In light of the Kennedy assassination anniversary, Kennedy Half Century author Larry Sabato reflects on political dynasties. But America’s real political dynasty today isn’t Kennedy. “There is no real comparison: The more successful family dynasty by far, at least to this point, has the surname of Bush.”
If Rob Ford was a African-American/Canadian crackhead, boozing, episodically violent, John Mayor, how would this story be playing. From TPM Reader ND …
I’m enjoying your coverage of the Rob Ford debacle (if debacle is even the right word) up in Toronto. But as a native of Washington, D.C. whose formative years were shaped by the arrest, and subsequent reelection, of Marion Barry, I can’t help but look at the marked contrast between the two mayors through the lens of race (though, in full disclosure, I’m a white suburbanite, so make of this what you will).
Clay Shirky has some interesting thoughts on the launch failure of HealthCare.gov.