In Light of the TX-23 Results, Was Tom DeLay’s Texas Re-Redistricting a “Huge Disaster?”
So suggests Kos.
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Senator Johnson’s Illness and Control of the Senate
With the news this morning that Senator Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) has undergone emergency surgery and is in critical condition following a possible stroke, there is already speculation that control of the Senate could shift back to Republicans.
We all hope… Continue reading
What Can Bring Together the Reform-Oriented Campaign Legal Center and the Anti-Reform Center for Competitive Politics?
Two Views of the EAC’s Report on Fraud
Following up on this post, I received the following email from Jeannie Layson, Director of Communications at the EAC:
I write to point out incorrect information you posted on your website on December 11, 2006. You wrote: “Note what’s… Continue reading
Major Development in the FEC’s Treatment of 527s
As recently hinted, the FEC (before the departure of FEC Chair Michael Toner) has made a major move toward regulating 527 organizations as political committees. The FEC has just issued a press release, FEC COLLECTS $630,000 IN CIVIL PENALTIES … Continue reading
“FL-13: Media Turning on Jennings?”
Hotline on Call offers these links. See also this column by Jeremy Wallace in the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
“Court Issues Voting Opinion: Written decision by state’s highest court elaborates on ruling against early balloting”
Cook and Rothenberg v. Cain on Political Prognostication
See this report in The Hill. A snippet: “University of California-Berkeley political scientist Bruce Cain and his students at Berkeley’s D.C.-based program argue in a new study that the top political seers’ claims of accuracy are a bit inflated.”
“Democrats Consider Outside Ethics Panel”
The NY Times offers this report, which begins: “House Democrats are seriously exploring the creation of an independent ethics arm to enforce new rules on travel, lobbying, gifts and other issues that Democrats intend to put in place on… Continue reading
“Texas Republican Ousted As Last House Seat Filled”
Thanks to Justice Kennedy’s opinion in LULAC, Democrats had a chance to win in a redesigned TX-23 congressional district. The Washington Post reports that the Democrat, Ciro Rodriguez, beat the incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla by a very large 55-45 percent… Continue reading
“Congress Urged to Support Communication Voucher System”
The Campaign Legal Center has issued this press release.
Bauer on Tobin, Politics, and Charities
See here.
“Happy Birthday, Bush v. Gore”
Here is Ned Foley’s plea to fix the safe harbor deadline before the next presidential election. Congress should listen—this should not be controversial.
“Another Consideration in Minority Vote Dilution Remedies: Rent-Seeking”
Alan Lockard has written this article for the Review of Law and Economics. Here is the abstract:
In some areas of the United States, racial and ethnic minorities have been effectively excluded from the democratic process by a variety of… Continue reading