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Taka’s Liveblog: Foreign Policy Debate
Let’s go! Live from Boca Raton, we’re off with the final Presidential Debate. 9:26 CST Romney: Obama is not investing in research. He’s investing in companies. Obama: That’s rich coming from someone who invests in companies shipping jobs overseas. 9:22 CST Obama: We have to invest in education and technology startups and clean energy to…
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The Token Republican Live Blog: Foreign Policy Debate
9:40pm: Calling it a slight win for Obama. Obama came out as confident as I expected, and many of Romney’s policies were essentially the same with a few minor differences. Furthermore, Romney missed out on many opportunities to differentiate himself from Obama, namely on the country’s relationship with Israel. Romney essentially offered the same answer…
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Live-Perlblogging the Boca Raton Debate
Final thoughts: I think Obama wiped the floor with Romney on the substantive foreign policy issues, although Mitt didn’t have any major unforced errors this time. To me, the most remarkable part of this debate was that Romney — who was Moderate Mitt tonight and left his neoconservative advisers at home — basically echoed everything…
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Citigroup Shake-Up
Most Americans probably have not heard the name Vikram Pandit. Mr. Pandit resigned yesterday after a five year tenure as the CEO of one of America’s largest banks, Citigroup. Amid all the talk of the presidential debates, this story has slipped by unnoticed, but here a few reasons why you should care. Pandit’s resignation was…
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Are Corporations People? Does it matter?
When the Supreme Court delivered the Citizens United v. FEC ruling, President Obama lamented that the nine justices had reversed a century of law and opened the floodgates for unlimited spending. Super PACs formed, Stephen Colbert mockingly launched his own, and now, campaign finance has been dramatically changed. Or has it? The prevalent belief is…
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Just Say No to the War on Drugs!
The War on Drugs is a contentious issue that both Democrats and Republicans have been reluctant to address. According to the 10th Constitutional Amendment, all duties not explicitly delegated to the federal government go to the states. Although drug regulation falls under this category, there have been federal penalties to punish narcotic possession for nearly…
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Town Hall Debate! It’s on. Liveblogging by Taka
We’re off on this second round of Prez. vs. Gov’ner. Barack Obama has a lot to live up to after the first drumming by Mitt Romney. Many pundits suggest that facing down one-on-one challenges is not Obama’s forte. Neither is it Romney’s. Either way, it’s going to be good. I gotta say it was close,…
