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Lessons Learned . After it became clear that President Obama would win the Electoral College vote handily and garner a bare majority of th...

The Electoral College Vote The presidential election boils down to three questions: 1. Can Romney win every southern state? I think the...

Great Swami Predicts, Part One So, there are two predictions one must make with regard to the presidential contest. Number One is the po...

The Map Here's my take on what the electoral college looks like now: When I posted this on Twitter, there was some...

Closing Time The race is close. After the last debate, closing arguments will be made. Here's my take on how the candidates might cl...

Muni Blues. The crisis in state and municipal finance edges ever closer. When Warren Buffet decided to get out while he still could, it wa...

The Absence of Leadership . It's a big issue at CNN , which is floundering badly here in the United States (it's doing very well, ...

The Wall of Shame. My most recent post for Via Meadia calls for the building of a national Wall of Shame . Among those proposed for inclu...

Posts! Okay, one post. My friend Walter Mead is on one of his periodic State Department "informational exchange" boondoggles ...

Obama and the 43%. Forty-three percent of all white voters cast their lot with Sen. Barack Obama in 2008. How many white voters vote for h...