The latest Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are a few key findings from the 8.25.16 to 8.28.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: Among likely voters in WI, Clinton 45%, Trump 42%, with 10% supporting neither. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) August 31, 2016…
Politics
Johnson-Weld, Libertarians, Politics, Presidential race 2016
Johnson-Weld 2016 Video
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Development, Economy, Hip & Prosperous, Politics
The Middle Time, Part 2
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over two years ago, I described Whitewater as being in a ‘middle time,’ between former conditions and future ones: While Whitewater is in a time of transition, from one way of life to a more diverse and prosperous one, she is only at the ‘end of the beginning’ of that transition. It’s a middle time now, and…
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016
Latest Marquette Law Poll Results
by JOHN ADAMS •
The latest Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are a few key findings from the 8.4.16 to 8.7.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Occasionally, I’ve heard some Democrats complain about pollster Charles Franklin (notably Ed Garvey among them), but Franklin’s surveys have had a generally good…
Elections, Politics
Implications from the August 9th Wisconsin Primary
by JOHN ADAMS •
There were no surprises in any of the races in or near Whitewater last night. They all went as one might reasonably have predicted. One area race (and only one), however, might have national implications. Paul Ryan easily won his first congressional district primary over Paul Nehlen. See, Despite late drama, Ryan easily beats Nehlen…
Libertarians, Politics, Presidential race 2016
One Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
Politics
Stuart Stevens on Outcomes
by JOHN ADAMS •
Stuart Stevens is a longtime Republican consultant and writer (and a critic of this year’s GOP nominee). There’s an observation that he made on Twitter, applied to the current presidential race, about false confidence: Just because somebody had a few drinks & made it home, don’t take it as proof alcohol helps you drive. https://t.co/1dvNnkVHqT…
City, Culture, Politics
Ad Hoc Policy is Debilitating
by JOHN ADAMS •
A municipal policy of addressing problems as they crop up, principally on an ad hoc, piecemeal basis, will wear local government down, and only produce worse policies. (Ad hoc policy, that is, literally a for this [purpose] policy.) One should begin each discussion and problem from the vantage of a fundamental philosophy of government, adjusting…
Politics, Poll
The Major Parties’ Conventions
by JOHN ADAMS •
Politics, Religion
The Rev. William Barber at the Democratic National Convention
by JOHN ADAMS •
I watched the national conventions of both major parties, although I am a member of neither. Of the many speeches over many days, some were exceptional. The one from the Rev. William Barber, for example, is worth watching, either for the first time or again. The Rev. Barber’s political views, to be sure, sometimes (but…
City, Politics
The GOP in Whitewater, Presidential Primary of 4.5.16
by JOHN ADAMS •
I posted yesterday about political yardsigns in the city (the city proper). I’m curious, among other things, how Trump (a non-traditional GOP) candidate will fare here in November. Democrats have a traditional ideological nominee in Hillary Clinton, but Trump is markedly different from other Republicans before him, and from other Republican challengers this year. (Disclosure: I’m a libertarian…
City, Politics
Few Political Signs, So Far, in Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
As I’ve been riding though the city in the evening, I’ve been recently on the lookout for political signs. There have been a scattering of yardsigns for local or state candidates, but almost nothing for national politicians (and what I’ve seen has mostly been for Sanders). November’s not that far off, although perhaps there will…
Film, Politics
Film: Make Inishturk Great Again
by JOHN ADAMS •
Inishturk, Ireland, has a population of 58 and its people—according to a widely circulated Internet rumor—have offered refuge to any Americans who want to flee from a Donald Trump presidency. This charming documentary by MEL Films, Make Inishturk Great Again, takes us to the sparsely inhabited island to get the locals’ perspectives on America, the…
Blogging, Politics
Lyrics from Hamilton
by JOHN ADAMS •
If you’ve not heard the cast recording from Hamilton, you’re missing out – it’s memorable from first to last. Although I’m not big on standalone quotes, here’s one, from that musical’s Washington on Your Side, that’s both memorable and, I think, often figuratively true: If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse, You can’t put it out from…