MoveOn just announced that they’ll run a petition ad in USA Today with the following text: “The Democratic Party must be democratic. The superdelegates should let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama, then support the people’s choice.” I was disappointed and surprised that no one was doing anything like this.
NOAA has just gathered new mapping data in the Arctic. As expected, there’s a wealth of minerals and resources up there that should be under U.S. control but won’t be until we ratify the Law of the Sea Convention. In fact, the new data suggests that the U.S.
The Democratic Party has a problem. Superdelegates are depriving voters of the influence they deserve by injecting themselves into the election so early.
An odd moment during Mitt Romney’s address to supporters tonight: Romney promises to govern in the tradition of Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush and Teddy Roosevelt. I’ve heard him and others lay claim to the Reagan legacy before, but by bringing George H.W. Bush into the picture, Romney is smacking down President George W….
Now that I’m done gloating (for now) about the New York Giants Super Bowl triumph, I can pay more attention to important things like our country’s energy choices. My friend and former colleague Heather Hamilton reports back from a forum that confirms what we’ve been discussing here for a while: U.S.
Mark Goldberg and I had a chat about the Law of the Sea Convention and treaty politics in general over at Bloggingheads. There are lots of moving parts right now regarding the Law of the Sea, some of which I hope to report on later.
Shortly after I wrote this post yesterday, I received a note from Gary Trauner, whose campaign for Wyoming’s at-large seat in Congress fell 500 votes short in 2006. Gary is a regular TWN reader and offered to take a few turns with me down the mountain.
I’m taking a long weekend away from the Law of the Sea Convention and other related issues here in Jackson Hole, WY. My view from the Jackson Hole Gondola was a bit less clear this morning than in this picture, but it was wonderful nonetheless.
Oops! Sudan acknowledged Thursday that its troops shot at a United Nations convoy in Darfur, reversing an initial denial, but it in part blamed the peacekeepers saying they should have notified Khartoum of their movements.
Some odds and ends on last night’s caucuses and the state of the presidential race: — We will miss Chris Dodd and Joe Biden. In a strong field of Democratic nominees, this simply wasn’t the year for the white, Northeastern liberal.