Election Prediction: Clinton Defeats Romney
First, a caveat: like Steve, I wonder if this prediction process is something of a fool's errand. Political scientists have some pretty good theories for predicting individual and aggregate voting behavior in general elections, particularly for the presidency, but we have nothing that does much with the primary process, as it's very sui generis and really a recent ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 14, 2007 02:39
Nader Ponders Run, Calls Clinton ‘Coward’
Ralph Nader may make yet another run for the presidency in 2008, Roger Simon reports. Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters. "You know the two parties are still converging -- they don't even debate the military budget anymore," Nader said in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 21, 2007 10:48
Caption Contest Winners
The Everything's Bigger in Texas Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/Mehdi Fedouach) The Winners: First: The Man - Eat More Humans Second: LJD - Speak softly, and carry a big c-ck. Third(tie): Scott_T - Hello Butterball Help Line? So how many hours per pound do I cook a 1000-lb turkey? Third(tie): charles austin - Bob soon learned ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 23, 2006 20:06
Is There Time for the GOP to Recover from Foley Scandal?
Mickey Kaus thinks that, in today's climate, the fact that the Foley sex scandal has broken four weeks before the election is good news for the GOP: The Feiler Faster Thesis is the Republicans' friend at this point. [...] There's also the Densepack Theory--the anti-GOP media have launched so many damaging GOP stories--see Josh Marshall's list-- that they are all ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 4, 2006 10:41
Missouri Senate Nominee McCaskill: Bush Let NOLA Blacks Die
Jim Addison is highlighting a report by blogger Antonio French that Claire McCaskill, the Democratic challenger for Jim Talent's Missouri Senate seat, went all Kanye West at a public meeting. In a spirited voice, she told them that she would do everything she could to make clear to every Democratic voter that "George Bush has no better friend than Jim Talent." McCaskill ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 8, 2006 08:35
Double Standards?
Former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador Andrew Young has landed in hot water after making racist comments in an interview with a Los Angeles newspaper: In an interview published in Thursday's Los Angeles Sentinel, Young was asked to comment on whether he is concerned that Wal-Mart causes mom-and-pop stores to close. "Well, I think they should; they ran the 'mom and pop' ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 18, 2006 16:34
McKinney to File Election Challenge
Despite losing by an 18 percent (12,000 vote) margin, Cynthia McKinney wants a recount.Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 11, 2006 17:17
Lieberman + McKinney + Schwarz Defeats = Anti-Incumbent?
WaPo's Jonathan Weisman sees a trend: In the shadow of the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut, angry voters in three states showed their discontent last night by unseating two incumbents and choosing a candidate who campaigned against his primary opponent's bipartisan past. The defeat of Georgia's outspoken Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D) and Michigan moderate Rep. John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 9, 2006 07:28
Lieberman vs. Lamont: Liveblogging The Primary
7:45: The polls are set to close in about 15 minutes here in CT but the general consensus is that it's going to be a while until the results are known. In the meantime, I'll be updating this post with all the info I can throw your way and probably some video highlights (or lowlights) from the cable news ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 8, 2006 20:10
DC Grand Jury Refuses to Indict McKinney
A D.C. grand jury today refused to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her assault on a Capitol Police officer. A District of Columbia grand jury has declined to return an indictment against U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, accused of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Paul McKenna in an April altercation. An incident report filed last month by the Capitol Police said McKenna ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 16, 2006 18:09
McKinney Plea Deal May Be in Works
Federal prosecutors are trying to work out a deal with Rep. Cynthia McKinney in the case of her assault of a Capitol Hill cop. Federal prosecutors investigating the confrontation between Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and a Capitol police officer have been talking privately with McKinney's office in hopes of resolving the case without the spectacle of an indictment and trial, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 7, 2006 10:10
Shots Fired at Rayburn House Office Building (Er, Just Construction Noises)
Update: Nothing to see here. Just a congressman unable to differentiate the sound of construction machinery from gunfire. Details below. OTB roving correspondent Richard Gardner emails he's seeing television reports about shots being fired at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill. Nothing yet online except this blurb at YahooNews: "BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Capitol locked down after reports ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 26, 2006 10:55
Caption Contest Winners
The That's Not the Longest Yard Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/Paul J. Richards) Winners: First: charles austin - Ned Beatty picks his canoe partner for Deliverance II: The Rio Grande. Second: Hermoine - "This here's a boring border, Sir. We mostly watch American Idol, look at girlie magazines and practice our shooting for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 25, 2006 20:18
Congressional Black Caucus Angry at Pelosi Letter
Nancy Pelosi's shrewd move in asking Rep. William Jefferson, who the FBI has on video taking bribes and had $90,000 stashed in his freezer, to resign has been met with open revolt from the Congressional Black Caucus. Furious black lawmakers, rallying behind Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), were pulled back from the brink of open revolt against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 25, 2006 13:03
Congressmen Question FBI Raid on Jefferson’s Office
This weekend's raid on the Capitol Hill office of Rep. William Jefferson, who the FBI filmed taking bribes last summer and whose freezer was full of the proceeds of same, has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle screaming about Separation of Powers. WaPo fronts a story by Dan Eggen and Shailagh Murray. An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman's office ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 23, 2006 09:30
