Last night’s debate, according both to reputable sources (CNN’s flash poll, The Atlantic’s James Fallows, Bill Keller) and less reputable sources (my Facebook feed, my Poli Sci professor, my mother), was a clear win for Mitt Romney. President Obama, who top Romney aide Beth Myers said was “widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history,” [...]
Let’s play a game I call six degrees of Mitt Romney’s lawn. I say a person’s name, and you guess how many steps it takes to link him or her to the front yard of the frontrunner. We’ll start with an easy one: columnist Gail Collins. Collins writes about Romney’s dog (and his trip on a car roof) a lot, [...]
As far back as November President Obama was aware that Congress was going to have to raise the debt ceiling. It’s anyone’s guess why he thought it better to wait until the 112th Congress was seated in January, but he did. He was rewarded with weeks of grueling negotiations resulting in a deal passed by Congress on the final day [...]
Lately, the economy has functioned almost like an earthquake. 2008 caused fractures all throughout the U.S. and even beyond—an earthquake so large that it almost entirely redefined the economic landscape so to speak. Since then, there have been nothing but aftershocks—minor economic problems when compared to 2008, but still enough to leave the world trembling. Now, it seems that the [...]
Last night was the first major debate of the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary. Seven candidates faced off to discuss issues ranging from economics to foreign policy and NASA to abortion. Below I offer my assessment of each candidate’s performance: Tim Pawlenty: In my opinion, Tim Pawlenty won the debate. He attacked Obama frequently, used colorful language (“stupid” and “chump”), and [...]
CNN is live broadcasting the Republican Presidential Debate from Manchester, NH online at http://live.cnn.com and on television. The speakers are Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. 10:00 p.m. Romney’s closing remarks – what he has learned from the NH debate and the NH people – are that the economy will be [...]
The National Forensics League high school debate league recently bowed to popular pressure and abandoned a proposed debate topic regarding the highly controversial Park51 project. A former high school debater weighs in on the decision’s effect and how it reflects the oversensitivity within our society.
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