Archive for September 2012
Will Iowa Republicans Lose Every US House Seat for the First Time in History?
Republicans have won at least one U.S. House seat from the Hawkeye State since 1856.
Read MoreFrom Bowles-Simpson to Simpson-Bowles: Or, the Evolution of Co-Chair Billing
Alan Simpson has received top billing in 75 percent of media coverage of the debt commission this year after playing second banana to his fellow co-chair in 2010.
Read MoreGary Johnson’s Deepest Fundraising Puddles
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson finds his campaign struggling not simply to reach the 15 percent threshold in public opinion polls required for him to participate in the televised debates, but even getting listed as a candidate in many of…
Read MoreWisconsinites (Financially) Disengaged from 2012 Presidential Race
Wisconsin is the only battleground state to populate the Bottom 10 for per capita large donor contributions to presidential candidates this cycle.
Read MoreIs the Revolution Over? 3rd Party US House Candidacies Fall 22% from 2010
There are 97 fewer third party and independent candidates on the general election ballots for the nation’s 435 congressional district races this cycle compared to two years ago.
Read MoreTwo-Candidate Race a Rarity in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
Read MoreBeyond Thurston Howell: Media Caricatures of Mitt Romney
The Republican presidential nominee has been linked to rich cartoon characters like Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Burns, and Richie Rich as well as wealthy, villainous silver screen icons like Gordon Gekko and Mr. Potter.
Read MoreDavid Brooks’ About-Face on Mitt Romney
With a New York Times op-ed entitled, “Thurston Howell Romney,” David Brooks takes the Republican presidential nominee to task by casting him as the affable, out of touch millionaire character from 1960s Americana. But that is not the tune Brooks…
Read MoreGOPer Bills Would Engage Grover Norquist in “Verbal or Physical Confrontation” Over Taxes
A champion of the ‘great compromise,’ Minnesota’s GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, “I don’t care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist.”
Read MoreWithdrawn Anti-Obama Kansas Ballot Challenge Continues Major Party Ballot Access Streak
It has been 48 years since a major party presidential nominee failed to appear on the ballot in every state.
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