Rachel Lu on seizing the Mormon moment : The good news for Mormons is that America does not hate them. A year ago many Democrats were hopefully predicting that Americans would be unwilling to elect a Mormon president. In the end, though, Romney’s Mormonism does not seem to have been a serious . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama was such a weak candidate that one unalloyed good moment by a weak Republican candidate – the debate of October 3 – almost threw the election to the latter. As a result, I don’t see that the election results presage much about American conservatism. I recall . . . . Continue Reading »
What does it mean? Not a whole lot. There is now a lot of soul-searching about the direction of the Republican Party and much doubting of its future viability if does not adapt itself in some way to an electorate that has (it is said) fundamentally shifted over the last few decades. I am a . . . . Continue Reading »
I offered my preliminary reflections on the 2012 presidential exit polls and promised more to come. I’m a man of my word. Thus far, I’ve argued that, in effect, the Obama campaign executed a plan based on a theory of electoral behavior (ideology and identity) that was superior to . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama and the Democrats, all the experts are bragging today, had a much more “metric-driven” campaign. They had a much better handle on who would vote and why, and they were much better organized with paid guns who knew what they were doing to get their guys out. On election morning, . . . . Continue Reading »
Life Fares Well on the Ballot in 2012 Michael J. New, The Corner Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury John Bingham, Telegraph Oddballs of the Nineteenth Century Evan Kindley, The New Republic Modernity and the Privatization of Purpose Thomas Storck, Ethika Politika Is Contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Obama’s popular vote total ended up tracking his RCP job approval average very closely. That’s why I always thought it would be tough for Romney to win as long as Obama’s job approval was between 49%-50%. 2. I blew the call on Scott Brown. The Obama tide . . . . Continue Reading »
I wore black today. Black suit, black tie, and a black shroud over the Romney-Ryan sign in my yard. No, I do not think, contrary to countless heartfelt comments one sees on the conservative blogs today, that the republic died today. But make no mistake: something did die today. Obama voters, you . . . . Continue Reading »
At NRO , Michael Walsh tells conservatives to “do what Democrats do” and “lay off the social issues.” I’ve already argued against this in a previous post , but there’s another problem: Social issues outperformed Romney nationwide, with the exception of . . . . Continue Reading »
Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., widely known as a Catholic political theorist, philosopher, and author, and more locally known as teacher, guide, and genius of the shores of the Potomac, is set to retire at the end of this semester. If you’ll be in or around Washington, D.C. on December 7, make . . . . Continue Reading »
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