A plain blog about politics

Happy Birthday to Nick Lowe , 64. And some good stuff: 1. Dan Hopkins on how to influence policy if you're a lobbyist . 2. Bob Dol...

With Eddie Haskell back in the news with his new House GOP budget, Steve Kornacki had a piece this morning about the history of those who we...

Ah, I see that Nerdfight has flared up again  (be sure to look at comments on the first of those). I'll just mention that I think Nate ...

Over at Plum Line, I listen to Mitt Romney at CPAC and hear Bob Dole, 1996 . Which reminds me of my favorite (and probably not apocryphal) B...