Watching the Presidential campaigns try to set expectations this week has been damn near hysterical.  Every time big deadlines or big events roll around, the campaigns go further and further to make their guy look hapless, and make the other guy look like a rock star.  It’s a delicate act of setting the bar low so [...]

When I was in high school I sat and watched the Iran-Contra hearings.  After lengthy investigations and a lot of testimony, I learned one of the most valuable political lessons.  I call it the William Casey Defense.  Much of the Iran-Contra scandal was laid at Casey’s feet, but he was incapacitated with a brain tumor and unable [...]

Mrs. Quip and I recently bought a brand spanking new HDTV.  We’ve been very happy with the purchase with the exception of one thing - the ridiculous price of HDMI cables charged at Best Buy and Circuit City.  Now I’ve been a technophile for a long time now, and own more than a fair share [...]

In the last 72 hours, I have been quoted by various media outlets on topics ranging from the ability to convert online supporters into offline activists to Playboy models and transsexual hookers escorts.
Don’t see the connection?  It all has to do with MySpace, and my unique ability to get the strangest sound bites on television [...]

Assuming the ranks of our US Attorney corps is to be filled with political hacks skilled in tearing down candidates, the first guy up for that post in an Obama/Clinton administration will apparently be Michael Gehrke.  I received an e-mail from him today.
As the new Research Director at the DNC, I’m working to build a Party apparatus [...]