Really Bad Miscalculation

Still a Frog

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Shark Infested Waters

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The Eloquence of Donald Trump

The quote on the graphic isn’t precisely accurate, but the inaccuracies are trivial. To see the original speech, check this video.

No, You Have It Right

How Scary Is an Open Republican Convention?

Desperate for a Different Outcome

A Republican February 29

Crack Up

Tough Times

Dangerous Territory

Republicans Better Informed

I’m sure a lot of readers know snobby liberals who insist that all the well-informed people agree with them, and only know-nothings could possibly be Republicans.

Well . . . from the Pew Research Center, data that won’t be new to anybody who knows about public opinion. It shows Republicans more likely to give the right answer on a broad range of politically-relevant knowledge issues.

First, issue by issue.


Then we have a summary scale that shows the number correct out of the twelve items on the test.


The partisan gap is biggest for knowing who Glenn Beck is. This might seem natural, since Republicans are more likely to watch Glenn Beck. But shouldn’t liberals at least know who Glenn Beck is, especially given that he’s being vilified by the White House?

If You Aim Low . . .

Three Viewpoints On Iraq

Which is the Party of the Rich Fat Cats?

From the The Campaign Finance Institute, an analysis of 2008 presidential candidate spending, and some baseline data for interpreting the candidate reports what will list receipts through June 30.

The latest data only lists fundraising through March 31.

What might surprise people who still think the Republican Party is the party of rich fat cats is the fact that Democrats have raised a lot more money.

As of March 31, they had raised a bit over $95,000,000.

Republicans, in contrast, had raised a bit over $61,000,000.

This represents a massive explosion of fund raising compared to 2003, the year before the 2004 election. In 2003, counting receipts through June 30, Democrats had raised only a bit over $17,000,000.

Republican fund raising has exploded too, but since Bush was running essentially unopposed in that year, the comparison isn’t informative.

All this has happened since McCain-Feingold, passed in 2001, was supposed to take the evil influence of money out of electoral politics.