He’s going to have to find another way.
Election 2012
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Romney’s Negative Coattails
The Republican presidential candidate’s missteps may already be affecting downticket races.
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Voters Getting Mixed Signals from the Market
Which economic indicators matter most in a presidential election?
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Voter ID and Voter “Virtue”
How arguments for voter identification laws rely on old ideas about who can participate.
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Dire Straits for Mitt Romney
The Republican nominee is behind in all surveys.
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Thu, Sep. 20 Electoral Vote Predictor
A third of Voters Less Likely to Support Romney Due to Video A new Gallup poll shows that 36% of voters are less likely to vote for Mitt Romney as a result of the video in which he said that 47% of of Americans are dependent on government and consider themselves victims. In contrast, 20% […]
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Lucky Obama
Today’s Ringside Seat:Â Why do Republicans so grossly underestimate the president?
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The Right’s Nonsensical Attack on “Redistribution”
Everyone redistributes. The question is who benefits.
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Romney’s Bigger Lie
Lots of Republican conservatives, Paul Ryan and Bill O’Reilly among them, have taken the position that even if Mitt Romney’s rhetoric was clumsy, his point was basically right. Some Americans pay taxes; others collect benefits. But his basic claim was total baloney. When you count income taxes, payroll taxes, excise taxes, and highly regressive state […]
