So I was watching one of the cable shows this week (can’t remember which) and one of the talking heads said that the Romney campaign was looking at the electoral situation as being somewhat like 1980. In the summer, Carter and Reagan were close in the polls, but Carter’s support . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t fully buy it, but this is what I see: 1. The polls that show Obama ahead show a larger percentage of self-described Democrats than did the 2008 election exit poll. By comparison, the 2010 poll showed an equal number of self-described Democrats and Republicans. If you . . . . Continue Reading »
When looking at how much “risk” Romney wants to take on in picking a running mate, it helps to look at what kind of positive message Romney wants the public to hear in the fall campaign (that is distinct from the obvious negative message that Romney will run regarding economic . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan Lizza’s long New Yorker profile of Paul Ryan is a masterpiece of subtle liberal partisanship. My favorite part is Lizza’s treatment of Ryan’s proposal for premium support Medicare. When referring to the Ryan Roadmap, Lizza describes “Obama’s alleged . . . . Continue Reading »
This is from the Justice Scalia-written majority opinion in the landmark case of Heller v. DC in which the Supreme Court upheld an individual right to keep and bear arms: Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Here is one reason I think the “You didn’t build that” issue is proving so hard to shake: It comes across like special pleading and it is demeaning to disfavored social groups. Obama describes the success of businessmen and women as a matter of luck (“a . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam wondered how Luis Zingales’s proposals for a “pro-market populist” politics that defends “defends freedom of entry in all cases” translates into policy proposals. As I said yesterday , a major political problem with any “pro-market . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam cites Luis Zingales’s suggestion that Romney run as a “pro-market populist.” Romney could run as a businessman for greater fairness and broadly rising living standards and against entrenched business interests that have allied with the . . . . Continue Reading »
So the NRO crew has been writing a lot about the possibility of Romney picking Bobby Jindal for Veep. Rich Lowry is for it. Andrew Stuttaford worries that the Jindal exorcism story from back in his college days could turn into a major problem. Ramesh Ponnuru has suggested a big . . . . Continue Reading »
The presidential campaign is both very boring and a waste of attention. Obama’s minions (to include the Boston Globe of course) would accuse Romney of being Jack the Ripper and the captain of the Exxon Valdez if they thought that such accusations would deflect public attention from the . . . . Continue Reading »
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