So I was watching the Fox News 6:00 PM show and the panel was discussing whether Ryan could defend his Medicare cuts or if Ryan’s Medicare cut plan will hurt the Republicans among seniors. This is nuts as a matter of both fact and politics. As between the most recent Ryan budget . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Rahe speculates that Obama might want to replace Biden as VP, and especially with a dramatic and game-changing choice, which could only be . . . . . . Hillary! Yeah, that’s a forced exclamation point, because speculation about how to figure the Hillary-Bill-Barry dynamics is a very . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam points us to a National Journa l article about how the Democrats have used the Ryan budget to their political advantage. The most important case mentioned in the article was an upstate New York Republican-leaning district where a Democrat won by attacking the Medicare cuts in the . . . . Continue Reading »
In selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate Romney took the bold path today. He also picked knowledge and competence. Ryan’s various budgets and plans will now become the central campaign issue, and in a way Obama gets his election of “choice.” But Ryan will be able to keep the . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . for picking a VP nominee who might be a “game changer” on the level of ideas. Let’s face it: Romney was tanking. It wasn’t “Hail Mary” time, but he had no offense and he defense was leaky. The cautious approach wasn’t working. Om the other hand, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a post along those lines. I really do think Obama is “pwning” Romney so far. There’s no reason things can’t get better. But the broad historical-political trends and conerns of which Paul Rahe writes won’t get the job done without a lot of help from the . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Rahe : I don’t know that he’s right, but I’d like to believe him. . . . . Continue Reading »
So I read Jay Cost’s article comparing LBJ’s strategy in 1964 to Obama’s strategy today. I’m not sure that the analogy holds up on the level of tactics. Sure LBJ tried to paint Goldwater as an unacceptable extremist. He succeeded. Jimmy Carter tried to do . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Jay Cost , Obama is following LBJ’s winning strategy: The 1964 election is particularly important to understanding the 2012 campaign. I have argued in the past that, bereft of popular legislative achievements, a sound economy, or a manageable deficit, President Obama is left . . . . Continue Reading »
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