Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts

You might remember the name Rachel Bitecofer. She's the political scientist who got her 15 minutes in the spotlight when she nailed the blue wave House elections in 2018 –…

Poll Results: Democrats in Disarray

Atrios over at Eschaton captured the folly of Democrats dwelling on Biden's age with one sarcastic headline: "Let's Spend Weeks Talking About The Fact That Our Candidate Is A Drooling…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024

Remember Hunter Seefried, the Laurel man who followed his Confederate battle flag-waving father into the Capitol on Jan. 6? Now into the second year of his prison sentence, he has…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

It's Presidents Day, so let's start with the formerly anodyne holiday exercise of Historians Rankiing the Presidents. Let's see here: Top 5 is Lincoln, FDR, Washington, Teddy, TJeff. Obama No.…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024

The special election to replace the Lyin' King, George Santos, as representative in New York's 3rd congressional district wasn't the squeaker predicted by polling. Democrat Tom Suozzi defeated his Republican…

Who Should Replace Biden?

Since so many people think Joe Biden is dragging down the chances of defeating Donald Trump in November, whom do you think should top the ticket instead? Take the poll…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

Today's top story: Joe Biden turned one day older yesterday, continuing his troubling tendency to age. Worse, he refuses to do anything about it, despite the throngs demanding he step…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024

The Republican Party had another terrible day Tuesday. Their meritless impeachment of Biden's Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, failed when a few Republicans failed to vote for it, and their…