Author / Kevin Deutsch
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Why Blue States Elect Red Governors
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH Last Tuesday night, some people were scratching their heads. Three decidedly Democratic states—namely Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland—had elected Republican governors. Republicans gubernatorial candidates won in other fairly blue states, like Michigan and Wisconsin. And Republicans came close to winning in Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island. In January, seven states that haven’t voted…
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The 2014 Senate Elections
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH The Playing Field Normally, President Obama’s lackluster approval rating (low 40s) would indicate Democrats are set to take huge losses in both houses of congress. This isn’t the case. The Republican Party is also unpopular. And the ongoing conflict between moderates and the Tea Party keeps the GOP from selling a coherent…
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The Reality of Right vs. Left in the Midwest
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH The recent New York Times editorial by Professor Lawrence R. Jacobs misrepresents how Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and DFL Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota have led their states through the economic recovery. Jacobs compares the two Midwestern states, which elected governors from different parties in 2010, as a sort of…
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Is Everything Bluer in Texas?
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH By some accounts, Texas is slipping away from the Republican Party. If it is, it’s a big deal. Texas now carries 38 electoral votes, and for the first time since Bill Clinton decided to write the state off in 1992, the Democrats see the votes as potentially up for grabs. This is…
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The Devil, DeBlasio
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH New Yorkers will decide who their next mayor will be less than a month from now. They have a choice between Republican Joseph J. Lhota and Democrat Bill DeBlasio. Their choice will determine the financial future of the city. Joe Lhota is the best man to be the mayor of New York…
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Consider the Cruzibuster
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH So the liberals in this country blew their stacks when Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) read Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs & Ham as a part of his filibuster of a cloture vote on the continuing resolution to fund the federal government. All over the media pundits cried that he didn’t understand the story,…
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Excelsior, but Slowly
From the top of a mountain in my hometown of Millburn, New Jersey, you can see the New York City skyline 16 miles away. A paved road runs up to the south face, Washington Lookout, frequented by joggers, dog-walkers, and mothers with baby carriages. Each passing day, they witness the new One World Trade Center…