If you walk away with nothing from this book, it should be this: by using data, organization, and money, political operatives are manipulating how voters think about their candidates with less than accurate information, and it is driving good candidates away from public service. Without a doubt, “The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado” is […]
Could Utah go blue? Why the Democratic Takeover of Colorado Matters to Republicans, even in “red” Utah
November 29, 2010 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Books and Reading, Politics Tagged With: Colorado, The Blueprint, Utah Legislature
The legal challenges to the health care bill
March 24, 2010 by Daniel Burton
Apparently, there is some question about the legality of the bill recently (as in yesterday) signed into law by President Obama. I’ve already discussed the questionable procedures used to pass it in the House. But what about the bill itself? Is it legal? Is it constitutional? Let me just say at the outset that rational […]
Filed Under: Constitutional Law, Government, SCOTUS Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Alabama, Balkin, Bartlett, Capitation clause, Chemerinsky, Colorado, Commerce Clause, constitutionality, economist view, federalism, Florida, guarantee clause, health care reform, Idaho, individual mandate, insurance, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New York Times, Pennsylvania, SCOTUS, South Carolina, South Dakota, state sovereignty, Supreme Court, taxes, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
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