Carl Orr, has written a good summary of why people are concerned about the re-election of George W Bush. I would add two: the illnesses of Arafat and Rehnquist.
Archives for November 2004
Check out
the county-by-county electoral map at USATODAY.com. It tells a story of an urban/rural split that transcends all the talk of red states/blue states. There are no red states or blue states. Rather there are small blue urban areas completely engulfed in red. And interestingly enough, the most concentrated blue on the map behind New England is in Texas, not in California, at least by this view.
There’s no surer signal
that a leader is dead than the denials. Well today we have a whopper: Doctors Deny Reports of Arafat’s Death.
Update: Arafat actually held on for a lot longer than expected, but now (Nov 11) he has finally slipped out of his coma. Any prognostications on the what this means for the future of the region would be wild speculation at this point.
Nightmare scenario?
Thirteen months ago, Keven Drum (then of Calpundit, now blogging at Washington Monthly), posted a shocking piece quoting extensively from the official party platform of the Texas GOP: The New Model Republican Party. Is this what we’re in for? I don’t think so, but I won’t be surprised. Republicans are great at gradualism, at getting a tiny foothold in an area of legislation and using that as the this wedge to open up huge gaps in public policy.
For once,
I was speechless yesterday. It won’t last for long, but what was there to say yesterday? I was as shocked as anyone. The culture of denial is stronger than ever, and getting stronger. How does one argue against that?
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