© Tom Tomorrow So, how did we end up with such a screwed up political system in this country? It isn’t just the Electoral College, or the bizarre Republican primaries. We also seem to have the longest political campaigns in the world, and I’m sure we spend more money on these campaigns than anywhere else. […]
© Tony Auth How far to the right will Mitt Romney have to go in order to fend off his Republican primary challengers? And assuming he gets the nomination, will he get whiplash when he turns to the actual election, where he must appeal to independents and moderates?
© Stuart Carlson I don’t get it. With Bush’s two wars winding down, of course it makes sense to start cutting back on military spending. Even with Obama’s proposed cuts, we would still spend more on our military than any other country in the world. In fact, we would still be spending as much as […]
Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman: Mitt Romney, I think, is more of a job cremator than a job creator. He was a corporate buyout specialist at Bain Capital. He dismantled companies. He cut jobs. He forced companies into bankruptcy and he outsourced jobs and sent jobs overseas. That’s not a record to write home […]
© Ed Stein [Commentary by Ed Stein:] Remember that moment in the State of the Union address two years back when the president chided the Supreme Court justices in attendance about their appalling Citizens United decision, predicting that a tsunami of anonymous cash would flood elections? Justice Alito responded by silently mouthing the words, “not […]
That’s right. A new study shows that states that have legalized medical marijuana averaged a 9% decrease in traffic fatalities. Probably because they also saw a 5% decrease in beer sales. The study analyzed 13 states that have passed laws allowing marijuana for medical use. I’ve never understood why of all drugs, marijuana was banned […]
In the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday, Rick Santorum came within 8 votes of winning. 8 votes. Why is this amazing? Because it shows how completely and totally out of the mainstream the Republican party has become. Either that, or the state of Iowa just went insane. Santorum is about as extreme as you can get […]
© Ed Stein The Republican campaigns spent more than $12 million in Iowa. For what? How much did Mitt Romney spend in order win by 8 votes? Even worse, he got less than 25% of the vote, which means that 75% of the voters did not want him. As Ed Stein put it, “the Republican […]
Joe Klein in Time Magazine argues that negative campaign ads will be much more common during this presidential election, based on what we are already seeing in the Iowa primary: Negative ads have been more effective and brutal this time because no one has to get up there at the end and say, “I’m Mitt […]
© Jim Morin But unfortunately, I don’t think it is over. The Citizens United decision has opened the floodgates for corporate political spending. How big is the flood? In the month of December alone, just in Iowa, more than $10 million was spent just on television and radio political ads. And that’s just for the […]
© Jack Ohman The Iowa caucuses happen Tuesday (yes, tomorrow), and it seems like nobody knows who the winner will be. Some polls show Ron Paul in front. Some show Mitt Romney winning. Some show Rick Santorum surging from behind (sorry). The bottom line (sorry again) is … who cares? If you look at the […]
I just wanted to take a minute at the start of a new year to remind everyone about Jury Nullification. If you are ever on a jury, no court, judge, or even defense lawyer will ever tell you about your constitutional right to Just Say No. That’s right. If you are a juror for someone […]
Glenn Greenwald has a fantastic rant in Salon. Go read it now. It doesn’t matter if you want Ron Paul to be president or not. You should definitely support him as It would be great for him to be the Republican candidate for president. Why? Because he is the only even remotely viable candidate for […]
© Matt Wuerker Why is it that political setbacks get the Republican base even more fired up, while similar setbacks make Democrats get disillusioned and lose interest?
A reader has asked an interesting question — what would be the result if libertarian Ron Paul were elected President. This is not a hypothetical question — some poll show him leading in Iowa. Whether you’re a fan of Paul or not, if you can imagine a scenario that is likely to happen if we […]
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