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Aunt B. thinks it was definitely a factor:

The Republicans now control the state House in Tennessee for the first time since Reconstruction.  I agree with Braisted that there’s a kind of rightness to it (though I think what I’m about to say next he’s not going to agree with).

With all due respect, Congressman Jackson, you seem to misunderstand the very nature of the Electoral College and the institution of slavery, from which you derive your very ignorant assertion.

Jesse Jackson Jr. calls the electoral college racist:

Instapundit says tax revolts are not a relic from a past era.

Once every five years, I make a trek to the attic (or Mrs. WonderDawg makes me) to declutter and investigate "what's in that box?"

There's nothing better than to sit on the kitchen floor, listening to Annie Lennox and bagging up old cords, USB cables, telephone wires, RCA cables, and the like...

Klein provides some interesting commentary on the rapid return of class consciousness...

Wisdom on the Presidential race from Charley Reese: