Political Science

The official Whitehouse web page on the State of the Union speech asks as to give our responses, so as is the tradition at Windypundit, I have a few thoughts. In a break from tradition, however, instead of posting the whole speech, I'll just post a few excerpts Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report. After a … [Read more...] about The State of the Union in 2013

I may have been a little harsh in yesterday's prediction that "the next four years are going to suck." That's what I get for concentrating too much on the Presidential race. It turned out there was some good news last night. First of all, the Republican rape guy lost. Actually, both Republican rape guys lost. I don't think Richard Mourdock meant what he said in quite the way … [Read more...] about Election Results 2012

Here's my prediction for the result of the 2012 Presidential election: The next four years are going to suck. The polls are about even (heh, even in the pointless Dixville Notch first vote), which partisans on both sides are trying to spin as a win for their side. Some of them may even be right. I don't know and I don't care enough to try to figure it out. A day from now we'll … [Read more...] about Election Prediction 2012

(That title is a bit dog-bites-man, isn't it?) I'm amused, puzzled, and a bit angered by the stupidity of lefty/liberal/progressive hatred for all things Koch. Mike Elk's ridiculous piece at In These Times is a particularly confused example: Much has been written about the owners of Koch Industries, brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, trying to control the political … [Read more...] about Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times

I get a lot of political email these days, especially from the Obama campaign. Yesterday, for example, I got one from Stephanie Cutter, one of Obama's campaign managers. Over the course of this election, we've seen that both Romney and Ryan avoid telling the truth about their plans and how they'd actually affect the middle class. It doesn't matter if they're talking about … [Read more...] about Nobody’s Firing Big Bird