Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Sports and Politics
In writing my previous post, I came to the conclusion that there are a lot of parallels between sports and politics. The most important is the notion that you can’t buy your way out of a problem; you have to develop a bench for the team, with members ready to step up when needed. That’s…
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Quit Pau-ting
I know I don’t really write about sports that much, if at all, but the Pau trade to the Lakers gives me an opportunity to talk about one of the other loves of my life…sports. There are a slew of issues wrapped up in this trade, some that are evident, and some that are under…
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Federalize the Primary System
I give credit to this post from Digby for reminding me of a post I started and didn’t finish. Currently, states determine the date of their primary, just like they always have. Up until about 12 years ago, they all played nice and everything was hunky dory. Then the advent of the 24 hour primary…
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More thoughts, observations, and baseless accusations UPDATED
First of all, Marek over at West Tennessee is on to something. In both 2004 and 2008, Democrats have voted safe. Instead of voting to win (winning being putting forth a candidate that best reflected our core values and had the soul of a fighter) we voted to not lose. We lost 2004, and unless…
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A Disturbance in the Force
As commenter joshua notes, it has been a long 10 days since my last irritation driven screed. I have no excuses, life happens. Would I have liked to use the blog pimping provided by the lovely and talented Newscoma to entertain, inform and enrage a whole new populace of people in the “sphere”? You betcha.…
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Something to Consider…
First, I would like to credit this comment for reminding me of this issue. Forget the speeches, the position papers, for a moment, and remember last years Democratic Senatorial Primary in Connecticut. Upstart candidate Ned Lamont challenged and eventually defeated Joe Lieberman (I) in the Democratic Primary. Hillary may have hedged her bets, but Bill…