15 Jul Lobbyists decamp for Capitol Hill jobs
Lobbyists are ditching their K Street gigs and taking big pay cuts for a chance to work on Capitol Hill under the all-Republican Congress.Source: Lobbyists decamp for Capitol Hill jobs...
15 Jul Juan Williams: A first step against gerrymandering
This week marks the 271st birthday of the politician who first approved of “gerrymandering.Source: Juan Williams: A first step against gerrymandering...
10 Jul The Dirty Little Secrets About 2016 Predictions
Election after election around the world has proven that electoral predictions aren’t always to be trusted. In March, analysts failed to foresee Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory. In May, most people thought the Tories were doomed in England.Source: The Dirty Little Secrets About 2016...
09 Jul Federal Election Commission Shows How To Disclose Data In A Digital Democracy
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security showed how to deploy government technology poorly. Now, the Federal Election Commission is showing how to do it right, with the help of 18F, the federal government's software development shop.Source: Federal Election Commission Shows How To Disclose Data...
09 Jul The Romney half-century?
Not a very good Fourth for The Donald. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), a candidate for president in 2016, stated it plainly: "He's running to be president of all of us. It takes a level of maturity and thoughtfulness and demeanor that's not being...
08 Jul Inside the GOP’s Effort to Close the Campaign-Science Gap With Democrats
This spring, the Cato Institute identified 600 Americans who read more than 20 books per year and made arrangements to send them each one more. The libertarian think tank split these readers into three groups.Source: Inside the GOP’s Effort to Close the Campaign-Science Gap With...
07 Jul Breaking: DC Circuit En Banc Unanimously Upholds Ban on Federal Contractor Contributions to Candidates
You can read the 62-page opinion at this link. This is quite a big deal, especially in its unanimity. The en banc DC Circuit in Wagner v.Source: Breaking: DC Circuit En Banc Unanimously Upholds Ban on Federal Contractor Contributions to Candidates...
01 Jul Gerrymandering isn’t evil
Few aspects of American elections inspire as much hand-wringing as gerrymandering. Its “distorting effect” has “increasingly polarized our politics,” Elizabeth Drew writes in the New York Review of Books.Source: Gerrymandering isn't evil...