Go Ahead And Shoot At Me

I woke up this morning and was going to start my stint as a guest correspondent by trying to kick up a dialogue on how my people in rural America are getting screwed into the stone ages. As an inexperienced blogger (I think this is the third time I’ve posted anything), I thought it prudent [...]

Mudcat in the Swamp

It’s my pleasure to introduce to Swampland our newest guest blogger, Mudcat Saunders. I’m sure many if not most of our readers are familiar with Mudcat, a Democratic consultant who specializes in helping candidates appeal to rural voters. He advised Jim Webb’s successful campaign against George Allen last fall. He was on Mark Warner’s team [...]

Re: Thoughts on Sentencing

I’ve been amazed at the eagerness with which blogospheric and MSM pundits alike have latched onto the Paris/Scooter analogy. Clearly, we are all Maureen Dowd now. Joe’s thoughts on the synchronictious sentencing are, however, somewhat unique and I’d like to respond to them. First, this observation: Seems to me that could work either way in [...]