Lifted from Robert’s stochastic thoughts on media: Wish I’d Typed this Bill Nothstine · Top Commenter · Living Liberally And, to be fair to Romney [brief interlude while Bill clutches…

…too: Reflections on Paul Ryan’s Transactions in Individual Bank Stocks in 2008.] Romney and Ryan don’t approve of fiscal policy stimulus (unless it’s tax cuts for the wealthy), and Ryan…

One interesting Romneycampaign tic is to use “numerous” to mean two. Examples of this abuse of “numerous” follow. 1. “After extensive hearings the bipartisan [Massachusetts] Ballot Law Commission came to…

…recommendation almost 40 years ago, and it hasn’t happened yet. We’ve got our work cut out for us. UPDATE: Following the Mitt George Romney rule (“one year might be a…

…are currently getting a menu of proposals with Simpson-Bowles in the right, Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney on the far right, and Fox News on the extreme right. There is…

…level of tax nirvana in 1936. They couldn’t just pull a Lawrence Garfield, or should I say a Romney? They couldn’t just negotiate payment in stock, whack labor costs to…

…social welfare programs. I don’t think that was Roberts’ intent—really, I don’t—and I don’t think the opinion will be viewed that way. Unless, of course, Romney wins and appoints a…

…I don’t think the opinion will be viewed that way. Unless, of course, Romney wins and appoints a wingnut to replace, say, Ginsburg if her health does not hold out….

by Mike Kimel The two luckiest people in American politics today are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Each is running against a politician whose accomplishments while an elected head of…

…calendar quarter of each president’s inauguration is allotted to the previous administration. I’ve labeled the quadrants as follows, and indicated the frequency of data points populating each quadrant. Here are…