Arlen Specter Leaves GOP for Dems
Category: Republican Party
Specter: "the Republican Party has moved far to the right"
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:22 PM • 6 Comments •
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Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas
Category: Barack Obama
On Monday, Obama was endorsed by Congressman Chet Edwards, whose district includes Texas A&M University, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, and George W. Bush's Crawford ranch
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •
String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:07 PM • 0 Comments •
Obamamentum
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins Louisiana (57-36), Washington (68-31), and Nebraska (68-32), while John McCain still struggles to seal the deal.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:10 AM • 5 Comments •
Brief Super Tuesday Update
Category: Election 2008
The Democratic race remains tight, while McCain increases his lead--but not enough to declare victory.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:01 AM • 1 Comments •
Barack Obama Looking Strong as Super Tuesday Voting Begins
Category: Barack Obama
He's gaining in the polls, and he could pull off some big wins today.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:20 PM • 2 Comments •
Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary
Category: Election 2008
Americans living abroad can vote for their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:53 PM • 0 Comments •
South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats
Category: Election 2008
Obama's 295,091 votes last night trump second place finisher Hillary Clinton's 141,128 and Republican victor John McCain's 147,283.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:53 AM • 1 Comments •
An Immigration Reality Check for Iowans
Category: Election 2008
Immigration will be issue number one for Republicans participating in the Iowa Caucuses tonight, but before they get too fired up, they might want to pay attention to this dispatch from the reality-based community.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:35 PM • 3 Comments •
The Jena Who What Huh?
Category: racism
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson "doesn't know anything about" the Jena Six.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:24 PM • 16 Comments •
From the Archives: My 9/11 Story
Category: Life of Nick
Last year, I recounted my personal experience on September 11, 2001, and I offered some commentary about what that day--and the events of the ensuing year--meant to me and to American politics in general. I've reposted my 9/11 story again...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:46 AM • 2 Comments •
The Emerging Role of Blogs in Democratic Politics
Category: Democratic Party
My remarks to the Texas Aggie Democrats on September 5, 2007.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:22 PM • 1 Comments •
My Upcoming Texas Aggie Democrats Talk on Blogs in Politics
Category: events
At Texas A&M University this Wednesday, 5 September, at 8:30 pm in Rudder 502.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 2:50 AM • 0 Comments •
Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion
Category: health policy
This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •
House Passes CHIP Expansion
Category: health policy
despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •
Interview With John Edwards at A Blog Around the Clock
Category: elections
Over at A Blog Around the Clock, Bora has posted an interview he conducted by email with Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on science and science-related issues. The fact that John Edwards participated is a good indication that the 2008...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:48 PM • 0 Comments •
New Poll Gives Reason to be Optimistic for the Future
Category: elections
A new poll indicates that today's young adults are more progressive than their parents on health care, homosexuality, and general ideology.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:00 AM • 2 Comments •
The Difference Between Edwards and Romney
Category: Democratic Party
Romney and Edwards have both shifted heavily to their respective sides, but Edwards gives us fewer reasons to be skeptical than Romney.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:36 PM • 4 Comments •
House to Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill This Thursday, Amniotic Stem Cells No Substitute for the Real Thing
Category: stem cells
Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:16 PM • 0 Comments •
Potential Changes to Mandatory Sentencing Laws
Category: law
Under the new Democratic Congress, many are hoping to change these outdated and sometimes blatantly racist laws.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:47 AM • 0 Comments •
Oversight of Bush Administration High on Democrats' Agenda
Category: Democratic Party
The Democrats are already making big plans to investigate some of the Bush Administration's more outrageous instances of political interference in science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:47 PM • 0 Comments •
2006 More Impressive than 1994, Statistically Speaking
Category: elections
Chris of Mixing Memory points us toward a good comparison of the Democratic victory in 2006 to the Republican victory in 1994. In short, the comparison--located at a Columbia statistics blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science--shows that the...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:38 AM • 0 Comments •
Beyond Victory: What 2006 Means for the Democrats and for Science
Category: elections
As the sun sets on the conservative movement in America, 2006 marks a new beginning for the Democrats, and hopefully for American science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 0 Comments •
My Election Day Message
Category: elections
There is so much to say about the importance of today's election, but not a great deal that hasn't already been spelled out time and time again. Most importantly, if you haven't already voted, go vote today! Hopefully you'll have...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Another Reason to Vote Democratic
Category: elections
If George Bush is driving our nation down a one-way road to hell, it's the Republican-controlled House and Senate that are enabling him to do this. On October 17th, Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:12 PM • 0 Comments •
My 9/11 Story
Category: Life of Nick
When I was a freshman in college, at Texas A&M University, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings I had two classes back-to-back in the same lecture hall. Because of a weird scheduling fluke, these classes were about 45 minutes apart, though....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:46 AM • 5 Comments •
