Tag Archives | election 2012

Oh, no! Not another conspiracy theory.

By on May 3, 2012 in Economics, General Discussion, Politics

Well, yes; I have another conspiracy theory. It is that those giants of industry who are supporting the Republicans in the coming elections will use their control of major employers to force a basically growing economy into retreat. They can do this through sudden layoffs, inventory reductions, reduction in advertising, shifting operations offshore, constraining resource [...]

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Traction.

By on April 25, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

One has to wonder what issues will give the presidential candidates traction in the upcoming election. Lately Obama has been giving time to the issue of college student debt, the latest sound bites I have heard from Romney centered on Immigration. Romney lately seems to be trying to move to the middle, I actually heard [...]

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A funny thing from local politics.

By on March 4, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

This is just a bit of fluff, but I found it so absurd that I just had to pass it along. There is a Republican running for state senate out of the area where I live, his adds feature a message about how property taxes are killing people and how this person should be elected [...]

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Will Obama move to the left?

By on February 26, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Not too long ago The New Yorker magazine ran a piece which covered released memos from the Obama administration. The picture which is drawn from these is of a president who came to Washington determined to end partisan politics. After the Republicans he came to compromise with made a hard turn to the right Obama’s [...]

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Romney and Paul.

By on February 25, 2012 in Politics

I was trapped in a hotel for a bit the last couple days and so I happened to see coverage of the last Republican debate on MSNBC. One thing they were talking about was that through the Republican primaries Ron Paul has served as something of an attack dog for Mitt Romney. I didn’t think [...]

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Shrum: The office of the presidency was a codicil in Romney’s trust fund.

By on February 24, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Al Gore’s old campaign manager had me laughing with his pre-obituary on Romney’s election chances (The Increasingly Worthless GOP Nomination): http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/224776/the-increasingly-worthless-gop-nomination/1 and if the GOP seems to be self-destructing, and disqualifying itself in the eyes of women, minorities, Gays, and young people, it couldn’t happen to a nicer party. The only question remains: is Romney [...]

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Roubini On The Uptick’s Downside

By on February 17, 2012 in Economics, International affairs, Politics

Over on the Project Syndicate side-bar, Nouriel Roubini has a very nice and well-reasoned (as usual) analysis of the potential roadblocks and booby-traps for the world economy in 2012. The continuing Euro-crisis, rising tensions in the Middle East, and China’s dramatically slowing economy, are the main topics. Recommended reading.  http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roubini47/English Obama would seem to be [...]

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A victory for democracy.

By on February 15, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

No matter what one may think about the politicians involved the Republican primaries have proved to be a victory for democracy. This is because early on all you heard about was how Romney would win the nomination because no one else had the organization or money to compete, now it looks like the primaries may [...]

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If Rick Santorum Is The Republican Candidate….

By on February 13, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

And he is leading in the polls, both nationwide and in Michigan, the next crucial contest. [And Michigan is the state where Mitt Romney's father was a popular governor, once upon a time in America...!]   But my question is: If Rick Santorum becomes the Republican presidential candidate, what does that say about the Republican [...]

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Gerrymandering

By on February 8, 2012 in General Discussion, Politics

Gerrymandering –the process of dividing up districts for partisan (often racial) reasons, has a long and disgraceful history.  In the past, it was arguably an unavoidable evil.  You needed people to redraw district lines every few years, to adjust for population changes, and the best you could do to prevent them from gaming the process [...]

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