Elections

It’s Election Day in America

November 6, 2012
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Good morning ladies and gents, I come out of hiding from exams, papers, and more to blog the 2012 election!  This is going to be a busy day, to be sure, so let’s get cracking.  By now, I’m sure y’all know that Governor Mitt Romney is challenging President Obama for the Presidency. You might have…

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Tsunami or Wipeout?

November 2, 2010
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Tsunami or Wipeout?

As you probably know, results are streaming in from around the country from tonight’s midterm elections.  I’ve said before that I dislike doing the same kind of recap posts that I did for, well, just about every primary vote, so I’m going to do something different for tonight’s analysis.  I’ll be tweeting my thoughts as…

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Welcome to the Corporate States of America?

October 10, 2010
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Welcome to the Corporate States of America?

Sorry for the long absence from writing; I’ve had too much work so far this semester, and as always, I care about the quality of these posts.  I do not just randomly throw whatever up here; I take time to research these posts.  As a result, yes, I am starting to write this on a…

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What You Should Know About Missouri’s Proposition C (And Others Like It)

August 5, 2010
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What You Should Know About Missouri’s Proposition C (And Others Like It)

Well here we go: as Congress goes to its month-long August recess, we have a full slate of primaries and other developments in the midterm election races to keep us engaged in politics.  This Tuesday, the August primaries began in earnest with three states choosing their general election matches.  Now, I could just give you…

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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

June 14, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

Oh, South Carolina, just when we thought you’d given us all the political scandals you could muster, you just keep them coming.  One of the more interesting developments out of the primaries last Tuesday was the shocking win of Alvin Greene over heavily favored former state lawmaker Vic Rawl.  Okay, so upsets happen all the…

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And They’re Off! General Election 2010 Gets Underway

June 11, 2010
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And They’re Off! General Election 2010 Gets Underway

Well, this week another big set of primary elections was settled.  Other than a few remaining primaries and run-off elections, the field for the 2010 midterm elections is now set.  Sorry this post took so long to come out; there are so many different narratives that emerged on Tuesday, both new and ones we’ve seen…

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The Rise of the Challengers

May 19, 2010
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The Rise of the Challengers

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=*&iid=8844925" src="3/6/d/b/Arlen_Specter_Campaigns_f753.jpg?adImageId=12907492&imageId=8844925" width="500" height="348" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Yesterday, in case you didn’t notice, was being called Super Tuesday by political pundits, most of the mainstream media, and just about all the campaigns involved in the various primaries being held around the country.  Technically, it wasn’t the “Super Tuesday”, as that refers…

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Will 2010 Be A Repeat of 1994?

January 7, 2010
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Will 2010 Be A Repeat of 1994?

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=byron+dorgan&iid=7472280" src="a/8/e/f/Democratic_Senators_Dodd_7d04.jpg?adImageId=8848716&imageId=7472280" width="380" height="274" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] In 1994, after a nasty fight over healthcare, a Democratic majority in Congress was defeated by the GOP in President Clinton’s first midterm elections.  This of course sounds eerily similar to what could possibly happen this year, in President Obama’s first midterm elections.  The…

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The Ten Commandments of Ronald Reagan

November 26, 2009
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Today, it was revealed that leaders in the Republican Party have circulated a proposal that are essentially the Ten Commandments that any "real Republican" must follow in order to gain support from the national party. In effect, this will cause all Republicans with ambition in that party to reinvent themselves in the image of Sarah…

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Reflections on Yesterday’s Elections

November 4, 2009
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Last night, after many of you went to sleep, the elections in New York’s 23rd Congressional District and in Maine were decided. As you have probably heard by now, Bill Owens became the first Democrat in a century to be elected from that district after the Conservative Party’s candidate conceded. In addition, the pending law…

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