Weak Economy Continues To Hold Obama’s Poll Numbers Down
Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.
What Citizens United Changed: Not Much
While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.
Mitt Romney Is Letting Obama’s Bain Attacks Define Him, To His Detriment
By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.
Campaign Spending, Free Speech, and Disclosure
The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.
Obama First President Outspent in His Re-election Campaign
Mitt Romney will likely be the first challenger able to outspend a sitting president. He’ll need it.
Government Advertising to Boost Food Stamp Enrollment
Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”
Washington Privatizes Liquor Sales, Jacks Up Costs
Washington has become the first state in decades to privatize its state-run liquor stores. They’ve coupled this with onerous fees on private distributors.
What The Heck Happened With The Facebook IPO?
It was supposed to be the return of the heady days of the great Tech Industry IPOs. But, things didn’t quite go as planned.
POM Pomegranate Juice Not a Wonder Drug?
Apparently, pretended overpriced pomegranate juice is a magic healing elixir is more than the law will allow.
Cory Booker’s Kinsley Gaffe And The Relevance Of The Bain Attacks
Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.
Super PAC May Resurrect Reverend Wright In New Ad Campaign
A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.
Dish Network Enables Commercial Skipping
Dish Network is offering customers a DVR that will skip commercials. I’m sure their content providers are thrilled.
Microsoft Seeks to Reinvent Search, May Destroy Web
The next generation search engine may not point to Web pages at all.
Gary Johnson Wins Libertarian Party Nomination For President
The Libertarian Party has chosen another former Republican politician as their Presidential nominee.
Did The GOP Fall For The Obama Campaign’s Osama bin Laden Trap?
The GOP’s response to the Obama campaign’s Osama bin Laden ad has not been helpful.
A Few Quick Thoughts on Commenting
James Joyner has had a couple of interesting posts over the last week concerning blog comments, especially here at OTB. Here are some more thoughts.
America’s Spending Habits
At the apex of the last economic boom, we were spending far less as a percentage of our income on food, clothing, and transportation than our predecessors of half a century before, with the surplus going mostly to education and health care.
How SuperPACs Have Made Politics More Democratic
Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.