In the course of introducing a Politico story reporting that GOP insiders say Sarah Palin isn’t making any friends on the midterm-election campaign trail with her erratic and unprofessional behavior, Jonathan Chait gives a rather hilarious summation of his take, prior to digesting this new piece of information, on a potential Palin presidential run: I’ve been assuming for a while… Read more »
Here’s the tail end of Michael Bennet’s speech last night in Denver, and the beginning of Bill Clinton’s: Although it perhaps defies convention, the Dems were very smart to have Bennet — the actual candidate — go before Clinton. If Bubba had spoken first, his lengthy stemwinder of a speech would have been an impossible act for the not terribly… Read more »
A day late, but hopefully not a dollar short, here is Becky’s and my latest LRT podcast episode. Our main topic is the Colorado governor’s race and the extremism of Tom “Impeach Obama and Bomb Mecca” Tancredo, although our discussion includes some haphazard transitions back and forth between that gubernatorial race and… British fiscal policy! (Hence the title.) Also covered:… Read more »
…this is pretty freakin’ awesome:
Also: Go Irish, Beat Western Michigan!! And: Go Wisconsin and Texas and Arkansas and Kentucky and Ole Miss and Iowa State and McNeese State and CHAOS!!!
I plan/hope to launch my DU hoops blog section on November 1, to coincide with the beginning of Season 7 of Kyle Whelliston’s Mid Majority. That’s only 17 days away! But for now, I won’t be doing a write-up of tonight’s season-opening practice at the University of Denver’s Hamilton Gymnasium, nor of my interview afterward with head coach (and fellow… Read more »
…well, you know what happened. Even if the NCAA record books say it didn’t. True confessions of an Irish Trojan: whenever I watch that video, as glad as I am that USC won, I always really feel for #90 at the end, Brian Beidatsch. Such heartbreak. Anyway… I sometimes worry that perhaps I’m getting clichéd and over-the-top when I write… Read more »
Nothing is official yet, but my day of rejoicing may be near: Pac-10 athletic directors weren’t able to arrive at a consensus during two days of meetings last week in San Francisco, but a compromise is in the works, according to multiple sources. The conference would like to have a north-south split of two six-team divisions, instead of a “zipper… Read more »