Judging Iowa

I spent Election Night at the party for Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat running for Illinois’s Senate seat. It was at the International Ballroom of a swanky hotel, in the shadow of Chicago’s ultra-chic Aqua Tower. The crowd, mostly suited and tied but occasionally volunteer-T-shirted, was abuzz — the big media narrative was all wrong, people said. We’ve been knocking on doors. Politics is still local. The big money and the national issues... Read More