just in case you needed some reminders about Mr. Frank’s legacies: Jeff Jacoby Russ Roberts Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell Larry Kudlow Larry Kudlow Washington Times Sheldon…
This post–“An Open Letter to Rush Limbaugh“–from “Hillbuzz”, a pro-Hillary Clinton blog, is starting to get some play. The writer, Kevin DuJan, explains that, while a lot of Hillary Clinton supporters hold a grudge over the 2008 Democratic Party nomination process, that isn’t the only reason that they are intent on getting back at Obama…
Kevin Williamson thinks that President Obama’s proposed infrastructure bank is essentially the White House’s play to get in on the corrupt Congressional practice of earmarking (subscription required). The article’s worth a read, but this tangential paragraph is what caught my eye: Even though the extraordinarily productive service sectors of the U.S. economy create a lot…
Of course, the entertainment value of the semi-controlled motor mouth of the current VP [top ten Biden gaffes available here] is not to be underestimated. This is undoubtedly why, on more than one occasion during the last couple of years, either voluntarily or at someone’s quiet request, he appears to have gone missing. But to…
As of Monday’s edition, the Providence Journal had still not deigned to mention Congressional testimony about racial bias in Obama’s Department of Justice. Indeed, yesterday’s paper revisited the apparently more-important testimony of comedian Stephen Colbert that migrant farm workers do work that a Hollywood celebrity might find arduous. Curiously, as well, Sunday’s paper featured an…