Well it looks like Chris Christie might be thinking about getting into the presidential race. Well, I hope he jumps in, but it occurs to that might be because I’m selfish. If I cared a lot about Christie personally, I’d say that his chances of getting nominated and elected . . . . Continue Reading »
So Herman Cain thumped Rick Perry in the Florida straw poll where they both competed. This has been such a weird early period in the Republican nomination contest. You’ve had a handful of Republican candidates surging an then falling back. Cain surged after the first . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney is getting away with murder on his answers distinguishing Obamacare from Romneycare. Romney’s biggest advantage is that the other candidates don’t really make arguments about Obamacare. They just strike poses about how much they hate it, how fast . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Reihan Salam has some thoughts (and stats) about “”persuadable switchers” (voters who voted Obama in 2008 and Republican in 2010.) Long story short: these voters think of themselves as to the right of the President, but are strongly for some kind of federal old . . . . Continue Reading »
In order to be environmentally conscious, this post most is mostly recycled from a comment I made over at No Left Turns: I’m not a Romney supporter because I think that even the “modest” kinds of entitlement reforms I favor really do represent big change and enacting even diluted . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney won the argument on Social Security. He just won it in the wrong major party. Same thing with Perry on immigration policy. 2. Perry’s policy on Social Security seems to be that Social Security is an inviolable Ponzi scheme covenant for current recipients and . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not even sure I’m watching, 1. Romney and Bachmann are going to be gunning for Perry on Social Security. Perry might have been executing a rope-a-dope. If comes back with a plausible answer built around condemning what is broken about the current system and . . . . Continue Reading »
more on Sunday (maybe) when I have more time, 1. A really good night for Romney. He did about as well as he could have hoped on the jobs thing. We created more jobs. Well, we had a 4.7 % unemployment rate. Mike Dukakis was better than you. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’ve seen most of the South Carolina thing on a Ron Paul supporter’s YouTube channel so apologies to Paul supporters for later comments. I didn’t watch Cain’s comments. Time (and life) is too short. 2. It was a bad night for the loudly . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m watching some of the DeMint thing on CNN. If presidential elections were based who would do best in the format of a pseudo-doctoral thesis defense to a friendly audience, Gingrich would be Emperor of the Universe. The one Robert P. George question I saw on gay . . . . Continue Reading »
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