I was struck by FDR’s refusal to cooperate with Hoover after Roosevelt won the election of 1932 but before Inauguration Day (March 4, 1933) as depicted in Amity Shlaes’ The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. It seemed unnecessary and ill-advised. The length of time between election and inauguration was longer than [...]
President-elect Barack Obama is working on putting together his team and a plan for the next four years. It’s time for me to move on, too, now that the election is over. I won’t be straying far; just spending less time on politics and more on ideas. This weekend, I’ll be reading Green Recovery, “A [...]
NY Times: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” said [...]
From FiveThirtyEight.com:
McCain’s chances of victory are estimated at 1.9 percent, their lowest total of the year.
For those of you who prefer to end this campaign on a positive note, Obama’s chances of victory are estimated at 98.1 percent, their highest total of the year.
I realize that for some of you, that’s not a positive note. [...]
The Republican Party is telling scary stories about socialism in its desperate last-minute attempt to stop Barack Obama from winning this election. (Yes, that’s what this is about. It’s not about electing John McCain. If it was about electing John McCain, we would have learned something about what John McCain intends to do if he [...]