A plain blog about politics

Taegan Goddard yesterday posted an ARG South Carolina poll that had Romney at 25%, Palin at 16%, Bachmann at 13%...wait a second. Stop! Th...

I don't think that Paul Ryan is running for president; I really don't think he'll ever run for president. But if he does, he sur...

I continue to totally enjoy the series that Erik Loomis has been writing about the most important US politicians by state. His New York edi...

...and that's where the debt limit negotiations remain. I just got around to reading Keith Hennessey on the McConnell plan , and the key...

I just about entirely disagree with Matt Yglesias's belief that parliamentary systems produce progress-by-alteration, in which parties ...

I've fallen a bit behind in my "replace" updates...it started to seem a bit redundant to me. Fortunately, Politico's Jenni...

The big weekend news is that Barack Obama has chosen Richard Cordray to be filibustered by Republicans over a nomination to head the new Co...