Joshua Green

Okay, this is provocative: According to Rich Iott's website--you remember him, don't you?--presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner will campaign with Iott on Saturday. This seems strange on many levels. There's the Nazi reenacting level. The Iott-isn't-going-to-win level. And the Eric Cantor-has-repudiated-Iott level, which is doubly interesting because Cantor could possibly challenge Boehner for speaker. I'd have assumed that Boehner would be spending the… More »

In the West Virginia Senate race, a popular Democrat is weighed down by the president. More »

I thought the Kentucky story had more or less played itself out, but then came non-ironic-seeming emails about the liberal Canadian police state More »

The quasi-journalist's request that Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown stop airing negative ads was motivated by nothing other than Olympian self-regard More »

Bad timing, given that the culprit endorsed Paul in a full-page ad in today's Lexington Herald-Leader More »

And the ugly head-stomping episode from last night will not likely have an effect on the numbers More »

The Rand Paul-Jack Conway debate may have been staid, but things were not so outside More »

The sober, "senatorial" affair indicates that both campaigns think the race is close enough to win and want to close on a more dignified note More »

If I were Jack Conway's campaign manager, I'd discreetly place one of these babies atop the candidate's lectern at tonight's debate More »

In his next debate with Jack Conway, Paul needs to veer away from the "Aqua Buddha" controversy and pin his opponent to Obama More »

I wrote last night about the broad sense among conservative voters here in Kentucky that Rand Paul simply had to respond to the "Aqua Buddha" charges by agreeing to debate Jack Conway on Monday night--he'd previously said he wouldn't, and he's scheduled to announce his final decision this afternoon. Expect Paul to reverse course and say he's showing up. According to a knowledgeable Kentucky Republican, the Aqua Buddha flap is killing Conway: "The subject was the… More »

In Kentucky, "Aqua Buddha" is dominating the media. Paul could lose the race if he doesn't step up and explain himself More »

A Kentucky version of Politico is dominating the "Aqua Buddha" coverage More »

As partisan mudslinging intensifies with the approach of election day, some people may have missed last week's fleeting moment of constructive bipartisan consensus, when a group of liberals and conservatives met in Washington to unveil a new energy plan. Unlike most of what gets introduced just before an election, this was not a soon-to-be-forgotten political ploy, but a long-term project to accomplish what Congress and the president could not: put the… More »

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The former president has more of an impact on Democratic voters than Obama, meaning his endorsement is more valuable More »

A new NRSC ad skewers the senator for his notorious residence at the fancy hotel More »

Rich Iott may be politically finished, but the debate over the appropriateness of historical re-enactments is not More »

The former Brat Pack actor, honored by the Society of American Travel Writers, has contributed to The Atlantic More »

This from a guy who sees creeping Nazism and fascism EVERYWHERE More »