Things are looking pretty rough if this is what they’re running

By now many of you have undoubtedly seen this ad:
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) attacks Kay Barnes, accusing her of supporting “San Francisco-style values”
Now, I am not a political scientist, but I can think of several reasons why this ad bodes very, very, very poorly for Rep. Graves’s re-election campaign.

The ad talks about all of Kay [...]

Majority thinks same-sex marriage a “private decision”?

USA Today just published results of a poll showing widespread opposition to government regulation of same-sex marriages. 63% of respondents in this poll called same-sex marriage a “private decision”, and only 33% think the government should be able to pass laws against same-sex marriage. This majority holds in all age groups except 65+ [...]

Poll accuracy is all about the sample set!

The Advocate published a wee blog post about some NBC exit poll data that specifically asked GLBT voters how they voted in the Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday. That poll indicates that Clinton has notably stronger support among GLBT voters…
… but only among those in New York or California.
I can only imagine two scenarios [...]

Happy new year!

Not much to say tonight. Now that the tooth is no longer inflamed, we can do the holidayish stuff that we had skipped a week and a half ago. This includes shopping, which is actually better right after Christmas IMHO (lower prices, lower incidence of drama).
We’re staying in tonight. The bubbly is [...]

Everything else that has happened

Where to start…
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Had the chorus show. It turned out a hell of a lot better than I expected — apparently a lot of guys had been cramming lyrics ‘n’ tunes all day both Friday and Saturday — and the audience was very responsive. The snowstorm kept a lot of people home on Saturday [...]