I still believe in Nate Silver's argument for why Donald Trump will almost certainly not be the Republican nominee for President (basically, if he doesn't blow up his own campaign, the party establishment will do it for him), but the strength of my belief has been shaken by the Donald's surprising staying power in the polls and by the big-time professional political operatives … [Read more...] about Who Will Run With Trump?
Political Science
Obama and Running Away
Allen Clifton at Forward Progressives has a post complaining about Democratic candidates trying to run away from President Obama. He then goes on to list some of Obama's accomplishments: The same president who has presided over:The creation of over 10 million jobs in less than 6 years. Obama inherited an economic recession. Recessions end. Of course it got better. It … [Read more...] about Obama and Running Away
Good Faith, Bad Policy
An interesting discussion broke out in the blogosphere last week. It all started with Andrew Cohen in The Week, complaining about the legal fiction of "good faith." When I was a young man learning the law, I was taught about the "good faith" in which all public officials are always and forevermore presumed to be acting. This presumption, this so-called "implicit covenant," is … [Read more...] about Good Faith, Bad Policy
The State of the Union in 2013
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
Election Results 2012
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