The previous entry was to provide a historical background for some of the following conclusions about the current brew-up over the judicial appointments. 1) The statement “Filibustering judicial nominees is unprecendented” is patently false. The nomination of Abe Fortas to Chief Justice was filibustered, and in fact the nomination failed its cloture vote and was […]

Anyone else out there getting tired of the irrational spin (from both sides of the aisle) over the art of the filibuster? Let’s let some air in. Filibusters have long been a part of Senate history. The House did away with them completely as it grew, but the Senate chose to retain the possibility of […]

Yes, I blog about some politics. But when I think about blogging and politics, I have to chuckle. For example: Mark Glaser writes about something called BlogNashville, apparently a kind of blogger conference started by a conservative who found too many liberals at the previous blogger conference. And there is a bit of a brew-up […]

Now I note the darling of the talk radio jocks (I need hardly preface that with “right-wing”, do I? It seems redundant these days to do so) for AG is under investigation for misconduct. The same Jocks, when the current AG screwed up, went on the warpath for weeks, even months. A good case could […]

Ah, yes, I hear the sound of an election approaching. I can tell because my phone’s ringing. Three times in the last 18 hours, Elizabeth Burmaster has called me (no let’s be fair, twice it was a recording of her, the third time it was a recording of Herb Kohl urging me to vote to […]