Posts Tagged ‘Iowa’
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All bets are off in NH
Posted on February 9, 2016
(Originally published in The Hill) Like most Americans, I thought the Denver Broncos were going to get crushed by the Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton was too good. Peyton Manning was...
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The SEC Is Good At Football (Or Was); It’s Not So Good At Picking Presidential Nominees
Posted on December 10, 2015
(Originally published in the WSJ) If recent history is any guide, the Republican candidate who competes best in the once-solid South won’t get enough votes in the rest of the...
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Who Will Take The Crown
Posted on June 9, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Who is the Republican version of American Pharoah? It’s been 37 years since the last Triple Crown winner. It’s hard to find a horse...
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Bachmann Rises
Posted on August 15, 2011
I caught some of Michele Bachmann’s appearances as I drove down to Florida on my family vacation. She was doing one of the Sunday talk shows after her Ames, Iowa...
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The War on Bacon
Posted on August 4, 2011
An interesting story caught my eye in the New York Times today, about the rise of a radical right-wing group in, of all places, Sweden. Swedes are concerned that they...
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