Today over at Cafe, we have a piece from Georgia State associate professor Daniel Paul Franklin on whether the Mississippi primary mess could give more leverage to African-American voters: “now it is apparent that [Republicans] have a new path to victory – one that runs through the African American community.”
This is part of a series we’re starting from our friends at the Scholars Strategy Network on the future of the Republican Party. Look for more in the series next week.
The lawyer charged as a co-conspirator in that weird nursing home incident in the Mississippi Senate GOP primary has reportedly committed suicide.
You just won’t believe what newly-revealed emails show about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that cost Democrats the majority in the Virginia Senate.
Don’t forget that we have a live chat scheduled with the dynamic Professor Larry Lessig today at 3 p.m. Eastern (sub. req.) to discuss his new super PAC to take out super PACs. Join us!
We’ve been documenting nearly every day another in the relentless series of tragic incidents involving children and guns. So it’s difficult to imagine addressing the issue of children and gun safety in a way that would make you laugh. But these guys figured it out. Pitch perfect.
Trying to thread a balance between doctrine and the 21st world, Pope Francis issues new document recommending a new pastoral openness to same sex families while maintaining Church doctrine on marriage.
Looks like there was an issue with the Larry Lessig live chat link, we have a new chat link set up here.
A lot of calculations over recent weeks (in addition to a lot of political data and history) have assumed that Democratic senate nominee Travis Childers not only couldn’t beat entrenched longtime incumbent Thad Cochran but that he couldn’t even beat the erratic Tea Partier on overdrive Chris McDaniel. Now at least some people are wondering if that’s still true. And I’m at least starting to as well.
Molly Crabapple on Syrians caught between ISIS and Assad.