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Comparing the Candidates
Posted on October 2, 2012
Originally published in The Hill You never really get a chance to size up two candidates for office until they stand shoulder to shoulder on the stage. Mitt Romney is...
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The Independent Voter?
Posted on October 1, 2012
In the 2008 election, the independent voter was the king. Remember how everybody was talking about independents being the true swing voter? Remember how Barack Obama killed John McCain with...
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The Kitchen Cabinet
Posted on September 28, 2012
Andrew Jackson first formed his “Kitchen Cabinet” amid the tumult of his first term. He decided to kick out the John C. Calhoun partisans, and stick his own friends (including...
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The Referendum
Posted on September 27, 2012
This election was supposed to be a referendum on President Obama. Then it suddenly morphed into a choice election between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Now, it has become referendum...
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Super Waste of Money
Posted on September 26, 2012
I hate to be a naysayer, but I can’t think of a bigger waste of money than that spent on Super PACs. Super PACs were supposed to replace the political...
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