Mitt's Tax Returns
[ Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012 – 17:19 UTC ]
What is hiding in Mitt Romney's tax returns?
Archive of Articles in the "The President" Category
Old-School Editorializing
[ Posted Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 – 18:55 UTC ]
What struck me about New Hampshire's contest, being in the midst of historical research into such things, was the old-school nature of the Union Leader, a very conservative New Hampshire newspaper. It struck a lot of the media as interesting as well, but I didn't see anyone else commenting on such historical context.
Calling New Hampshire's Primary
[ Posted Monday, January 9th, 2012 – 16:11 UTC ]
Tomorrow, New Hampshire voters will go to their first-in-the-nation (don't-mention-Iowa-to-us-that's-a-caucus-dammit!) primary, and cast their votes in the Republican nominating contest. Which means it's time to haul out the old crystal ball and attempt to predict what's going to happen. If you hate these types of speculative wonktastic articles, then I strongly advise you to just close this article right now, and start a game of Angry Birds or something.
Friday Talking Points [192] -- Obama Picking His Fights
[ Posted Friday, January 6th, 2012 – 15:56 UTC ]
I have to say, while the Republicans have been having their three-ring primary circus, President Obama has been looking better and better. Both in comparison to the Republican field (of nightmares, so to speak), and also because Obama's been making progress on his own.
Recess!
[ Posted Thursday, January 5th, 2012 – 19:54 UTC ]
When we were all kids, "recess" was one of the happiest words in the English language, because it meant escaping the schoolroom for a while, and (on nice days) getting outside and running around and playing with our friends. The bell would ring, and we would all cry "Recess!" and run outside.
Obama Poll Watch -- December, 2011
[ Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 – 16:07 UTC ]
President Obama had a pretty good month last month in the job approval polls, bettering his standing in both approval and disapproval by roughly three-fourths of percentage point. This may not sound like that big a deal, but it was the second straight month of solid gains for the president in both categories.
Romney Inevitable?
[ Posted Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 – 21:48 UTC ]
I thought I'd wait to write today until the Iowa results were in, because I haven't done one of these "snap judgment" sorts of things for a while. As I begin, roughly 85 percent of the votes have been reported.
Predicting Iowa
[ Posted Monday, January 2nd, 2012 – 16:20 UTC ]
I realize everyone is probably already sick of hearing predictions about the Iowa Republican caucuses, and if this does indeed describe you then you should probably go watch a football game or something -- because that's exactly what we're going to do today: throw prognosticatory Hawkeye darts at the wall, and take our chances as we may.
My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]
[ Posted Friday, December 23rd, 2011 – 15:08 UTC ]
Her campaign so far has been the populist model for every other Democrat to mimic if they want to catch the wave of anger at Wall Street, and use it to their benefit. Without question, Elizabeth Warren is Destined For Political Stardom.
Obama Looking Stronger
[ Posted Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 – 16:58 UTC ]
President Obama is looking a lot stronger these days. Today, especially, the president emerges as the big winner in the showdown with John Boehner and the House Republicans. But Obama's been looking better and better all month, so Boehner caving should be seen as just the icing on the cake for Obama.