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  • Romney’s Gamble

    Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his Vice-Presidential candidate continues the trend of peculiar GOP VP selections in recent history. In 2000, George W. Bush tapped Dick Cheney to head up his Vice-Presidential Search Committee. After all signs were pointing to Missouri U.S. Senator John Danforth as the pick, Cheney proceeded to throw his…

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  • The “Four Years Ago” Folly

    “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The question hit home with voters in 1980, and now Paul Ryan offers Reagan’s canard in response to DNC fervor. Josh Marshall thinks it’s a bad strategy: George W. Bush is still very unpopular and gets a high degree of blame for the economy,…

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  • Romney’s the Nominee; Now What?

    What we’ve known for the better part of three months is now official. Mitt Romney has secured the number of Republican delegates’ votes he needs to contest the 2012 presidential election. He announced that he was ‘humbled and honored’ to be the nominee; Soon after, President Obama called Romney to congratulate him, and looked forward…

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  • Touching the Third Rail

    Medicare, the government program that provides health insurance to the elderly, is enormously popular. It is also headed for insolvency. This presents a delicate challenge for politicians: how to make necessary changes to Medicare without angering the electorate. The issue of Medicare is so politically dangerous that it has been nicknamed a “third rail” after…

  • GOP Field Comes Into Focus

    With only eight months to go until the Iowa caucuses, the Republican field still isn’t set in stone. Most of the major potential candidates, however, have declared their intent. Here’s a snapshot of where the field currently stands, complete with notes on each candidate. Officially Running Tim Pawlenty – Former governor of Minnesota has executive…