Mid-Summer Midterm Madness: A fresh look at 2006’s House ‘bubble battles’
July 13, 2006 – Yes, we know college basketball is a distant memory by now from the perspective of these hot summer months, but looking at the list of potentially competitive races beyond those listed in our Dirty Thirty, we can’t help but be reminded of the perennial spectacle of bracket selection. Much as slightly above-average college basketball squads covet at-large berths to the Big Dance given out on Selection Sunday in early March, the underdog candidates in borderline-competitive House races are scrambling for their share of the spotlight in this difficult-to-read midterm election cycle….
Politics: America’s Missing Constitutional Link
July 13, 2006 – It’s manifestly obvious. The last thing the United States needs is more politics. Or so the American people, who hate politics, believe. And on this point, alas, they are very wrong. One reason citizens dislike politics is that the political system doesn’t work terribly well, but it doesn’t work well because we have neglected to create wise rules to govern it. We can place the blame for this deficiency squarely on the shoulders of the Founders….