With John Edwards and Wesley Clark courting Tennessee and Virginia, and Howard Dean declaring Wisconsin his “must win” state, it would be easy to overlook this weekend’s caucus trifecta. Don’t. In total, these three states hold 204 delegates — almost as many as last Tuesday’s seven states combined. Michigan (128 delegates) is the weekend’s heavy […]
Heidi Pauken
Heidi Pauken is an assistant editor at the Prospect.
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Fat Tuesday
Pumped by back-to-back victories and eager to take their newfound momentum for a spin, supporters drowned out John Kerry’s New Hampshire victory speech Tuesday night with shouts of, “Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on!” But not so fast. Only 67 delegates have been claimed. That means there’s 98.5 percent to go. It’s […]
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How a Bill Becomes a Law (Revised)
Forget what you learned in Government 101 (or math class for that matter), because in Congress these days, a negative plus a negative equals a positive. And even though R’s control everything, a House “yea” plus a Senate “yea” can still equal a firm “no” when the White House horns in. A quick lesson: Our […]
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The Students’ Rep
The Capitol Hill office of Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) looks like nothing so much as a college bookstore without the books. Her University of Wisconsin-Madison pennant is proudly displayed, along with the matching stuffed bear, football and autographed basketball and football. A poster behind the reception desk proclaims that the Madison Area Technical College makes […]
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UNderappreciated
“I’m not a big fan of the United Nations. But if the UN was good for anything, it would be something like this. Since the UN was no good for this, maybe they’re good for nothing.” — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), on the eve of war in Iraq The United Nations is easy to hate. […]
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Cloning Confusion
It should come as no surprise that cloning foe Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and research advocate Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) used entirely different terminology when they spoke at news conferences last Wednesday. Brownback knows he can pack a far stronger punch bellowing about a “threat to the sanctity of life” than speaking carefully — as […]