He isn’t skilled enough to maneuver between swing voters and the Tea Party base.
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The Point of Super PACs: Looking Rich and Impressing the Ladies
Meet the super PAC whose goal is to raise no money.
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Romney Ad Accuses Obama of “War on Religion”
An ad released today by the Romney campaign declares that President Obama has “used his health care plan to declare war on religion.” Mitt Romney, says the ad, “believes that’s wrong.”
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Post-Election Report: Romanian’s Presidential Impeachment Referendum, and a Request for Help in Identifying Potential Fraud
The following is a guest post from Princeton political scientist Grigore Pop-Eleches on recent political developments in Romania that culminated in a referendum to confirm the impeachment of the president. The material is particularly timely, as the Romanian Constitutional Court is currently hearing challenges to the results of this referendum on the basis of electoral […]
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What Really Happened in the 1980 Presidential Campaign
Bryon York reports: Romney aides believe strongly that this race will play out like the 1980 campaign, in which President Jimmy Carter led Ronald Reagan for much of the race until Reagan broke through just before the election. As Jonathan Chait noted, 1980 is a poor comparison with 2012 for many reasons. One is simply […]
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Thompson Leads in Wisconsin Republican Primary A new Marquette Law Schoolpoll shows former Wisconsin governor, Tommy Thompson, leading the Wisconsin Republican Senate primary field with 28%, followed by businessman Eric Hovde at 20%. Trailing are Rep. Mark Neumann (R-WI) at 18% and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald at 13%. Earlier polls have shown Hovde leading, so […]
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Dancing with The Mitt That Brung Ya
Conservatives picked him, and now they have to live with him.
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Waiving at History
Recent weeks have seen a series of attacks on the Obama administration’s use of waivers to exempt states from the provisions of federal law. Most prominent until now had been Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s issuance of waivers to the No Child Left Behind Law. Yesterday, though, Mitt Romney accused the Obama administration of seeking to remove […]
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Military veterans are mostly old men and, in aggregate, have attitudes characteristic of old men. Active-duty soldiers are different.
Jason Dempsey writes: Someone casually reading the news would have the right to be confused over seemingly contradictory stories on the political preferences of military service members and veterans. According to Gallup, “Veterans Give Romney Big Lead Over Obama,” while Reuters claims that “Weary Warriors Favor Obama.” Both are true. . . . The bulk […]