posted by Josh GoodmanRemember the innocent days of 2000 when, during the uninspiring Bush v. Gore presidential campaign, people actually argued that there weren't major differences between the Democratic and Republican parties? Once in a while someone...

posted by Josh GoodmanI have a bad habit: I believe politicians when they say things.For example, I believed that Houston Mayor Bill White was running for Senate for only one lousy reason: he said so over and over again. White's elected experience...

posted by Josh GoodmanIn case you haven't seen it, the Associated Press had a fun story about a tongue-in-cheek ballot measure in California: Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his...

posted by Josh GoodmanGlenn Richardson, the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, seems likely to resign at any moment. Richardson's tragic tale involves a suicide attempt last month after a bout with depression. The proximate cause of his...

posted by Josh GoodmanBoth of the legislative special elections I mentioned yesterday turned out to be snoozers. Independent Rusty Kidd won easily in Georgia, while Republican Brian Kelsey held a Senate seat in Tennessee for the G.O.P.