October 22, 2012
He Kept Us Out of War
In the election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson’s brazen campaign promise was, “He kept us of war.” The war, of course, was conflict that engulfed Europe and would later be known as World War I. In the election of 1940, under...
October 20, 2012
Shocking
“Shocking,” the woman’s sexy voice purrs over the radio dial. She is on XM/Sirius radio and she is selling a common household product. Well, not really. She is talking about the results from a pill that will automatically make a...
October 18, 2012
Binder Gate
Let’s dispense with one myth right now: Women voters are not a minority group. There is a sense out there that female voters are some segmented, discrete interest block that must be appealed to like black voters, Hispanics, Christians, gays,...
October 17, 2012
My Prediction Over the Summer
I wrote this in June and thought it would be nice to refresh your memories. Conventional wisdom has it that the presidential election is going to be a nail-biter. I don’t think so. Assuming current trends continue, the Romney campaign...
October 17, 2012
The Next Debate
The tie-breaker is in Florida, moderated by Bob Schieffer, and it will be focused on foreign policy. Obama got blown out in the first one, narrowly edged out Romney in game two, and now it all comes down to this....
October 16, 2012
Debate Number 2
Naomi Wolf must have called Barack Obama and given her two cents about how the President could seem more macho in debate number 2. He certainly was channeling his inner Al-Gore at the beginning of the “Thriller on Long Island,”...