Law Students

When Was the last time a party controlled the White House and both houses of Congress? Carter Or Clinton?

Posted on November 05, 2008
Hilarious:

The Liberal Label

Posted on November 03, 2008
Is Obama a liberal? Is he really liberal? How scary is that?These are difficult questions because there's some complex stuff going on behind the philosophical scenes for Obama. In my view, based on listening to him speak and reading his books, Barack Obama is not your standard liberal...

I Call No Jinxies

Posted on November 03, 2008
Cal is ranked 21.No jinx.

The Craziest McCain Map

Posted on November 03, 2008
I just made a crazy McCain map on 270towin.com.It's a 270-268 victory for McCain, and several very fortunate things, all unlikely, have to occur for it to happen.First, what McCain doesn't need to do -- carry Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, or Iowa...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

Instrumental Don't Stop Believin'

Posted on November 03, 2008
ET and I were watching the Wedding Singer yesterday, as we are wont to do on weekends, when it's often on TNT or TBS. During the Linda-Robbie wedding scene, before it becomes obvious that Linda isn't coming to the wedding, there's an awesome version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" Playing in the background...

Vote McCain

Posted on November 03, 2008

McCain Bounce

Posted on November 01, 2008
Zogby's one-day tracking poll on Friday had McCain at 48-47.

Against Nuance

Posted on November 01, 2008
It is worth pointing out that WT's post about Khalidi, and the accusation in general, works by making a statement that is literally true but that implies something scary and sensational.  Also WT's post says nothing about what Mr. Khalidi actually believes or says...

Yay Race Jokes

Posted on November 01, 2008
Chris Rock at an Obama event in Florida:[Rock] also segued into a riff about Obama's Kenyan roots."He got a good chance because he's Kenyan," Rock said. "And you can't beat a Kenyan at a race. Nothing like a Kenyan, boy. You got on a plane right now to New York and I got on a Kenyan, I'd beat you there...

Was Rashid Khalidi a PLO Spokesman?

Posted on November 01, 2008
Barack Obama's friend Rashid Khalidi, whose 2003 party may have involved some anti-Israel rhetoric, claims that he was never a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization.But here's a good piece on that question (and a response to the other side)...

An Ideologically Chastened New Right

Posted on October 30, 2008
It seems to me that there are two options for people on the right, whether they be social or economic conservatives, to deal honestly with the failures of the last eight years. First, they can admit that certain ideological propositions require revision...

Ted Stevens Alaska-Exonerated

Posted on October 27, 2008
Today, Senator Ted Stevens was found to have violated ethics laws. Or, as they say in Alaska, "cleared of any legal wrongdoing, any hint of any kind of unethical activity."

America: Where We Refuse to Let Rich People Not Be Rich

Posted on October 25, 2008
Makes sense to me.

A Flashback in Valentino

Posted on October 24, 2008
Says John McCain: ?She is a governor, the most popular governor in America.  I think she is the most qualified of any that has run recently for vice president.? So the latter statement is completely, utterly, cataclysmically false.   But can we agree that it's foolish to parse it in terms of literal truth? Surely McCain was not thinking of Al Gore, or Dick Cheney, or Joe Lieberman...

Hype

Posted on October 23, 2008
Only a certain very rare species of person, for Emerson, is "fit to stand the gaze of millions." It is not your normal, hard-working, quietly desperate species of American. The man who can stand the megagaze is a walking imago, a certain type of transcendent freak who, for Emerson, "carries the holiday in his eye...

Victory

Posted on October 23, 2008
The editor of this anthology, who took part and was wounded in the last war to end war, hates war and hates all the politicians whose mismanagement, gullibility, cupidity, selfishness and ambition brought on this present war and made it inevitable.  But once we have a war there is only one thing to do...

Impossible.

Posted on October 22, 2008
The hill McCain will die on:

Will a Barack Obama Candidacy Result in a Ban on Gay Marriage in California?

Posted on October 22, 2008
According to recent polls, Proposition 8, a ballot initiative to have a proposed amendment banning gay marriage written into the California State Constitution, is supported by a razor thin majority of Californians.What is interesting is that African-Americans are one of the groups most strongly in favor of the Proposition - roughly 68 percent in recent polls...

