Take Notes, Maine Pols

The New Republic's Jonathan Chait calls him "Chris Farley's character Matt Foley come to life," but I prefer to think of Phil Davison, a candidate for county treasurer in Ohio's Stark County, as the man who will change the rhetorical norms of local politics forever.

- John C.L. Morgan

Related: On Location: Room 114 (March 11, 2008)