Stuart Whatley

For those who just aren’t ready for it all to be over, there’s Minnesota’s Senate race. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is leading this morning by only 727 votes out of the 2.9 million that were cast. His challenger, Al Franken, is calling for a recount and has cited reported […]

Kentucky: It looks like Mitch McConnell has defeated Bruce Lunsford and the Democrats’ attempt to topple the Republican leadership in the Senate. Georgia: Though it is not final, Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss enjoys a substantial lead against his challenger, Jim Martin and looks to be well enough ahead, with 73 percent of precincts reporting, to […]

Editors’ Note: Stuart Whatley, a fall 2008 Prospect editorial intern, did a great job finding the best places to get election results next Tuesday so that we could link to them in our 2008 election night guide (as it turns out CNN.com is probably your best bet most of the time). We asked him to […]

On Wednesday the Senate, by an 86 to 13 vote, approved the U.S.-India nuclear trade agreement, obliquely known as the 123 Agreement. India will now share in the perks enjoyed by Israel and Pakistan as a recognized de facto nuclear state that has not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). Under the agreement, India will […]

After my post on Friday regarding the extent to which each candidate supports the full body of stem cell research, Mark Schmitt pointed out to me that the McCain campaign has just released a radio ad called “Stem Cell.” Here is the script which, notably, does not explicitly specify whether it’s referring to embryonic or […]

Editors’ note: Stuart Whatley is a fall 2008 Prospect editorial intern. One need only look back four years to the last presidential election to see the irony in the McCain campaign’s whimpering accusations that the media is “on a mission to destroy” their recent VP pick, Sarah Palin, with “viciousness and scurrilousness.” In fact, one […]