Nate Silver Swears It's Gonna Be an Upset... Live-Blogging the Midterms

Live-bloggy blog.... La La La...

(We're starting at 7pm)

GOP 2016 Primary Math

1. Hey, we should NOT do public primary debates again, because that was some public Cray-Cray last time, huh?

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"Cheer Up, Donkey!" Follies

So these scandals (real and totally trumped up alike), and a general sense of foreboding at the likely results from uber-gerrymandering of the House for the foreseeable future have left me in my political sad place.





I need a pick-me-up.  You probably do, too.


Here are some things to cheer us up...

Friday Follies: #Hillary2016

1. Bubba DNC Speech - 

Having It All? (End of Year Re-Run)

It's something I think about a lot, and it spawned some good discussion last time, so I thought we should revisit Mandi's Post (from June 26th) about whether women can have it all...  

P.S. And speaking about having it all... Please get well soon, Hillary.  P.P.S. Please shut up everybody who is dogging Hillary while she's ill.  Get a life.  Now without further ado -


I thought it was a good time to chat about the article that has been making waves around the internet recently, the Atlantic article on why women can’t have it all.  This type of article, in various permutations, has been coming out yearly for a while now.  In the beginning, it was penned by men, then by women.  Either which way, someone is always willing to wag their finger in women’s faces and admonish them for thinking that they “can have it all”.

I confess I’m not sure what that means. 

The Smurfette Principle (End of Year Re-Run)

Since the ratio is getting a bit better next Congress, and since this post deals with core YBGP issues, I wanted to revisit Mandi's exploration of the Smurfette Principle (from June 17th).  Is it getting better?  When will there be even a Smurfette level of women presidents? 

So, apropos of nothing in particular, I was thinking about the three women we have on the Supreme Court now (Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg), and how we are slowly moving away from the “Smurfette Syndrome” in politics. 

Friday Follies: Hey Girl, Politics Are Dreamy 2

I'm feeling nostalgic.  So today's Follies revisit the Ryan Gosling Memes of August, but with new meme finds.  PS If you want to see what Gosling himself thinks about the meme craziness, go here...


1. heypoliscigirl.tumblr.com (Poli-Sci) - 

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Best.  Negotiation.  Ever.

It's one of those nights when I want to share a few stories with you...

Friday Follies: Hey Girl, Politics Are Dreamy

Evolution of a political meme:

First, there was Ryan Gosling, Tumblr (profanity in its real title).  Not really political, just funny.