John Kenneth White, Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, says yes.It took thirty years to build the Reagan coalition. It has taken George W. Bush just two years to destroy it. Polls taken by Reuters/Zogby International on the eve of the 2006 midterm elections confirm this analysis. In each of the Senate and House races surveyed, key groups that once … [Read more...] about Are We Seeing “The End Of The Reagan Coalition?”

The last batch of MSNBC/McClatchy polls are in and there's at least some good news for the GOP: races are tightening and the party will keep the Senate. The poll shows the Democrats in the lead to take over the House. And it also shows that the ad that the Republican party ran in Tennessee in the battle against Democrat Harold Ford, Jr. for the Senate seat that was widely … [Read more...] about Poll: Republicans Will Lose House And Keep The Senate (UPDATED)

OK, now it's time for some election predictions. As usual, the last days of the campaign bring all sorts of weirdness (Haggard resignation, Saddam sentencing, Kerry comments, Bush pledging to keep Rummy, etc.) that have little net effect on actual votes. People usually make up their minds by a week or so before the election. That said, it's time to make some predictions about … [Read more...] about Election Predictions – Bring them on!

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on the editorials running tomorrow in four papers that serve the military that will call for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation:Q Tony, what about the editorials coming up at in the Times — Military Times Newspapers — Army, Air Force, Marines and so on? MR. SNOW: A number of things. I mean, observation number one … [Read more...] about Bush And Snow Shrug Off Military Newspapers’ Editorial Call For Rumsfeld Resignation

Umh... A retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a German monastery in protest at the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church’s inability to contain it. Roland Weisselberg, 73, poured a can of petrol over his head and set light to himself in the grounds of the Augustine monastery in the eastern city of Erfurt, where Martin Luther spent six years as … [Read more...] about Take a Deep Breath…

Justice - in a way - has been done: Iraq's brutal former dictator Saddam Hussein has been found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Angry, shaking and defiant, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death this morning by hanging after being found guilty of crimes against humanity. He shouted: "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", pointing defiantly at … [Read more...] about Saddam Sentenced to Die

"In Hell there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed." -- Grant Gilmore … [Read more...] about Quote of the Evening

Is the GOP headed for a watershed defeat in Tuesday's election — one that'll elicit references to 1964 (Republican debacle), 1974 (Republican losses) and 1994 (Democratic debacle)? Yes, some of the polls show a narrowing of the Democrat/GOP gap. And no one will know until the final votes are counted — or, perhaps more accurately, until the final voting lawsuit is … [Read more...] about Is The GOP Headed For A Watershed Defeat In 2006 Midterm Elections? (UPDATED)

A GOP reinterpretation of Medicaid standards would put tens of thousands of American babies (American-born citizens of illegal immigrant parentage) at risk. Good thing they're "pro-life". … [Read more...] about Politicians Kissing Babies (Goodbye)

My blog was originally conceptualized as a link between the general world of politics and the debate community. That goal has long since fallen by the wayside. But I still think that the issues debaters argue over are some of the more important that face our society, and that (at the highest levels) they discuss them in a particularly nuanced and sophisticated manner that is … [Read more...] about Debate This!

The cut and run from Iraq has already begun, whatever the spin put on this process by the White House. This is the opinion emerging among key Asians and Europeans familiar with Iraq and the Middle East. What is meant by cut and run? It is abandonment of an undertaking before completion because the losses or obstacles are so many that it is better to cut one’s losses and let … [Read more...] about Cut and run from Iraq has begun

Here's an interesting approach to increasing voter turnout (for both parties) on Tuesday:NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein joined BrainPOP Chief Operating Officer Michael Salort and I.S. 93 Principal George Foley at I.S. 93 Ridgewood Intermediate School in Queens today to announce "Take Your Parents to Vote Day," a new online … [Read more...] about Getting Kids To Get Their Parents To Vote Tuesday

What's the best approach to deal with it? … [Read more...] about On The Arab Rush To Go Nuclear

What's happening to me...I feel so strange!U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."Oh, my...I suddenly feel a strong compulsion. I don't know why but I want to toss away … [Read more...] about Katherine Harris Prays That God Will Bring Jews “Into Alignment

...from some of the conservative writers at The Weekly Standard. … [Read more...] about Election Predictions

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Kerry Found With Duct Tape Over Mouth Dean Denies Involvement Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), the 2004 Democratic nominee for President, was discovered today in a broom closet at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, his hands bound behind his back and a strip of duct tape over his mouth. The discovery of … [Read more...] about This Just In!

Opening sentence to an article in The Carletonian, my local college newspaper, on the Minnesota gubernatorial race between Tim Pawlenty and Mike Hatch: Like a pair of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Republican incumbent Tim Pawlenty and Democratic candidate Attorney General Mike Hatch will battle to win the title of Governor in this week's election. Nominations for: 1) Best opening … [Read more...] about Political Writing Award Nominee

Ted Haggard's Board of Overseers told him to resign.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard agreed to resign Saturday from his New Life Church after its independent investigative board recommended removal, saying he was guilty “of sexually immoral conduct.â€? “We, the Overseer Board of New Life Church, have concluded our deliberations concerning the moral failings … [Read more...] about Pastor Ted Steps Down

J. Kingston Pierce just posted it at The Reaction. It's a montage of the Bush presidency. And it's amazing. See here. … [Read more...] about Best. YouTube clip. Ever.

Chalabi joins the 'fun': So, Ahmad Chalabi, what went wrong in Iraq in the war you helped to sell? “The Americans sold us out,â€? he tells longtime Baghdad reporter Dexter Filkins in a lengthy cover story in this coming Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, reviewed by E&P. Chalabi was the Iraqi exile who worked -- via everyone from Paul Wolfowitz to Judith Miller -- to … [Read more...] about The Blame Game