Sep 27
Almost each week this year, New York magazine columnist Frank Rich has taken on the most intriguing political stories of 2012 election and dissected them in search of the truth. He questioned whether Paul Ryan’s addition to the Republican ticket would be a game changer (it hasn’t) and reminded us when Michelle Obama was thought …
Aug 27
A few days after the 2008 general election, the New York Times published an article titled “How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power.” The article didn’t necessarily reveal anything surprising, but it did describe how the Obama campaign toppled both the powerful Clinton political machine and John McCain to win the election using a framework …
Jul 13
It’s amazing how quickly time flies by in the presidential campaign. Only months ago, the Republican field was heavy with talk of social issues and the federal debt, and only weeks ago, it was Obamacare and health-care reform. Now, after the Supreme Court’s decision, and with the unemployment rate stuck above 8 percent and the …
Jul 06
Mitt Romney’s dog Seamus continues to wag his way into the campaign. If you remember, poor Seamus was put into a crate, tied to the top of Romney’s car and driven 12 hours to Canada. No wonder Seamus (or a dog that looks surprisingly like him) is now being used to highlight Romney’s stance against …
Jul 06
Today the Labor Department released its monthly jobs report and the news isn’t good. In June the economy added just 80,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent. At least according to the New York Times, this is pretty much what voters can expect come the November election: A stagnant unemployment rate and …
Mar 16
First the background: As many of you know, in 2007 the Boston Globe reported that Romney, on a family trip, put his dog, Seamus, into a crate and proceeded to tie the crate to the top of the car and drive 12 hours to Canada. Not surprisingly, the incident has infuriated dog lovers, so much …
Feb 22
As the 2012 presidential election approaches a critical point before two important primaries in Arizona and Michigan, questions about the Republican candidates abound. Is Rick Santorum’s current jump in the polls sustainable, or is his firebrand right-wing rhetoric too much even for the GOP to handle? Will Mitt Romney’s well-funded super PAC help vault him …