Raging Moderate by Will Durst Man, oh man, I’m mad. I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. Take what? I don’t know. And that makes me mad. Angry. Riled up. Cranky. Irate. Livid. Bellicose. Splenetic. Which has something to do with the spleen. Think it involves leakage. Whatever it is, it can’t be good and [Read More]

Independent’s Eye by Joe GandelmanNewark, DELAWARE ““ The morning after Tea Party movement darling Christine O’Donnell made political mincemeat out of Karl Rove’s and George H.W. Bush’s favored GOPer Mike Castle in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the News Journal here reflected  reaction in the state ““ and beyond:Its headline screeched: “Anti-establishment insurgency rocks Delaware”¦O’DONNELL IN SHOCKER”¦TEA PARTY-BACKED OUTSIDER [Read More]

When Barack Obama was a state legislator in Illinois he occasionally used the tactic of voting “present” on certain bills because the measures, as written, were flawed and the goal was to get them improved before passage. It worked as a legislative maneuver but was misrepresented years later by political opponents who claimed it was a sign of wishy-washiness.In the [Read More]