In the latest issue of New York magazine, John Heilemann has an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the closing days of the Clinton campaign, and makes this argument about what she accomplished with her presidential bid: The rapidly congealing conventional wisdom is that the answer is worse than nothing: Her legacy has been tarnished, her status [...]

McCain called Friday’s ruling “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” Now, other people have probably had this same thought, but it’s worth articulating here: Really? One of the worst? I mean, I love this country and all but our Supreme Court has pulled some real boners over the years… I [...]

Everything you thought you knew about electoral math is wrong. Actually, I have a vague memory of a similar strategy — one that counted at least in part on racking up electoral college votes in the West, rather than Ohio and Florida — being floated by a Kossack or the Kos himself. Someone bloggy. I’ll [...]