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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Monday, October 1, 2018

"Boy, y'all want power"

One of the most striking aspects of the Kavanaugh testimony on Thursday was the absolute anger of Senator Lindsey Graham. His angry contextualization of the hearings as "shams", rabid declaration that Kavanaugh is as much of a victim as Dr. Blasey Ford, and implications that Kavanaugh deserves the Supreme Court seat paint a worrying picture of a heavily polarized Senate and the political culture that has led us to this current moment.


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