Posts tagged “Karl Rove”
The Top 10 Mic Checks Of 2011
One of the greatest inventions of political speech this year has been the repurposing of Occupy Wall Streets “Human Microphone” into a tactical means of heckling called the “Mic Check.” Using an entirely subjective algorithm based mainly on impact factor, potency, and the deer in the headlights reaction, we at 1115 have come up with the [...]
A Complete Mess
The Cain camp’s handling of the allegations of sexual harassment have been downright bad. Since the release of the Politico piece that broke the story of the allegations, the messages coming from the Cain campaign have been contradictory and unconvincing. Most recently they have taken to blaming the Perry campaign for releasing the information that led to the Politico story. [...]
Enough! The Never-Ending Story of the Republican Presidential Primary
Even after Rick Perry made a late entrance into 2012 Republican Presidential field, it seems that many commentators, columnists, strategists and politicians are still not pleased with the primary field. Amid the enduring cry for ex-Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to enter has also arisen calls for Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Governor Chris Christie [...]
The Continuing Implosion Of The Republican Party
(1) For a few weeks now, it has been looking increasingly likely that Florida governor Charlie Crist will pull out of the Republican Senate primary to run as an independent. This makes sense, because polls show him getting creamed by right-wing challenger and darling of the Tea Partiers, Marco Rubio in the primary, but he [...]
The Arithmetically Challenged Karl Rove
Karl Rove, in his Wall Street Journal column yesterday, lashed out at President Obama for dishonesty. The title reads: Presidential Bait-and-Switch What Obama once promised, and what he’s delivering The opening salvo: Barack Obama won the presidency in large measure because he presented himself as a demarcation point. The old politics, he said, was based [...]