You may remember our item last month about the
drought of campaign blog names
. We rounded up all the names that have been taken—variations on “trail,” “political,” “bus,” “ballot”—and then listed all the names that are still available. It was only a matter of time, we figured, before someone would have to draw from that list.
Friends, that day has come. First we saw
Newsweek
’s
, then the
New Republic
’s
. Now, via washingtonpost.com, meet the new blog on the sphere:
. (We’d predicted “Stump’d”—close enough.) It’s a write-in column in which former
Los Angeles Times
editor Andres Martinez answers readers’ questions about the presidential campaign. In his first column, he offers up a highly scientific formula to determine whether you should vote for Hillary or not. In fairness, the name is sort of perfect. But we still reserve the right to give Stumped a wedgie for unoriginality. Note to the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
: “Stumpy” is still available.
( Slate is owned by the
Washington Post
.)
