Posts filed under “GOP Primary 2012”
Straw Polls: Food For Pundits
Now that we are well into the GOP primary it is completely expected that there will be gross overanalysis on the part of major news organizations and pundits. Small events and non-events will be poured over by all, in attempts to find larger significances in instances which lack precisely that. Those not paying attention wont miss anything, [...]
Rick Perry, the anti-social security candidate
A major portion of the MSNBC/Politico Republican debate last night focused on where the Republican candidates stood on Social Security. The noise, of course, was started by Rick Perry who inaccurately called Social Security a Ponzi scheme in his book “Fed Up!”. When asked whether he stood by that statement during the debate, Perry amped [...]
Bachmann Falls
With the announcement of her top aides leaving, it seems as if Michele Bachmann’s campaign has fallen down, and has no real opportunity to get back up. Less than one month ago Bachmann was glowing from her win of the all but meaningless Ames Iowa Straw Poll. But, while the first line was about her [...]