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In the circus of the 2008 Presidential primary season, I was one of the folks who spent some time expressing frustration for just how front-loaded the process was. I even suggested an idea of how a system could be established to improve upon the scheduling weaknesses of past primary cycles. Well, in a post at fivethirtyeight.com [...] 
One item I didn’t include in my Chop Suey post over the weekend was a comment on the Citizens United decision handed down by the Supreme Court last week, Citizens United, as you might be aware, had to do (among other things) with federal restrictions on campaign contributions by corporate entities. The Supreme Court struck down [...] 
After a busy week aggravated by a quick transcon trip, I have a full reading pile I need to clear out. At KevinMD, the question is asked, “Why are so many patients referred to specialists”? The thesis: The fee-for-service payment system has something to do with the behavior, compounded with the tendency to practice defensive medicine. As [...] 
Seen on a mailing list I follow: I think Coakley is more like Joe Lieberman than any other Democrat, and that Scott Brown is a cookie-cutter neo-con who talks fiscal responsibility but taxes and spends like a porkmeister. Coakley would be getting a Senate seat and doing damage pretty much until she decides to retire, while Brown [...]
Seen at fivethirtyeight.com: The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecasting Model, which correctly predicted the outcome of all 35 Senate races in 2008, now regards Republican Scott Brown as a 74 percent favorite to win the Senate seat in Massachusetts on the basis of new polling from ARG, Research 2000 and InsiderAdvantage which show worsening numbers for Brown’s opponent, [...]
Lest we Americans forget, 2010 is not just an American election year; British Parliamentary elections are to be held sometimes this year. It looks like the folks over at fivethirtyeight.com may be keeping tabs on the expected trouncing of Labour. At the very least, they’ve posted a primer on British elections for those of us on [...]
I’m briefly resurfacing again to note that while I’ve been occupied with work and getting frisked by TSA employees, the special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat is upon us…and it looks to be a close one. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com has, of course, dusted off his models and rated the race a toss-up. The [...] 
OK, maybe the Senate campaign here in Connecticut will be boring after all. Public Policy Polling released the following polling update: Blumenthal is unusually popular, especially in hyper partisan times when voters like few politicians. 59% have a favorable opinion of him to just 19% who see him negatively. It’s no surprise that he’s liked by [...]
Wow. As seen in the New York Times: Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat who was facing an increasingly tough bid for a sixth term in the United States Senate, has decided not to seek re-election this year, Democrats familiar with his plans said Wednesday.[…] Mr. Dodd has been a fixture in the Senate since [...] 
We finished the Congressional term with both houses of Congress having passed their own version of health insurance reform. With the New Year passed, Congressional Dems will get to work reconciling the two bills. And with only 302 days until Election Day 2010, this article from Politico should come as no surprise: Republicans hope a push [...] |
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