Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 10. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 5:07 PM for 9h 57m 46s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 77.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1865, the United States Congress passes…
Presidential race 2016
Kakistocracy, Never Trump, Presidential race 2016, Resistance, Trump, Unfit
Yet Go He Will…
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Ted Koppel cautions Don’t expect Trump to go quietly: There is a disarming innocence to the assumption that whether by impeachment, indictment or a cleansing electoral redo in 2020, President Trump will be exorcised from the White House and that thereby he and his base will largely revert to irrelevance. Truthfully, there are few among the…
Presidential race 2016, Trump
Campaign of Fraud
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
NBC reports on a deal between prosecutors in the federal Southern District of New York and AMI, the publisher of the pro-Trump National Enquirer: AMI, National Enquirer’s parent company, admitted it made $150,000 Cohen payment “in concert” with “a candidate’s presidential campaign” in order to “ensure that the woman did not publicize damaging allegations about…
Elections, Presidential race 2016, Putin, Trump
Intelligence community report on Russian activities in the 2016 election
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
City, Presidential race 2016, School District, Trump
Update: James Surowiecki on What the Press Missed About Trump’s Win
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I posted yesterday on James Surowiecki’s contention that Trump’s success with non-college whites was predictable, but that Trump’s better-than-expected success with college-educated whites is what the press missed. See, James Surowiecki on What the Press Missed About Trump’s Win. Surowiecki makes a few follow-up remarks to his tweet-stream of yesterday. First, Surowiecki is not saying that…
Presidential race 2016, Trump
James Surowiecki on What the Press Missed About Trump’s Win
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
James Surowiecki of The New Yorker has a nineteen-tweet string on what the press missed about Trump’s win. The string starts at 10:22 AM – 5 Jan 2017 and ends at 10:48 AM – 5 Jan 2017. It’s worth reading in full, but here are Surowiecki’s 5 key tweets: 1. My least-favorite post-election meme is the…
History, Law, Liberty, Politics, Presidential race 2016, Trump
Kevin Drum on Trump and the End of Reconstruction
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Blogging at Mother Jones, Kevin Drum – like many of us, of whatever politics – seems uncertain about the consequences of a Trump Administration. (In fairness, much has happened in a short time, and it’s hard to make sense of it all.) Still, Drum’s thinking has shifted significantly over the last few days, in ways…
Elections, Poll, Presidential race 2016
Marquette Law Poll Results (Final 2016 Election Edition)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The final 2016 Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here key findings from the 10.26.16 to 10.31.16 poll (the full results are available online). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in WI 46% to 40%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) November 2, 2016 Johnson-Stein, Among…
Elections, Presidential race 2016
Save the Day: Vote
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Johnson-Weld, Libertarians, Politics, Presidential race 2016
Where Libertarians Stand on the Presidential Race
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Libertarians have a political philosophy, and may also be members of a political party using that same name. For those of us who are both ideologically libertarian and members of the national party (as I am), the statement yesterday from Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld (a former Republican governor of Massachusetts), summaries nicely our…
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016
Marquette Law Poll Results (Early October ’16 Edition)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The early October Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are two key findings from the 10.6.16 to 10.9.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump-Johnson-Stein, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin likely voters: Clinton 44% Trump 37% Johnson 9%Stein 3%#MULawPoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) October 12,…
Politics, Presidential race 2016
Preparation
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I’ve posted observations from Stuart Stevens, a GOP consultant and writer not affiliated with any presidential candidate this year. Here’s another, after last night’s debate: Saw last night why campaign managers focus on helping their candidates prepare for debates & don’t live on tv talking about debates. — stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 27, 2016 Preparation…
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016, Wisconsin
Marquette Law Poll Results (Mid-September ’16 Edition)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The mid-September Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are a few key findings from the 9.15.16 to 9.18.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in WI 44% to 42%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll…
Poll, Presidential race 2016
Polls, Polls, Polls
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
In the weeks ahead, we’re sure to hear about dramatic results! or shocking details! from presidential or statewide polls. Over at FiveThirtyEight, they’ve 13 Tips For Reading General Election Polls Like A Pro. All thirteen are instructive, but tips 1 and 2 are especially useful guidelines: Beware of polls tagged “bombshells” or “stunners.” Any poll described thusly is…