Posts filed under “Politics”
Obama Getting Dirty, Romney Getting Ryan
Last week we were talking about the increasingly dirty tactics used by both Obama and Romney. Super PAC Priorities USA ad which insinuated that Romney was culpable for some woman’s death was particularly nauseating, but not as much as the refusal to repudiate the ads by those in Obama’s corner. Gibbs’ showing on Morning Joe [...]
Full Blows (With Distinction)
During most of the Republican primary, one of the main lines of attack against Romney by the more conservative candidates focused on Romney’s potential inability to distinguish himself from Obama. Certainly, now that each campaign has taken the “gloves” off we can see distinguishing the two candidates has not been a problem. The media has [...]
Elizabeth Warren Heritage Controversy Round-up
Despite its enormous publicity, the Massachusetts’ race for US Senate between incumbent Senator Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren has not had a public poll conducted in nearly half a month. The last polls provided overwhelming evidence that the race was then (and probably currently as well) a tie. This is good news for Warren, [...]
Bain, Booker and backtracking
The story of the day originates once again from Meet The Press. Yesterday, Newark mayor Cory Booker criticized the Obama campaign for their ads attacking Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital. Almost immediately after, the rising-star in the Democratic party put out a YouTube video to reaffirm his support for Obama and clarify his comments. [...]
Married to the Economy?
Somehow, Obama’s re-entry into campaign politics has changed the political air. The usually relatively moderate and independent are leaning to their familiar sides. High minded debates about the long term future of the nation are taking shape in the nation’s major newspapers. The gay marriage debate, sparked by Biden and then Obama, is far removed [...]
Giving Liberals a Bad Name pt. 2
As I said in part one of this essay, liberals harbor an ugliness that is far more difficult address without resulting to hyperbole or acidic rhetoric. That being said, despite the mine field before me I hope to address that ugliness scrupulously. It is usually only those moderate conservatives that have intellectual integrity and job [...]
Giving Liberals a Bad Name pt. 1
Yesterday, Obama clearly articulated what many of his surrogates and allies in the media have been hinting at for years now. That is, the republican party has changed. The radicals have taken over. They are impossible to work with and are the source of much of the gridlock we currently see in Washington. Republican responses to [...]
What Santorum is Getting Right
After several weeks of chatter about the growing potential for a contested convention and Romney’s weakness as a frontrunner, Romney’s win in Illinois has cast further doubts on Santorum’s viability. Mr. Santorum’s poor showing in Illinois can be connected to the rough couple of news cycles that he has had to deal with. Essentially, the [...]
The Major Variables
Numbers come out and the media tells us what they mean. The numbers come each month, so, each month the talking heads have something to talk about. In some way, the number of jobs created this month, Obama’s job approval numbers and the price of gasoline are intrinsically important. Unfortunately, the media has the habit of looking [...]
A Gloomy GOP
Hopefully, tonight we will receive primary results from Michigan and Arizona [moments after posting, Romney was declared the winner of both]. These contests are the newest states to be hailed by the media as exceptionally important and potentially deadly for Romney. It is hard to say if this is truly accurate. The most consistant aspects of [...]