GOP In Good Position To Grab Senate Control In 2014
The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.
A New Conspiracy Theory: IRS Tea Party Targeting Helped Win The Election For Obama
A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.
GOP Unlikely To Grab Senate This Year, But They’ll Have Another Shot In Two Years
The GOP’s hopes of taking over the Senate in 2012 have all but slipped away, but there is another option.
Republicans, The Latino Vote, And Immigration
Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.
How To Fix The Republican Party
Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.
Guns and Democracy
Is it reasonable to state that countries with less guns are more likely to become tyrannical than countries with more guns?
Post-Debate, Romney Is Clear GOP Frontrunner, Bachmann Surging
The race for the GOP nomination is taking shape.
One More on Palin and Revere’s Ride (and Back to the Politics of History)
Two things: 1) one of the best things I have seen on this topic and 2) and a re-iteration on what I think is the broader issue here.
Why 2012 Republican Field is So Weak
The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.
Michele Bachmann Takes In More Donations Than Any Other Republican
Michele Bachmann raised more money in the First Quarter of 2011 than any other Republican. Which means that she’ll have to be taken seriously if she decides to run for President.
Cocktail Party Fallacy
Is the only possible motivation conservatives could possibly have for calling out the lunatic fringe a desire for the acceptance of liberals?
Civility to Republicans’ Advantage?
Now that Republicans have the House, wouldn’t they be better off playing nice?
How Not To Improve The Discourse
Yesterday, Eric Fuller, one of the victims of last week’s shooting in Tuscon, blamed Sarah Palin, John Boehner, Glenn Beck and Sharron Angle for the tragedy. Today he was arrested for making a death threat to a local Tea Party leader.
Political Vitriol and Political Violence
The relationships between inflammatory rhetoric and political violence is complicated.
Democratic Congressman Says He Will Introduce Bill To Ban “Crosshairs” Maps
The debate over heated political rhetoric has now led one Pennsylvania Congressman to suggest that some speech should be banned. This must stop now.