Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I love Memeorandum. It is my first and last news site of the day. An amalgamation of heavily read articles in headline format. Segmented by topic.
It’s an algorithm, but it is effective.
I can scan the headlines on Memeorandum and know the news of the day, and how it’s being spun by both sides in about a minute, minute and a half. Seemingly unbiased.
If you don’t visit it often already, I highly recommend Memeorandum. It does it’s one job quite well. It catches you up on the news of the day quickly and concisely just with headlines and subheads. Very efficient.
Two items go up for vote that don’t pass. This is framed as “Johnson fumbles”. I’m not sure I buy that.
(By the way, I hate underestimating opponents. Hate it.)
I suspect Johnson was collecting favors, not expecting things to pass. And doing everything he could to pass these measures he knew wouldn’t pass. I think he’s good at this sort of thing, and he doesn’t resort to outright lying to people either. He probably told the bill’s proponents that he thought the chances of passage were slim, but he would do everything he could do. And he did do everything he could do.
And this will solidify their trust of him, which will be very helpful when he needs to do something they really don’t like. Which is going to happen, probably sooner rather than later.
I really don’t see this as a “stumble”, but sure, now both sides are playing that game.
I love Memeorandum. It is my first and last news site of the day. An amalgamation of heavily read articles in headline format. Segmented by topic.
It’s an algorithm, but it is effective.
I can scan the headlines on Memeorandum and know the news of the day, and how it’s being spun by both sides in about a minute, minute and a half. Seemingly unbiased.
If you don’t visit it often already, I highly recommend Memeorandum. It does it’s one job quite well. It catches you up on the news of the day quickly and concisely just with headlines and subheads. Very efficient.
Is anybody, anywhere, surprised?
I suppose even the NYT can’t spin such a public failure
Two items go up for vote that don’t pass. This is framed as “Johnson fumbles”. I’m not sure I buy that.
(By the way, I hate underestimating opponents. Hate it.)
I suspect Johnson was collecting favors, not expecting things to pass. And doing everything he could to pass these measures he knew wouldn’t pass. I think he’s good at this sort of thing, and he doesn’t resort to outright lying to people either. He probably told the bill’s proponents that he thought the chances of passage were slim, but he would do everything he could do. And he did do everything he could do.
And this will solidify their trust of him, which will be very helpful when he needs to do something they really don’t like. Which is going to happen, probably sooner rather than later.
I really don’t see this as a “stumble”, but sure, now both sides are playing that game.