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  • The Long Road Back

    John Ellis: “The coming Democratic purge will be helpful. Getting rid of Terry Mac and Gephardt and eventually Daschle would, in an ideal Democratic scenario, happen sooner rather than later. More important, 2002 ends the whole 2000-we-won-even-though-we-lost dementia. Last night, the country essentially ratified Bush’s victory in 2000. The upside of being completely out of…

  • Andrew Sullivan: “This was a

    Andrew Sullivan: “This was a vote for Bush, for prosecuting the war on terror, for the tax cut. More important, it was a vote against the hollow negativism, cowardice and mediocrity of the current Democratic Party. They have nothing to say; and that matters. Their predicament is deeper than this result suggests.”

  • Democrats Need a Story

    William Saletan blogs the election in Slate: “Moaning isn’t enough. Whether through lack of resolve, lack of agreement, or lack of imagination, a party that can’t summarize its economic philosophy—and can’t connect that philosophy to the boom that occurred on its watch—is in for a long decade.”

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    From my buddy Josh Marshall: “Well, that really could have gone better.” Josh, who’s the most connected Democrat I know (granted, that’s not necessarily saying much, but in this case I think it’s legit), reinforces the point I made last night: The Democrats have lots of long-term political and demographic trends in their favor. But…

  • Law.com Focus on Blawgs

    A good collection of articles (including one by yours truly) over at Law.com on the rising profile of blogs in the legal profession. However, I think the article about Denise’s site misses the point. The goal isn’t to sell legal services at “Bag & Baggage“ any more than the goal of my site is to sell CRM…

  • A Republican Night

    Give credit where credit’s due: Rove engineered an awe-inspiring flurry of local activity. Between the calculated risk of sending the above-the-fray President out to stump for Republicans and the remarkable upsets brewing in states like Alabama (say what you will about their attacks on Cleland: to lob a “weak on defense” attack at a man…

  • VNS System Shut Down

    Josh Marshall reports: This clip off the AP Wire … Its operation riddled with errors, Voter News Service abandoned its state and national exit poll plans for Election Night, depriving media organizations of information to help analyze the vote.VNS is the coalition of news organizations that was designed to produce reliable exit polling to allow…

  • Largest Internet Acquisitions?

    A buddy sent me an e-mail asking for the largest Internet acquisitions. Here are the ones we’ve got so far. Please let me know which I’m missing: Verisign buys Network Solutions for $21bTerra buys Lycos for $12.5b@Home buys Excite for $6.7bNTT buys Verio for $6bYahoo buys Broadcast.com for $5.7bYahoo buys GeoCities for $3.5b + $1b…

  • Voting in Illinois

    As if deciding who to vote for wasn’t difficult enough, the parties in Illinois have decided to raise the roof: The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate is Dick Durbin. His Republican opponent is Jim Durkin.The current Illinois Governor is Republican George Ryan, who’s weathered too many scandals to run for reelection. Trying to replace him…

  • Disrupt and Prosper

    Optimize Magazine: Disrupt and Prosper, by Clayton Christensen, Mark Johnson, and Jeremy Dann Disruptive innovations—usually championed by new market entrants—have proven to be the genesis of major waves of growth in a wide array of industries, from information technology to transportation. For established companies to become successful at disruptive innovation, they’ll need to develop robust,…