Not a Wave

Ed Kilgore is very correct here.

"There are a lot of close gubernatorial races out there (Cook Political Report's Jennifer Duffy rates ten of them as toss-ups), so you'd think if there was any genuine GOP "wave" underway we'd see it in these contests. More likely, the perception of a "wave" is mainly the product of a crazily pro-GOP Senate landscape."

Similarly, generic ballot numbers show a small and steady Democratic edge. If the Senate races weren't being fought in so many red states, no one would be talking about a wave.

Ahh Jeez...

People aren't that good at processing info.

Poll: 59% of Americans say Ferguson protestors went too far; only 32% say same of police: http://t.co/1PQn5s3EEL

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 25, 2014

Voters, Not the Best at Processing Information and Risk

FFS.

Wait, what??! 26% of US adults think they or their relatives will get #Ebola this year, acc to @HarvardHSPH poll. http://t.co/UF0lqPua03

— soniashah (@soniashah) August 22, 2014

Of course, if you asked in a poll how many Americans thought they were going to get the boogie-woogie fever or some other made up disease, I'm not sure how different the number would be.

Face palm of the Day

"At some point, I'm entitled to be normal." -- Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on why he drove Jonnie R. Williams Sr.'s Ferrari.

How many of these corruption scandals are rooted in the jealousy of well-off people who spend all their time with the really rich and thinking the rich people are the normal ones.

H/t to Taegen Goddard's Political Wire.

Conservatives Hate Democracy, Pt 1 of NNNN

It's probably racist too, but as bad as racism is, the inability to understand or appreciate democracy is worse.

Perry 2016

Actually, Rick, Texas Democrats just don't like you.
They'd indict you whether or not you were running in 2016. 

Source: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/08/18/perry_says_indictment_is_attempt_to_derail_2016_bid.html

College Textbook Prices Increasing

Textbook prices are going up at rates much higher than inflation.  I'm one of many who owe some mea culpas here.