1. I can’t say who would be best for Romney’s Veep pick, but Pete has persuaded me about the problems a Ryan pick would pose. But then on the other hand, I think Romney needs to go bold, and Ryan would be bold. Unfortunately such boldness would bog the campaign down to defending . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, we notice that Pete’s contributions are being taken quite seriously on the ELECTION CENTRAL blog. Not only that, one of the threaders gave us two more comparisons: Why 1980 and 2004? How could anyone compare Obama to Carter and Bush? A better pair of years are 1992 and 1996. In . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE. What will be next on the schoolmarmish health-and-safety front? . . . . Continue Reading »
These only make sense in the context of the gen ed reform going on at Berry right now. As the comments suggest, I now join Carl in thinking of TRUE GRIT as laying claim to be the great American novel—written from a southern and female point of view. The two proper Confederate common men in . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was watching one of the cable shows this week (can’t remember which) and one of the talking heads said that the Romney campaign was looking at the electoral situation as being somewhat like 1980. In the summer, Carter and Reagan were close in the polls, but Carter’s support . . . . Continue Reading »
This afternoon, I was reading the BBC News when I first saw the story of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting. I went to Wikipedia to read about Oak Creek , what kind of place it is, and a line about the shooting was already there. Other than that, the next big story about the city is . . . . Continue Reading »
With Kate and Gene throwing money around in the thread of the post below, I decided really to turn to the studies to figure out whether or not Romney is losing. He is. If the election were held tomorrow, it is very likely he would lose most of the swing states. The popular vote would be fairly . . . . Continue Reading »
The strategy of Romney from Iowa onward so effectively mocked by Pete isn’t going to cut it. Romney is campaigning as if the election is his to lose, but in fact no study backs him up on that. The election has to be a referendum on the incumbent for Romney to have a real chance: Obama has to . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you notice Peter Lawler dropped that into the Cruz McDonnell thread below? Minor detail that. So what do y’all make of it? Peter has a pretty good track record of predicting GOP doom. He smelled the 2006 disaster well ahead of most, even if I do recall his . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve finally now seen the recent film production of Coriolanus , starring and directed by Ralph Fiennes, and it is as I feared , a failure. It’s one of these updating adaptations of a Shakespeare play—in this case the politics and warfare of the early Roman city-state gets refitted . . . . Continue Reading »
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