(Un)Conventional Wisdom

The reviews for President Obama rsquo s State of the Union address are as expected mdash the adjectives ldquo small-bore rdquo and ldquo small-ball rdquo need to be retired for the rest of the century mdash and one New York congressman has learned how dangerous it is to make news right after

A round up of live tweets from (Un)Conventional Wisdom blogger Robert D. Sullivan during last night’s State of the Union Address

(Un)Conventional Wisdom blogger Robert D. Sullivan on the real Romney, on and off screen.

States ranked on factors such as high school graduation rates, per capita income, life expectancy and crime rate.

RealClearPolitics rsquo Sean Trende assesses this fall rsquo s U S Senate races and concludes that the GOP is being underestimated Based on 2010 and 2012 election data Trende writes ldquo Senate races begin to converge on presidential approval doubtless a function of the much-remarked-upon po

The documentary Mitt premieres later this week on Netflix and the New York Times interviewed the former presidential nominee about his campaign experiences Romney exercises the prerogative of rejected candidates and offers suggestions on how the republic can avoid repeating its terrible decision

NPR reports that a state judge has struck down Pennsylvania rsquo s voter ID law ruling that it imposes a ldquo substantial threat rdquo to the rights of hundreds of thousands of voters The law had been challenged by a 93-year-old who didn rsquo t have a driver rsquo s license and lacked access

After David Weigel ripped it apart quot a strange bit of make-work that offers almost zero insight about politics quot I had to visit the Brookings Institution rsquo s Congressional Moneyball site and it rsquo s even worse than I imagined Sports metaphors are overused in hacky political analys

Like two alley cats backing away from each other the Democratic and Republican parties in most states have become more polarized over the past two decades making it harder to pass legislation with the support of both liberals and conservatives And California mdash which has adopted such electio