Newt’s political career may be over, but Mitt Romney is little more than Gingrich-lite. The legacy of the former speaker goes on.
Steve Erickson
Steve Erickson has contributed to The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone and Los Angeles. He teaches at CalArts, and his new novel is These Dreams of You (Europa Editions).
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Obama in the Balance
To win re-election, the president must alternate between presenting himself as a policymaker-in-chief and a myth.
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Single-Payer or Bust
Striking down the individual mandate leaves only one of two options: adopt a system in which government pays for health care, or do nothing.
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I’ll Catch the Next One
Republicans have only the Tea Party to blame for the quality of their presidential contenders.
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Can’t Teach an Old Party New Tricks
Republicans did not have a good week. Don’t expect them to learn from their mistakes, though.
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Romney, Santorum, and God
We ought to be talking more about candidates’ religious beliefs.
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Keep Conventions Conventional
You may think you want mayhem to go down in Tampa, but be careful what you wish for.
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Quit While You’re Behind
In Mitt Romney’s fantasy land, the other GOP candidates would drop out once it was clear they had no chance of winning.
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Atlas Slugged
Mitt Romney’s loss in South Carolina betrays a party struggling to defend the 1 percent in the post-Occupy Wall Street era.
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Ron Paul’s Guerilla Visions
The libertarian candidate’s zeal for upending the Republican Party extends beyond the presidential election.