PA in 2004

Posted on October 21, 2008
This is the map that got Kerry a 50.9 - 48.4 victory in 2004. Tough to beat all that red.

Kamikaze in Pennsylvania

Posted on October 21, 2008
The blue state the McCain campaign is trying to flip isn't Michigan, as I predicted here.It's Pennsylvania. And it's a Kamikaze strategy that, if successful, allows McCain to lose New Mexico, Iowa, Colorado, and either Nevada or Virginia (or both, if he also swings New Hampshire)...

Obama's Weakness and Deception

Posted on October 20, 2008
Some of the Devil Rays (who I was rooting for to win the ALCS, and am rooting for in the WS) came to an Obama event today in Tamba Bay."I've said from the beginning that I am a unity candidate," Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told eight thousand supporters in Tampa Monday afternoon...

Palin On SNL

Posted on October 19, 2008
Palin shouldn't have let Amy Poehler take over for her. If she had done this, it would have changed everything.

Biden Speaks of McCain's Friendship in Past Tense

Posted on October 19, 2008
Ugh. I said this was going to be a tough election."He used to be a close friend," the Democratic vice presidential nominee said of McCain at a mid-day San Francisco area fundraiser.Lame. I hope they can put their differences behind them after the election.

"Barack Obama's Drug Dealer"

Posted on October 19, 2008
Oh Boy.In a public letter to the New York Times, Cindy McCain's lawyer notes that its coverage has been uneven, as it publishes hit pieces on Cindy McCain but has "not tried to find Barack Obama's drug dealer that he wrote about in his book, Dreams of My Father...

Powell Endorses Obama

Posted on October 19, 2008
Powell mentions this photo.I'm skeptical that Powell has heard senior members of the GOP float the idea that Obama is a closet Muslim, and Powell gets it wrong that Obama "has always" been a Christian. He was raised nominally Muslim, and then had no religion until his adult life...

Pelosi Says The Race is over

Posted on October 19, 2008
Pelosi gets cocky:There are only 15 days left until Election Day, which means that pundits and pols will be busy predicting who will win come November 7.We caught up with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Georgetown's Café Milano Friday night and she didn't pull any punches...

The Lyrics to Poehler's Palin Song

Posted on October 19, 2008
Here are the lyrics to the Poehler-Palin song. I'm still a little bummed Palin didn't do this herself.Whoever wrote this was genius.My name is Sarah Palin/ You all know meVice President nominee/ Of the GOPGonna Need your vote/ In the next electionCan I get a "what what" from the Senior Section?[Palin and Seth Myers shown rocking back and forth]McCain got experience/ McCain got styleBut don't let him freak you out/ When he tries to smileCuz that smile be creepy!But when I'm VP/ All the leaders in the world gonna finally meet me[Dancing Eskimos (Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen) enter]How's it go eskimos?"Eskimos!"Tell me, tell me what you know Eskimos...

Latest Prop 8 Numbers

Posted on October 18, 2008
Not looking good for gay marriage.Yes: 61No 38That seems unlikely, given the state's heavy blue orientation, and some strong Obama coattails. The state just isn't where it used to be 8 years ago, when the Knight Initiative was passed. This poll is almost certainly an outlier...

Ditka Reconsiders Not Running For Illinois Senate in 2004

Posted on October 18, 2008
I love this kind of counterfactual hypothesizing.Could Mike Ditka have beaten Obama for Illinois Senate in 2004??I don?t know what would have happened if I had run,? Ditka, 69, said. ?I really don?t. Could I have beaten him? Maybe. Maybe not.?A lot of people in Illinois thought Ditka had a pretty good chance to win, had he accepted the invitation to run...

*Another* Unfounded "Kill Him" Rumor?

Posted on October 18, 2008
It appears that may be the case.I mentioned the earlier, unsourced accusation, by Dana Milbank, in this post. Milbank's claim was investigated by the Secret Service and dropped.But that seemed less relevant when a commenter noted that *another* incident of "kill him" had been heard...

Bloggers, promote your law blog by nominating your blog for inclusion in USLaw.com's Law Blog Directory and RSS Reader. Benefits described.