The week was dominated by news from the Republican primary race. The kid gloves are off as we move from the “vote for me because…” phase to the “don’t vote for my opponent because” phase of the campaign. Who was up, who was down, and who dropped out this week? Read on.
WINNERS
Rick Santorum
There can be little doubt that the biggest political winner this week is Rick Santorum. He not only made the top of my list but he’s also this week’s People’s Winner, nominated by alert reader Eric. Rick Santorum didn’t win Iowa, but he came within a
Debatable Winners and Losers
by Ronald A. Rowe January 11th, 2012 | Presidential Election, Winners & Losers, World Politics
Republican Party Not Divided
by T Akery January 10th, 2012 | Political Polls, Presidential Election
The primaries are always a time for predictions. This year one of those predictions is that the Republican Party will be divided after it is all over. However, whatever divisions the Republican party has will be resolved by the end of this year. That is because the Republican party will share one goal: vote President Obama out of office.
Right now, there is plenty of evidence that the party is divided. But after all, it is the primaries. There are a few candidates to choose from. While Mitt Romney has the slight advantage, not every Republican is keen on him
Right now, there is plenty of evidence that the party is divided. But after all, it is the primaries. There are a few candidates to choose from. While Mitt Romney has the slight advantage, not every Republican is keen on him
The Rise Of Rick Santorum
by Eric M. Blake January 9th, 2012 | Conservative Considerations, Presidential Election, Republican Reflections
To think that this time last month, he’d been all but written off as a non-factor in the race for the GOP nomination! And now…look at how far Rick Santorum has come: coming in second in the all-important Iowa Caucus (by a mere eight votes!), shooting up in the polls to second across the country, as a result.
Ron Paul’s been smearing him, of course—with ads to the effect that Rick’s lax on abortion (laughable, coming from a guy who’s said that abortion must be labeled a state issue unless and until a pro-life amendment is passed…), or weak on
Ron Paul’s been smearing him, of course—with ads to the effect that Rick’s lax on abortion (laughable, coming from a guy who’s said that abortion must be labeled a state issue unless and until a pro-life amendment is passed…), or weak on
So What Has Obama Actually Done?
by Jessica B. January 3rd, 2012 | Democratic Deliberations, Presidential Election
It's 2012, an election year, and one that is bound to be a long, unpleasant struggle on the media stage until pretty much everyone on both sides is sick and tired of the whole mess. With Obama up for a second term and anyone's guess as to who will be on the Republican ticket, things seem uncertain. And one thing that makes many people uncomfortable is uncertainty.
Obama is in a difficult spot. One of the reasons for his first victory was the turnout of people who traditionally don't show up at the polls. He got the youth vote to
Obama is in a difficult spot. One of the reasons for his first victory was the turnout of people who traditionally don't show up at the polls. He got the youth vote to
The Myth of the Ron Paul “Revolution”
by Eric M. Blake January 2nd, 2012 | Conservative Considerations, Presidential Election, Republican Reflections
A quote the Ron Paul Revolutionaries often smugly drop is a line by the great reformer, Gandhi. It goes, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
It would’ve been nice, were they to apply that slogan to, say, Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann: the Establishment—in the media and the government—has dismissed both as “unelectable”, mocking them as “stupid”, and despising them as “extremists”, or “racists”.
No such luck. See, it’s not Gandhi’s general principle the Revolutionaries are interested in, so much as a way of making themselves feel better about Ron Paul’s
It would’ve been nice, were they to apply that slogan to, say, Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann: the Establishment—in the media and the government—has dismissed both as “unelectable”, mocking them as “stupid”, and despising them as “extremists”, or “racists”.
No such luck. See, it’s not Gandhi’s general principle the Revolutionaries are interested in, so much as a way of making themselves feel better about Ron Paul’s
