Please, Bobby! End the Iowa/New Hampshire Hostage Crisis!
It has already begun. Bobby Jindal has begun the process of pandering to the upcoming, 2012 cycle of the “Iowa/New Hampshire Hostage Crisis”. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-jindal-iowa,0,532358.story This insanity must stop, and sooner than later. Please contact your 2012 hopeful(s) of choice and tell them that the more they pander to Iowa and New Hampshire — and the [...]
The Eight PUMA States
There are eight states which John McCain would not have won if the Democrats voting for him had instead voted for Barack Obama. These states are: Missouri Montana Georgia South Dakota Arizona West Virginia Kentucky Louisiana This represents a total of 64 Electoral votes. As it stands, the Electoral count is 364/174, Obama. Had [...]
Proposal for 2012 Primaries
From December 2007 to March 2008, I wrote various drafts of a proposal on how our political parties — starting in 2012 — might adopt primary election procedures that would better serve our country in selecting presidential candidates. I originally drafted a hypothetical calendar for 2008, based on general election results from 2004. Now that [...]
Hey Senator Reid, Senator Durbin, Senator Schumer! Time to make Senator Clinton the leader of the Senate Democrats
By Heidi Li Feldman As readers of this space know, one of the projects I work on is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton For Senate Majority Leader 09. The goal of the project is to have Democratic Senators show their support for their colleague, the person who won more votes in a Democratic presidential primary season [...]
The Washington Note: “Hillary for Senate Majority Leader”
Steve Clemons of “The Washington Note” raises a point that PUMAs have made for a while, Hillary should be the Senate Majority Leader in the next congressional session… A few excerpts: I spoke to a senior Obama campaign official yesterday who told me that they are doing all the can to rev up their female [...]