In Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, the protagonist, Will McAvoy, is just tired of politics. So, channeling his inner Cronkite, he becomes the moderator of political discourse he thinks is lost by launching a “mission to civilize” the country. Unfortunately, there’s no parallel to fight against the “post-truth politics” in real life. Dave Roberts of Grist noticed this back when the major meme of [...]
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,” [...]
It is officially one month until Labor Day, the traditional start date for fall campaigns (an old custom that is no longer followed, much like other political traditions, e.g. compromise, cloture). Both presidential campaigns will pick up steam this month and continue until Election Day grants them reprieve. Donors across the political spectrum will keep these campaigns going. Unlike in [...]
Anyone who spends their time writing, talking or even thinking about political campaigns likes to have a narrative that’s going somewhere. We want Harry Truman whistlestopping across the nation to pull out the slimmest of victories, or Ronald Reagan quipping “there you go again” and sending Jimmy Carter packing. In that spirit, I’d like to lodge a complaint. If the current [...]
Despite the common misconception, lemmings don’t actually throw themselves over cliffs. No, that’s an honor reserved for Republican presidential candidates. And I’m not just talking about Mitt “corporations are people”-”I like to be able to fire people”-”$10,000 bet”-”I’m not concerned about the very poor’-”Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs”-”I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners” Romney. Romney’s ability [...]
President Obama delivered his state of the union address this week, but I think he left some things out. His speech had lots of policies and ideas, but hardly any snarky reflections on the current state of political affairs. Yes, there was that one bit about Washington being disconnected from the rest of the country, but that wasn’t so much [...]
If you read an article in the last six months that mentioned Mitt Romney, it probably referred at least once to the inevitability of his nomination. Indeed, if you believed everything — or anything — you read, you’d think that the Republican primaries were just some sort of stimulus package for the political opinion industry, designed to keep pundits and [...]
Today, we’re going to play a game I’m calling “Who’s That Candidate?” You might think the game is about Rick Santorum, because every time his name is mentioned that’s what people say. But actually, it’s a game where I describe a politician’s political positions and you guess who he is. Ready? Then let’s play WHO’S THAT CANDIDATE! (Imagine a studio [...]
Tonight, CNBC is hosting, along with the Michigan Republican Primary, a Republican presidential debate focused on the economy. The debate is hosted by Maria Bartiromo and John Harwood at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. The participants include the now-established GOP candidates: Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman. A series [...]
I decided to do something a little different for this blog post, and share a pretty telling Mitt Romney gaffe during the last GOP debate. When Rick Perry cornered him about hiring illegal immigrants, Mitt Romney explained that he hired a landscaping company that happened to employ illegals. When he found out about this, he went to the landscaping company [...]
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