Back in late October, financial mag Barron’s released their predictions for the results of the 2006 midterms. While most Barron’s content is subscriber-only, they opened this piece up to the unwashed mooching masses, so that we could look upon their work and know our foolish mistakes — scandals, corruption, wars; none of that held a candle to cold, hard cash. They predicted that the GOP, due solely to their superior fundraising prowess, would hold both houses of Congress. MORE »

Give Barron’s points for trying: We never read it and have only a vague idea of who does, but they’ve caught our attention this month with their (free for non-subscribers!) cover story. It insists that despite the predictions of everyone who actually covers and observes politics, that the Republicans will comfortably retain the House and Senate. What complex political analysis led them to this conclusion? MORE »

• “Willful disregard of a law is potentially an impeachable offense. It is at least as impeachable as having a sexual escapade under the Oval Office desk and lying about it later. The members of the House Judiciary Committee who staged the impeachment of President Clinton ought to be as outraged at this situation. They ought to investigate it, consider it carefully and report either a bill that would change the wiretap laws to suit the president or a bill of impeachment.” Thus spake those pinko-liberals from that bastion of Maoism known as…uhm…wait–this is from Barron’s? [The Big Picture] MORE »