The conclusion of the debt ceiling fiasco, and the appropriate progressive response.

So the debt crisis appears to be nearing its end. With the deal that was reached last night between all four legislative leaders between the House and the Senate, it appears that a potentially crippling default will be avoided. There are still votes to be taken and, given the nature of the Republican caucus, one [...]

Article VIII: The Grover Branch (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Policy Pledge).

For many Americans; it was their high school civic class, where basic knowledge of this Republic’s inner workings initially struck a chord. It was at this point in our lives where we learned of the single most fundamental elements of what has become our national lighthouse: The United States Constitution and its delegated powers; and separation [...]

What is happening to my party?

I have been a loyal Democrat my entire life.  My family has been overwhelmingly Democratic for generations, with the only exception being my uncle, who considers himself to be a political moderate.  I have worked up to 80 hours a week working to get Democratic candidates elected for nine years.  So I think that this [...]

Eric Massa is an idiot.

You know, if you want to go around saying at weddings how you would screw one of your staffers after 15 gin and tonics, that is your problem.  But to say that it is the Democratic Party’s fault that you screwed up is really beyond the pale.

The things that I have seen.

This is gonna be a pretty long post, because I have seen a lot of things.  So, you have been warned.

The primary season, reconsidered.

Upon hearing the news that the Democratic National Committee has created a commission charged with reconfiguring the primary calendar, I have decided to put my two cents in.

I’m back.

Wow, it seems that the only thing that could knock me off my blogging game was finals.  And boy did it ever!  This is my first posting in 12 days, so I have to make it count.

Top 10 in ’10, considered

Ya know, I was contemplating all the electoral craziness that will take place next year, and I figured that it was time to rank the craziness:

Polarization, considered

I am heading to Minnesota for Thanksgiving tonight, so this post will be a little shorter than the others. In one of my classes, we discussed various authors and researchers and their notions of the myth of polarization.

Coalition building, considered

I was inspired to write about this because of a failed attempt at a coalition designed to win the upcoming elections of an organization situated within my grad school.  This can be related to contemporary American politics as well, however.  I think that within the two parties, there are very different mindsets on the nature [...]