More commentary this weekend on California’s Proposition 14 “top two” open primary referendum after Judge Allen Sumner’s ballot wording ruling on Friday. The ruling was seen as a win for independent voters by attorney Harry Kresky of IndependentVoting and by Californians for an Open Primary/Yes on 14… Meanwhile, state Rep. Hunter Greene, a Republican who [...]

I almost feel bad for the guy. First, he gets caught up in the whole D.C. Madam scandal. Ouch. Now, with that behind him, he starts to prepare for his 2010 Senate re-election run. Cue the comically ironic porn-star: This year, an ad appeared on Craigslist seeking “a female in some aspect of the adult-entertainment [...]

MSNBC checks out the new Congressman we wrote about yesterday here and here. One thing I want to focus on is how House Minority leader John Boehner characterized this victory… In a memo to colleagues called “The Time is Cao,” Boehner says that Anh “Joseph” Cao’s win over Jefferson in a heavily Democratic district points [...]

One of the biggest surprises over the weekend was the defeat of popular, but indicted, Representative William Jefferson for Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district. But should it surprise anybody that voters preferred Anh Cao’s message of pragmatic politics? Because after reading even a little bit about this guy, I would have cast my ballot for him [...]

In a grim election year, the Republicans can at least take solace in the fact that they didn’t lose to a guy who was caught with $90,000 in his freezer. With the defeat of William Jefferson of Louisiana, Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao has proven that even amidst a Democratic sweep and even in a heavily [...]

If he’s truly thinking about running in 2012, I think that’s a mistake since he’ll literally be 41 years old at the time. Then again, that’s what they said about Obama a couple years ago, although Obama had more legislative experience when he ran than Jindal will have in 2012. And actually, both Huckabee and [...]

Maybe not in 2012, but be on the lookout for Bobby Jindal in the coming years. He will definitely be a major player. The three things that Jindal cite are definitely what the GOP hung their hat on, but will they have a higher hurdle if Obama is successful with his decidedly liberal economic agenda? [...]

Again, the Obama landslide scenario is not playing out tonight, although it looks like he could pick up North Carolina, Indiana and Missouri. And that would push him above 350. Some think this would be a mandate. I don’t buy that, but we shall see. And scene.

Well, Hurricane Gustav has left the Louisiana coast with a lot of clean-up and, sadly, eight reported deaths. But the good news is: New Orleans survived with only some power loss and sewer problems. Residents should be able to return within the next few days. We can all now breathe a sigh of relief.

While it’s way too early to breathe a sigh of relief, the good news is: Hurricane Gustav made landfall at just a category two and the New Orleans levees look like they’re going to hold. The storm also hit the Louisiana coastline at more of an angle than the direct hit Katrina gave the area. [...]

The first is New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin: “Since the immediate days following the storm, I have been traveling to our nation’s capitol to advocate for policies that aid our rebuilding effort,” Nagin said in a statement released by the Obama campaign. “I know first hand, we desperately need the leadership of someone committed to [...]

Michael van der Galien wrote a post yesterday entitled, It’s All About Race. Needless to say it’s about Obama’s overwhelming support among black voters in Tuesday’s contest in Mississippi and why that’s happening. Let’s take a look at Michael’s argument (note: Mississippi and Louisiana are mixed up here, so read everything in the following as [...]

They’re all happening this weekend. Obama has visited all of these primary or caucus locales. Hillary has visited two. There are 161 delegates at stake. What will happen? Here are some guesses… Washington primary, 78 delegates: Lay of the land: Obama is thought to have an advantage in the caucuses, which are dominated by party [...]