"Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country, I hold it as honorable to take a firm and decided part and as immoral to pursue a middle line, as between the parties of honest men and rogues, into which every country is divided."

--Thomas Jefferson

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Candidates Aren’t Who We Are

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Like the 243 other political super-junkies on the planet, I spent virtually the entire last day of May 2008 glued to C-SPAN’s coverage of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee.
I won’t comment now on the outcome. It was, in the end, pretty predictable and as fair as it could be. I’m much more interested in […]

Lost in the Narrative

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

If you watch much political coverage on television — both cable and broadcast — or read the usual print pubs, you can’t escape the fact that all these folks are on the same page.
Lately, it’s been the idea that somehow the intense battle between Clinton and Obama, and the attendant attacks from both, are somehow […]

Happy New Year. Time to get my country back.

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Asked what form of government the Consitutional convention had produced, Benjamin Franklin is said to have answered: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
I don’t do resolutions at the start of a new year.
However, I am beginning this year with a decision and a promise to myself, to my family, to my friends, and to […]

Memo to Democrats.

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

I’ve now seen most of the Thursday night Democratic candidate debate, and I’m now officially tired of at least one of the many narratives. While in principle, compromise and bipartisanship is fine, it is no virtue to meet the current Republicans halfway.
These are the Republicans who start from the proposition that torture is fine, that […]

Time to DO Something.

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

On election day 2007, I was at my precinct (I’m the captain) at 5:30 a.m. , in the rain, with a cold wind blowing. I spent the next three hours passing out sample ballots, greeting people, monitoring turnout. I rushed to D.C. for a four-hour business meeting I couldn’t miss, then back to my […]

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