The GOP’s Missing Voter: Hispanics
Despite four years of lackluster economic recovery, rampant cronyism, expansion of the welfare state, and bipartisan dissatisfaction with Washington, a majority of Americans decided on Tuesday that they want more of the same. The uninspiring status quo, which has inhabited Washington for far too long, will continue to survive. Meanwhile, the United States’ future prosperity—not the GOP—will prove to be the real loser of this week’s election. As a Libertarian, I will be the first to admit that Mitt Romney was not the ideal free-market candidate, but there is no doubt that his vision for the nation was strikingly different…
Careening Towards the Nanny State
The election night returns were surprising to some, and expected by others. Those in the Obama camp believed their candidate had a somewhat solid (albeit troublesome) four years of history as the nation’s leader. Conversely, Romney supporters believed that their man was such a stark contrast to four years of grossly inflated debt, high unemployment, a rise in food stamp recipients, and the like. “Romney – easy win!” “Romney in a landslide.” “Get used to saying President Romney.” You began hearing these kinds of sentiments from conservative camps. It was over for Obama. Call the moving trucks for a cold…
The War on Women
Of all the misconceptions of election season 2012, one was almost more frustrating for me than any other. This was the so called ‘war on women’ touted by the Left as one of Romney’s premiere attacks. To say this was absurd is an understatement! The strategy of the Left seemed to be to appeal to the emotions of the female electorate, and steer them away from more of the ‘pocketbook’ concerns like the economy and jobs. Nothing lights a fire like feminists feeling undermined by a man – especially if that man is a wealthy business owner whose wife’s greatest…
Presidential Debate Preview: Obama, Romney defend their campaign visions on ’60 Minutes’
President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney both sparred with the hosts of ’60 Minutes’ on Sunday evening — facing a series of tough questions that focused on the economy and each candidate’s vision for the next four years. President Obama has repeatedly said that, “this election presents the clearest choice American’s have seen in more than a generation,” and Sunday’s interview solidified his claim. Mitt Romney laid out a plan that will shrink government, begin work on crucial entitlement reforms and put Americans back to work. More specifically, he discussed adding means testing to Social Security and Medicare, as well…
Clintonomics
A new Obama campaign ad airing in battleground states features former President Bill Clinton, in which he tries to compare Obama’s handling of the economy to the way he handled the economy in the 1990’s. The whole basis of the ad is about which “Candidate can return our country to full employment” which taken literally would be bad for any economy as an unemployment rate too low would mean higher inflation, but that is for a different discussion. Take this ad for what its worth and it’s a very different tactic from the Obama attack ads that we have seen…
Woman in Red: Ann Romney
Regally, she made quite the appearance in her tasteful red dress accentuated with simple black pumps. Ann Romney made a striking image, but it was her message that captured the hearts of many Americans as she stood on that stage at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night . One thing the Romney campaign has struggled is replacing the corporate Romney with the image of a family man. Ann did wonders in creating that image with her speech. She spoke of their love story (constantly referencing “that boy I met at a high school dance”), their early marriage, and lifelong…
Why RNC – Ron Paul tensions are more than just high school drama
While Isaac churns in the Gulf of Mexico, another storm has been making waves at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, this week. Tensions between Romney supporters and Ron Paul’s camp fully erupted in an all out shouting match during the state-by-state delegate vote on Tuesday, as Republican leaders refused to seat Paul’s delegates from Maine. To cap off the delegate drama, Ron Paul seems to have made it clear that he will not openly endorse Romney for President leading into the general election, which has deepened feelings of ill will on both sides. While some may be quick to dismiss…
The Defense Budget: An Out of Control Federal Eyesore
Listen to a Mitt Romney political sound bite from the campaign so far and you are almost guaranteed to hear a reference about lowering our national debt. However, it is very hard to lower our country’s debt when Mr. Romney’s attitude to our national defense is “strength in numbers.” Although this type of attitude to defense spending may resonate with conservatives and some independents, this message is just more political rhetoric and this kind of out of control spending is the exact opposite of what needs to occur to control our out of control debt.. This type of policy only…
Romney against abortion?
Well according to President Obama’s new political ad, Governor Romney is against abortion even when it comes to incest and rape. Millions of people are going to see that ad and are going to believe that lie! Do you the American people believe the lie? The Romney campaign has come out already saying how false the ad is! The Obama camp is just trying to appeal to the female voters. During the 2008 campaign, then Senator Obama promised that he would not run any negative ads but that was 2008 Obama! Now the today Obama has a record that is…
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