Pity the poor political pundit. We’re eight months away from a mid-term election that will likely change nothing in the partisan political balance, the Conservative Political Action Conference and its clown car of presidential contenders has closed up shop, the do-nothing Congress persists in doing nothing-but even so, clickable content must be concocted. And so, […]
Bob Moser
Bob Moser is a contributing editor for the Prospect and The New Republic, and the author of Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority.
Daily Meme: Love, Tolerance, and CPAC
For the millions of American reality-show junkies who just can’t wait for the return of 2012’s most outrageous hit show-the Republican presidential debates-this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference has offered a tantalizing sneak preview. Just about every potential 2016 cast member was in D.C.-and everybody had something to prove. For Chris Christie, excluded last year […]
Daily Meme: Kansas Is For Haters
Back in the day, if you wanted to locate the quintessence of American intolerance and backwardness, you had to look South-the deeper South, the better. But the Alabamas and Mississippis are now looking relatively fair-minded and rational compared to the nation’s new standard-bearer of hatred and stupidity: once-moderate Kansas. This week’s lead item from the […]
Daily Meme: Biden and the Bidening Bideners
Yesterday, Vice President Biden made mini-news by telling CNN he’ll announce next summer whether he’ll make a third run for the top job: “There may be reasons I don’t run,” he said, “but there’s no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run.” Of course, nearly everyone else can think of one […]
Daily Meme: Fresh New Fodder for Smug Liberal Superiority
As we put-down, put-upon, lovable-losing liberals have been learning for decades now, if you can’t win-even in your own party-at least you can revel in reminders of your moral and intellectual superiority. Republicans, bless their hearts, are ever more happy to oblige. On Thursday, as you may have heard, governor-turned-Fox News guitar hero Mike Huckabee, […]
The End of the Solid South
The region’s emerging majority is progressive. Its capitols are more conservative than ever. Something’s got to give.
What Democracy Lost in 2012
No matter the outcome, big money and voter suppression crippled the election. This is no way to run the world’s oldest democracy.
The President We Hoped For?
Today’s Ringside Seat: Will Obama govern the way he campaigned? So far, so good.
Bobby Jindal: Let’s Get Small
Today’s Ringside Seat: Finally, some (kinda, sorta) fresh ideas for the GOP

