A plain blog about politics

Happy Birthday to Arthur Rhodes , one of my very favorites, 43. World Series tonight; meanwhile, good stuff: 1. Keith Humphreys writes i...

Rich Yselson called Arlen Specter, who died last week, a " poor man's Richard Nixon. " Something about Specter brought out the...

Happy Birthday to Bryce Harper , 20. Wow. Hey, b-r has updated the most-similar lists. Ready? Remember, it has to be guys who played at 19.....

I'm trying to get a handle on just how awful Matt Bai's piece in the NYT is today.  It's really a prize-winner.  I mean, to beg...

With Specter going down to defeat last night, I get to use this one: 1960: Kennedy/Nixon, one of the closest elections in United States hi...

Arlen Specter has cut strings!  What can we expect from him now?  Here's what I said a few weeks ago: The one Democrat whose strings ma...

Arlen Specter's possible nomination loss is huge news today -- see the NYT story and the WaPo story .  I think it's fair to say tha...

Via Benen , Arlen Specter is in serious trouble in the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, with his lead over Joe Sestak down to four points...