Author Archives: dave cieslewicz

You’d have to be a fool to predict the results of tomorrow’s elections. Okay, so let’s get started then. If you don’t live in Madison or Dane County you can skip on down. For those of you who live in the Magic Kingdom, I’m going to predict State Sen. Melissa Agard will win the specialContinue reading “YSDA Predicts the Elections!”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than Pres. Joe Biden. Republicans are all in a lather about Biden’s gaffe during an interview when he referenced a remark by a comedian at a Trump rally who described Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage. Biden said: “The only garbage I see floatingContinue reading “The Q&Q For 11/2/24”

I’m looking forward to Wednesday. Because on Wednesday we’ll be on the road to recovery. That road might get bumpy before it smoothes out. If there is any result other than a convincing Trump victory, we’re in for some turbulence. There is no way Trump will accept defeat, no matter how decisive. He’ll claim, withoutContinue reading “Wednesday”

The last Marquette poll before the election is out and it holds few surprises. Trump v. Harris? Dead heat. Baldwin v. Hovde? Dead heat. While those results were expected, Democrats should be especially nervous about Tammy Baldwin. When this race began, I thought she’d beat Hovde pretty comfortably. But when the polls tightened last month,Continue reading “Two Good Signs for Harris”

Yesterday I wondered if Donald Trump hadn’t handed Kamala Harris the election with his hate-filled rally at Madison Square Garden. Today, I’m forced to consider if Joe Biden didn’t just hand it back to him with his comments comparing Trump supporters to “garbage.” Here’s what Biden said yesterday on a program aimed at Latino voters:Continue reading “Biden’s Gaffe”

I suppose I get why Donald Trump had a big rally at Madison Square Garden the other night and why his campaign filled the Garden with crude, hate-filled speakers. As I pointed out yesterday, his closing strategy is to turn out disaffected young men who otherwise wouldn’t vote. He wants to sound like their buddiesContinue reading “Did Trump Just Hand the Election to Harris?”

This week Brett Favre will appear with Donald Trump in Green Bay, part of the Trump campaign’s effort to get men to turn out for him. In some ways these guys are two of a kind. Favre pushed Mississippi state officials (who apparently didn’t need much pushing) to use $5.5 million in federal money intendedContinue reading “Why Does Trump Appeal to Men?”

This week’s quote comes to us from none other than CNN commentator Van Jones who said, referring to Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris: “He gets to be lawless; she has to be flawless.” A) None B) One C) Ten D) Thirty-four 2. Same question for Harris. A) None B) One C) Ten D) Thirty-four 3.Continue reading “The Q&Q For 10/26/24”

The author Ta-Nehisi Coates is afflicted with moral certainty. In his latest book, “The Message,” he takes on the conflict in the Middle East. As New York Times columnist Pamela Paul described it, he writes that he has no desire to “hear both sides” — “no matter how politely articulated, no matter how elegantly crafted.”Continue reading “The Curse of Moral Certainty”

There are lots of theories about how this election will turn out. I subscribe to them all just so that, after election day, I’ll pick one, say ‘I told you so,’ and be right.  Here’s a roundup of all the theories I can think of. Pick your favorite and feel free to add your ownContinue reading “Theories of the Election”