Republican reality is a bit of a misnomer. Republican’s have a difficult time living in the reality the rest of us live in. David Weigel at Slate takes a look at A Patriot’s History of the Modern World, Vol. II: In the Schweikert/Dougherty telling, Obama’s rise to power can only be explained by the compliance of… Continue reading
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Do We Still Need the Electoral College?
This question has been posed for quite some time and roars its head during close elections and when a President loses the popular vote but still wins the Electoral College. This is an in depth discussion that could fill (and has filled) entire books. Let’s just look to see what the original intent was, why… Continue reading
Debate?
As a follow up to my post last Friday on presidential debates and how they aren’t really debates but rather joint press conferences, with tonight being the first presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney, I’m going to take a look at whether the performance really even matters. As usual, the expectations game is being… Continue reading