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The Republican candidates are off to Wyoming on Saturday. Everybody thinks that the Granite State is next in line on Tuesday, but Wyoming holds its caucus on Saturday. It's getting very little attention, but some candidates are taking it seriously:...

Impeachment: Last Word

The difference between Prof. Blanchard and me is that he sees "high crimes and misdemeanors" as defining actual crimes as the basis of impeachment while I see it as a common law term of art. As this short article explains,...

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

I have a mild disagreement with my colleague Prof. Blanchard over the meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" when it comes to the impeachment of presidents. Prof. Blanchard reacts to George McGovern's call to impeach President Bush. Prof. Blanchard writes:...

Populism versus globalism

From Pat Buchanan: On immigration, the center is now behind tough enforcement of the law and stronger border security. The Republicans have all moved to the Tom Tancredo position. Hillary Clinton saw her campaign almost derailed by her temporary support...

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

Morgan Stanley issues full US recession alert Morgan Stanley has issued a full recession alert for the US economy, warning of a sharp slowdown in business investment and a “perfect storm” for consumers as the housing slump spreads. In a report “Recession Coming” released today, the bank’s US team said the credit crunch had started to inflict [...]

McGovern on Impeachment

My SDP colleague Professor Schaff knows more about George McGovern than I know, or want to know. But I do know something about the Constitution, and that seems to be more than McGovern knows. In the Washington Post he advocates...

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Huckabee’s Nutty Flip-Flop One of the most vivid incidents in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer was the inimitable fence-painting incident (commemorated annually in Twain’s boyhood home of Hannibal, MO - but I digress) in which Tom managed to present the job in such a light to his passing friends that they ended up “bribing” him to do [...]

Ron Paul: A Bigot?

On this day of the New Hampshire primary The New Republic publishes a piece describing comments on race that appeared in various iterations of a newsletter put out under Ron Paul's name. Pajamas Media helpfully lists the most explosive quotations....

What's New with the Blogs

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Pure Antisemitism at the Washington Post

Has normal service been restored for the Democrats?

Questions in Wyoming

South Dakota Blogs

Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

Juno: The Best Movie in Years

Whither The GOP

Graves not decided

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

Vehle running for Senate

A challenge from Stan's employee

Bad News In Aberdeen

Things Fall Apart for Ms. Clinton

ELECTION NOTE

Think You Know Barack Obama? Think Again

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

Iowa

Tax Reform Coming To The Legislature

Government accounting fraud

Clean up our act, or more inflation? Inflation wins!

Clinton by a Nose in New Hampshire

American Blogs