When did Republicans become such wimps? If Barack Obama’s not careful, he’s going to get a call from Ann Romney to get him to stop picking on her husband. Republicans should have known better. You keep calling out Barack Obama for Chicago-style politics, and eventually he’s going to act like a Chicago pol. No more the process-oriented compromiser-in-chief. Now it’s [Read More]

The Wisconsin election was not patty cake. Like all recall elections, this one started negative (“Fire the bum!”) and just got nastier, but that negativity didn’t suppress turnout. In fact, turnout in the Wisconsin recall was 56 percent, more than showed up in the regularly scheduled 2010 elections. If you like democracy, this is good news. But don’t expect the myth [Read More]