I hadn’t noticed this when it first came out. But early last month Jonah Goldberg went on a general tirade against the role of young voters in politics, arguing — perhaps in jest, perhaps not — that the voting age should be changed back to 21 or made even higher. Read More
TPM Reader JM takes a look into a dark future …
I feel compelled to write in part to put together many things that all of you already know and have been reporting on your website for the past couple years. But with the release of the May unemployment numbers–and the strangely widespread consensus that Romney is now the frontrunner (that was fast)–I’ve had some time to reflect on just how damaging the Great Recession has really been.
From TPM Reader JM …
I have been helping a legal immigrant prepare for the citizenship test by reviewing American civics with him. In this process, what has come to my attention is that the trend of constitutional amendments is to expand the scope of who can vote. Out of a total of only 27 amendments to the constitution in our history, a significant portion deal with this expansion of the scope of who can vote. Of course now blacks and women can vote because of amendments to the constitution (15th and 19th amendments). It is also interesting to note that 2 of the last 4 amendments to our constitution have had to do with expanding the vote- for those who can’t afford a poll tax (24th amendment), and for those only 18 years old(26th amendment).
Our longtime TPM Reader JB says man up …
Your reader “JM” offers a counsel of despair, one that very honestly I rather expect from Democrats (especially the most liberal Democrats) during times of political adversity.
The results of a Public Policy Polling survey to be released later today will show a “big shift” against Minnesota’s upcoming ballot initiative banning same sex marriage. This follows on the heels of similar shift of opinion in Maryland, where voters will decide in November whether to uphold the state’s recent legalization of same sex marriage.
So why the sudden change?
There’s a long way to go until November, but it certainly seems that the president’s support of same sex marriage is proving to be a very big deal.
Remember a year ago plus and those massive protests at the state Capitol in Wisconsin? The runaway state legislators? The phony budget numbers and all the rest? It all comes down to today’s Recall election that the once deeply unpopular Gov. Walker is favored to win. Can Dems pull it out with heroic efforts on the ground in the state today? Here’s our report.
Democratic challenger Barrett says Dems were outspent “six to seven to one, maybe as high as ten to one” but still expresses confidence that new voters at the polls will lead him to victory tonight.
The Barrett campaign went out last night with a warning that some unidentified group was doing robocalls telling voters that they didn’t need to vote if they’d already signed the recall petition.
Donald Trump says the word ‘birther’ is derogatory and offensive to people in the “place of birth movement.”