Washington John Edwards, former Senator from North Carolina, VP candidate in 2004, and recent Presidential candidate, has been heavily in the news the last several days, first in Philadelphia and then in Michigan. Both of these events are inextricably linked. In Philly he announced that he would chair a vitally important new initiative …
Category: ACORN
What’s the Matter with Missouri
New Orleans There was a oft read book by Thomas Frank last election cycle that was entitled, “What’s the Matter with Kansas,” which looked at the seeming contradictions between the economic self-interest of Kansans and how the citizens actually voted. These days the unavoidable question that crops up repeatedly is “What’s the matter with …
Closing the Files
New Orleans Two items almost buried in the papers and federal press releases are worth a note. One was from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) which announced dryly that the Karl Rove inspired dust-up right before the 2006 elections when the Republican Party filed charges against ACORN in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio had no …