A nuanced and important column from The Fix. … Continue reading
Category Archives: political parties
Mahtesian and Vandehei: “Think Congress is a big, dysfunctional, polarized mess? Just wait: It’s going to get worse.” … Continue reading
The order is here. I expect a cert. petition to the Supreme Court. My earlier coverage is here. … Continue reading
See this ruling on the motion for a demurrer and this denial of a preliminary injunction. No surprises here. … Continue reading
Sheahan Virgin and Rob Richie write. … Continue reading
NYT’s “The Caucus” blog: “Members of the Republican National Committee considered — and rejected — changes to their presidential nominating process for 2016 after a contest this year that some members say was too long and drawn out. At a … Continue reading
Political Wire reports. … Continue reading
Richard Winger has the documents. … Continue reading
Politico: “National Republicans have begun to intervene in a handful of key Senate and House battlegrounds where state parties are in disarray, seeking to head off the possibility that local mismanagement could cost the party control of Congress.” … Continue reading
LA Times: “As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to squelch the role of special interests in financing the party conventions — so he barred corporations and lobbyists from contributing money to this year’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C. … Continue reading
The Texas Tribune explains. … Continue reading
MacLeans on the new primary rules. … Continue reading
News from Canada: “The New Democratic Party of Canada will choose a new party leader at a two-day conference at a Toronto convention centre this weekend, through a process that gives each member a chance to have their say in … Continue reading
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
ABC News reports. … Continue reading
Politico: “Mitt Romney’s vaunted organization nearly failed him in Illinois, where he only remained eligible for delegates on the ballot after a negotiated truce between his campaign and Rick Santorum’s people.” … Continue reading
The Brad Blog reports. … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
Interesting NYT report. … Continue reading
Political Wire reports. … Continue reading
Here it is. … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
FairVote: “Contrary to conventional wisdom, current projected delegate totals for frontrunner Mitt Romney are far closer to what they would have been if every state had used a winner-take-all rule for allocating delegates than if they had used proportional allocation … Continue reading
Interesting report from The Fix. … Continue reading
NYT: “While Mr. Romney holds considerable advantages over his rivals, his aides acknowledge that he is unlikely to reach the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination for at least two more months. His challengers have gradually given up on … Continue reading
Mother Jones: “I wanted a brokered convention,” Steele tells me. “That was one of my goals.” Why in the world would a party chairman desire apparent turmoil? To create excitement and shake up the party, Steele explains. So far this … Continue reading
Interesting perspectives, and makes me long for the days of Legal Affairs Debate Club. … Continue reading
Mark Siegel, former executive director of DNC, games it out. … Continue reading
A FairVote compendium. … Continue reading
U.S. News reports. … Continue reading
Jonathan Backer responds to Ezra Klein’s review of Larry Lessig’s and Jack Abramoff’s books. (Lessig’s response to Klein is here.) Klein’s general take is that concern over campaign finance and lobbying reform is overblown. Backer says it is a more … Continue reading
You can read the unanimous opinion of the three-judge-court of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link. Speaking very roughly, back in 1982 the Republican National Committee settled a case (through a court-enforced consent … Continue reading
Scott LeMieux weighs in on the Hasen/Bernstein debate. … Continue reading
I have posted this draft book review essay on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Essay reviews recent books about lobbying, campaign finance, and the problems of Washington by Lawrence Lessig and Jack Abramoff. Together, Lessig and Abramoff offer a … Continue reading
Political Wire summarizes Josh Putnam on the delegate math. Who in the media will be the first to refer to Mitt Romney as the “presumptive Republican nominee?” … Continue reading
Politico: “The independent Senate candidacy of former Maine Gov. Angus King is having a chilling effect on the potential bid of Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree.” If King runs, there will be no runoff: it will be a three-person race with … Continue reading
Allan Hoffenblum reports. Thanks to a loyal reader for passing along the link. … Continue reading
Jonathan Bernstein has a thoughtful response up at the New Republic to my Slate piece, Kill the Caucuses. … Continue reading
Dan Balz has written this column. … Continue reading
This time in Washington State. Kill the caucuses. … Continue reading
Michael Falcone has the scoop. Truly a self-inflicted wound. … Continue reading
Getting ugly. And another black eye on how the Republican Party in the states (mostly caucus states) have been running their delegate selection processes. … Continue reading
The Bipartisan Policy Center will hold this event with Jay Cost, John Fortier, Curtis Gans, and David Norcross on March 8. … Continue reading
Here’s a guest post from Rob Richie of Fairvote, making an important observation: The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote last night that “In politics, winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The score sheet only shows ‘W’s’ and ‘L’s’….When we … Continue reading
Detroit Free Press: “The Michigan presidential primary vote was close and so will be the distribution of delegates based on the results in Michigan’s 14 congressional districts.” More on this coming. … Continue reading
MinnPost reports. … Continue reading
Soren Dayton on why it is time to kill the caucus. … Continue reading
TPM explores. … Continue reading
John Dickerson writes at Slate. … Continue reading
Don’t expect the Iowa caucus to fade away any time soon, via Electionline Weekly. … Continue reading