Link. “the vast, vast majority of people who tell pollsters or voting registrars that they’re “independent” are actually deeply partisan”. The rest are deeply disconnected.

“Obama had “control” of the Senate—the 60 votes needed to beat a filibuster—from September 2009 to January 2010. If you don’t realize how the delayed seating of Al Franken or the illness of Ted Kennedy or the victory of Scott Brown changed things, you don’t know how the government works.”