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  • “Strategy Change” Is the Silliest Liberal Meme About Paul Ryan’s VP Candidacy

    August 12, 2012
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    No matter how much Obama partisans want to wedge Paul Ryan into a Sarah Palin narrative, Ryan will never become a target-rich environment for Tina Fey.

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  • Veepstakes: What a Difference Four Years Makes!

    August 11, 2012
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    I continue to believe we have a ridiculous system for choosing a vice president. I’m just happy that this time, my favored candidate made a good choice.

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  • Our Ridiculous System for Picking a Vice President

    April 16, 2012
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    So how will the Republican VP nominee be selected? Sometime in the next four months, Romney will make that decision unilaterally, after a secrecy-shrouded process of his own choosing. Nobody else gets a vote.

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  • Mitt & Mitch: Governor Daniels for Vice President!

    January 24, 2012
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    I was disappointed when Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana declined to run for president last year. The governor’s response to the the State of the Union address tonight has me ready right now to endorse…

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  • Palin Backlash Watch, Parts III & IV

    September 10, 2008
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    From Tammy Bruce, former head of the Los Angeles chapter of NOW and “a registered Democrat her entire life until February”: In the shadow of the blatant and truly stunning sexism launched against the Hillary…

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  • McCain Strategist Describes the Vetting of Palin

    September 3, 2008
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    I’m skeptical of the partisan contention that McCain did little or no vetting of Palin in advance of the announcement. Here’s an extended response from the McCain camp — according to an unidentified senior McCain…

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  • The Quayle Comparison

    September 3, 2008
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    The second half of this 1988 NYT article explains how George H.W. Bush waited until the convention was already under way to announce Dan Quayle as his running mate. Consequently, the first part of the…

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  • Could There BE a Worse Way to Choose a Vice President?

    August 31, 2008
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    In choosing a President, standard-bearers for each of the major parties bubble up to the top through an extended process of caucuses and primaries over a period of months. The contenders then essentially campaign in…

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  • Five Stages of Adjusting to Palin

    August 30, 2008
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    As a socially liberal McCain supporter living in one of the bluest towns in a blue state, I’ve learned how to reconcile myself to various aspects of his candidacy. The most glaring example is abortion…

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. . . for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing

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