Tag: 2012 Election
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Sullivan’s Corporate Masters Stab Him in the Back on Newsweek’s Cover
Newsweek, a once-important news magazine now owned by a liberal blogging site, has a cover this week offering me the opportunity to let Andrew Sullivan, a once-independent blogger, explain to me why I am "dumb." Grateful though I am for Newsweek’s efforts to improve the tenor of our national discourse, I’m going to pass.
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Why Do People Still Pretend to Think Some Republican Can Beat Romney?
A previous credible run for president is a huge advantage because whatever skeletons there may be get plucked from the closet in the first campaign. Romney has essentially been running for president for half a decade now, and there’s no dirt left to uncover.
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Iowa Results: The Cliff Notes Version
Up with a touch of insomnia, I offer these observations: 1. It’s over — Romney will be the nominee. I like to think my endorsement played a key role in… aw, nevermind. 2. I’m bored — can we start the general campaign now? 3. Rick Santorum’s fling as the non-Romney flavor-of-the-day has about six days […]
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Announcing A.T.I.N.’s Much-Coveted Endorsement: Romney for President
Ever since I realized that Michele Bachmann had no chance, I’ve told people that I’ll be voting for "whichever flawed candidate the Republicans nominate." Today I’m endorsing the flawed candidacy of Mitt Romney.
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GOP Needs to Do More to Counter the “Tax Breaks for the Rich” Mantra
The GOP’s position on the importance of capital formation may be true, but as an argument it’s both a snoozer and a loser. If the Republicans don’t compromise on taxes for the highest earners, they’re going to blow the chance to put a Republican in the White House.
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I Mourn for the Herman Cain Story That Could Have Been
I don’t think he’s qualified to be president, and I never thought there was any chance he would get the nomination. But I could see him as a cabinet secretary — maybe the Commerce Department. Just not in a Perry administration.
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Does Perry Even WANT to be President?
On paper, the idea of a Perry candidacy was compelling — long-time governor of our second largest state, etc. But on paper, Gov. Sarah Palin with her executive experience was more qualified for the presidency in 2008 than was Barack Obama, and we know how that turned out.
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“Catastrophic Success: The Perils of a ‘Do-Everything’ Democratic Congress”
It was mathematically impossible for the Republicans to pick up enough seats in 2010 for a veto-proof majority that would allow them to overturn Obamacare altogether. So now the strategy is to delay and defund the worst components of Obamacare whenever possible, while waiting for the courts and the election cycle to take care of the rest.
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Can Obama Win Back Independents Without Further Alienating the Left?
One should always be wary of highly partisan people who make sweeping post-election predictions about future elections (cf. Carville, James, 40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation, copyright 2009.)