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The hidden dynamics of the 2012 campaign, and what it’s doing to America

By / 10 Comments / 9 February 2015

Summary:  John Robb’s open source insurgency nicely describes the quiet coup underway in America.  Like-minded rich people work together, and finance others to help them.  The 2012 election shows several of the mechanisms by which they’re doing so.  Solidarity works for them. Contents Distracting us with spectacles The Overton Window, recalibrating our sense of the …

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The economy speaks – and votes

By / Leave a Comment / 17 November 2014

There is no most important economic statistic.   The key number varies depending on the conditions and trends.  Now the weekly new claims for unemployment insurance (UI) deserves that honor. Reported weekly (high frequency data) Accurate (among the hardest of numbers, with only small revisions to the previous week) A leading indicator for the economy A major driver …

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Tom explains what it costs to run for public office

By / 11 Comments / 10 February 2015

Today’s reading recommendatio:  “Is Democracy Melting“, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, 27 September 2009: So you, as a citizen, want to run for a seat in the House of Representatives? Well, you may be too late. Back in 1990, according to OpenSecrets.org, a website of the Center for Responsive Politics, the average cost of a winning campaign …

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About campaigns for high office in America – we always expect a better result from the same process

By / 6 Comments / 10 February 2015

The news media proclaim continuous change — each chapter equally surprising — in the American political soap opera.  The real story is one of continuity, like the changing of the seasons.  Campaigns reflect in magnified form the irrational concerns of the alarmed cattle that the American people have become. About American political campaigns, an excerpt …

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