Archive for: election

The End of the Putin Era?

The End of the Putin Era?

The recent protests in Russia against the allegedly rigged December 4th parliamentary elections mark the end of an era.  Since rising to power in 1999, Vladimir Putin’s high domestic approval ratings have been immune to the criticism of his...

 

Barry O likes this.

Barry O likes this.

Spineless Massachusetts Moderate! Come at me bro.             The battle for Florida has turned ugly. More than policies, more than ideologies, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are trading blows at the lowest level...

 

Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

As is wont to happen in an election year, President Barack Obama used last night’s State of the Union address to articulate new campaign promises, tout successes of his first term, and spin failures into palatable stepping stones on the road...

 

Mitt Romney and the Media

Mitt Romney and the Media

Over winter break, I spent some time with my grandparents, both of whom are lifelong Democrats.  They bleed blue and have never voted for a Republican candidate.  Despite this, they are less than pleased with President Obama’s performance. ...

 

The Future of the Republican Party

The Future of the Republican Party

The current direction of the Republican Party is set to doom it as legitimate, competitive political party. Instead of modernizing its political platform to fit the changing social views of society, it is regressing and becoming even more right-wing....

 

How Obama Can Win

One year from now, President Obama will win reelection. I’ve said this on the show the past few weeks (much to Johan and Gavin’s chagrin), and now I want to take the opportunity to explain a little further. It is true, Obama faces...

 

Has the Cain Train Derailed?

Has the Cain Train Derailed?

The Herman Cain campaign enters this week facing a veritable, fully-fledged political catastrophe. And no, I’m not referring to Chief of Staff (and cigarette connoisseur) Mark Block’s bizarre smoking web ad. I’m talking about...

 

When One Nation Becomes Two

When One Nation Becomes Two

On January 9th, 2011, voters will decide if Sudan as we know it today will cease to exist. On January 9th, citizens living in southern Sudan will vote on a referendum to secede from the northern part of the country. A clock in the town of Juba,...

 

The Enemy is Bullshit

The Enemy is Bullshit

“President Obama himself has engaged in class warfare trying to separate Americans”. “[The Democrats are] running campaigns against the American people”. These two quotes, the latest to make political news from Texan Senator...

 

A Murkowski Miracle

A Murkowski Miracle

It looks like the incumbent Senatorial candidate form Alaska, Murkowski, has won the election there AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. This is unprecedented, because the whole point of our “democracy” is that you can’t win without the...