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by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math The netroots and geek culture may not be in perfect alignment, but there’s definitely a good bit of overlap, at least judging by the ratio of American Idol-blogging to BSG-blogging. Thus, readers may be interested to know that Elizabeth Edwards is, in fact, a big dork (and I use […]

Unsolicited Ideas for 2008 Presidential Candidates At the risk of engaging in the pundit’s fallacy, I of course have my own share of slightly-unorthodox political-policy ideas about the 2008 Presidential race. Since today is such a slow news day: just another speech on Iraq, a rise in troop levels, and the Stem Cell Bill. Here […]

As follow-up to some of my earlier posts, Graham compiles over 84 reasons insurers may drop you.

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf I agree with this from Lindsay: Calling Michelle Malkin “a cunt” is the equivalent of calling the Republicans “the party of big government”–a terrible rhetorical move whether it’s deserved or not. “Big government” is a Republican frame that Democrats have to counter with a better frame of their own. Fighting […]

This article on Schwarzenegger’s halting, halfhearted attempts to bring universal coverage to California neatly encapsulates the central hurdle facing Republican reformers: Taxes. You simply cannot cover a new segment of the population without the addition of some revenues. And since Schwarzenegger’s advisors are already ruling out funding streams as minors as cigarette taxes, you’ve got […]

A couple weeks ago, surveying the poor press coverage greeting Pete Stark’s new health care proposal, I realized I should probably stop bitching about such superficial wire stories and use my position at a political magazine to actually, y’know, do something about it. Today comes the first attempt. I spent fifteen minutes chatting with Sen. […]