There are no quiet, wind-free waters in 2020. However, things are right now, at the end of July, a little calmer than they have been for a while. So it is sensible to think of providing a service to the readers still connected up to their behind-the-times dial up wifi in the big house, who haven't been released into what used to be a community. One of the services that I can provide, of course, is a set of statements which, in the fashion of those old Turing-test ELIZA programmes on computers, can help people to sound as if they know things. There are probably two dozen statements or so that anyone who has ever studied US presidential elections, and North American elections generally, can get away with; here are some of my favourites, in no particular order, though this is by no means an exhaustive selection. 1) "I can see this all ending up in a brokered convention" (not to be used after March, usually) 2) "The House and Senate could actually elect them both!"...
This is a collection of personal and largely unedited observations covering the years from 2006 to now; I assert my copyright but am fine with links and footnotes. Some posts are obviously much more researched than others, and any errors are wholly mine except where I have innocently disseminated or linked to other bloggers or commentators.