LOL John McCainz

Yesterday I was lamenting the state of the Democratic Party and left leaning politics in general. I suggested that the next ideological rebirth and movement might be likely the occur on the right. This rebirth, I think, has less to do with Republicans, though they inhabit the natural home for such a rebirth, than it has to do with conservatism itself. The following two videos of Andrew Sulivan speaking to the CATO Institute represent, I believe, a coherent and extremely intelligent articulation... more

Watching this video and reading the various updates on Marc Ambinder’s blog ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) about the machinations of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee just about brings me to tears. There is nothing wrong with vigorous debate, but the vitriol with which this happens on the left just leaves me, and perhaps many others, shaking my head. The tendency to focus almost maliciously on minutia and the resulting inability to look at things from a broader pe... more

It’s not often you get a moment with this depth of sincerity in American politics. I heard a sound clip of this last week, but thought the majority of Senator Byrd’s words were worth posting. Politicians need to be strong, fierce at times, and steely with resolve, but it is equally important to have the courage to show pure humanity in this fashion. People might not think so poorly of politicians were this less the exception. ... more

I’ve been getting a whole schwack of comments from one particular source that keep winding up in my spam filter. The comments are actual comments and seem to differ so I’m going to try going out on a limb and thank Jamie for all her kind words and suggest you check out her site . We shall see if Jamie responds and perhaps finally determine whether she is real or a bot crawling my blog. Should be exciting, stay tuned. ... more