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Archive of Articles for June, 2012

Friday Talking Points [216] -- Obama Cares

[ Posted Friday, June 29th, 2012 – 16:19 UTC ]

All kidding aside, though, it certainly has been fun to see the other side spin. As a child's reader might put it: "See GOP spin. Spin, spin, spin! So sad, the spinning."

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Dewey Defeats Truman?

[ Posted Thursday, June 28th, 2012 – 16:16 UTC ]

As is my wont, I'm going to circle the edges of the political bombshell John Roberts just flung into the arena. Maybe by tomorrow, it'll have percolated through my brain enough to intelligently attack the main issue, but I just haven't reached that point yet, so you'll have to forgive me.

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Popular Vote Speculation Interlude

[ Posted Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 – 16:57 UTC ]

This time around, the scenario I've been hearing bandied about is that Barack Obama wins the Electoral College vote, but Mitt Romney wins the popular vote. Barring Supreme Court cases, this would mean a second term for Barack Obama, of course.

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From The Archives -- Constitutional Definitions

[ Posted Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 – 17:22 UTC ]

[Program Note: I'm having computer problems today, so couldn't manage to get a new article out. I wrote the following a few months ago, and it seemed like a good week to revisit it.]

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2012 Electoral Math

[ Posted Monday, June 25th, 2012 – 17:11 UTC ]

It's time once again to begin seriously taking a look at the electoral math for the upcoming election. I know, I know, everyone else is court-watching this week, but instead I decided to spend some time poll-watching, for those of you who may be getting tired of endless Supreme Court speculation and analysis.

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Friday Talking Points [215] -- Morning Phones A-Ringing

[ Posted Friday, June 22nd, 2012 – 17:44 UTC ]

For political wonks, this has been a week of waiting. Starting last weekend, we've all been waiting for Mitt Romney to address the issue of Barack Obama's new immigration policy. This waiting has been fruitless, and will continue for some time to come, apparently. Picture a phone ringing endlessly with nobody there to answer it... but we're getting ahead of ourselves.

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Belated Anniversary

[ Posted Thursday, June 21st, 2012 – 16:57 UTC ]

Blogging is a unique method of mass communication in one important sense -- it is (at the blogger's discretion) a two-way conduit of information. I am always amazed at the number of bloggers who don't bother to answer (or even, it seems, read) their comments. To me, this is the heart and soul of blogging -- the instant feedback, good or bad. To hear what others say about what you write is simply not possible in more traditional methods of communication (books, for instance), and to have this instantaneous marketplace of ideas, to me, is the best thing about what I do.

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Checks And Balances

[ Posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 – 17:21 UTC ]

But while the phrase sounds noble, in reality what the different branches of our government regularly engage in is much more like a tug-of-war. This is what we're seeing today, between the Executive and Legislative branches. More on this in a moment.

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Immigration Vacillation Spreads Among Republicans

[ Posted Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 – 16:38 UTC ]

Republican senators are backing up Mitt Romney's vacillation on the new changes in immigration President Obama announced last Friday -- with even more vacillation. To put it another way, Mitt Romney is effectively leading his party... into a morass of uncertainty.

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Romney The "Can't Decider"

[ Posted Monday, June 18th, 2012 – 17:17 UTC ]

Mitt Romney, candidate for president, seems not to be able to make up his mind. George W. Bush famously labeled himself the "Decider" when in office, but it seems Mitt is proving to be the "Can't Decider" this time around.

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