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Tag Archives: 2012 Elections
GOP Keeps Social Issues in the Closet – OutFront – CNN
The Obama campaign woke up to good news today with new polls in three swing states that has President Barack Obama exceeding 50% support among like voters. Obama also holds a lead of nine to 12 points over Republican opponent … Continue reading
Early Voting – OutFront – CNN
With 43 days until election day, chances are you can vote right now if you don’t want to wait until November 6th. By the end of this month, voters in 30 states will be able to cast their ballots in … Continue reading
Political Independents: The Future of Politics? – The Daiy Beast
In the final stretch of this play-to-the-base presidential election, it is strange to say that the 40 percent of Americans who identify as independent are currently close to an afterthought. With so few undecided voters left, even most independents have chosen … Continue reading
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Mitt’s Likability Problem – The Daily Beast
Less than 50 days from the election, it’s still Mitt Romney’s biggest mystery. He is an exemplary husband and father—the kind of man you would want as a member of your church or would trust to run your business. So … Continue reading
Our Toothless Campaign Finance Watchdogs – The Daily Beast
This is the third and final installment in a series by The Daily Beast, in partnership with the Center for Responsive Politics, on the influx of money into the 2012 campaign. To read part one, click here. To read part … Continue reading
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Will More Democrats Follow Rahm Emanuel in Chicago and Take On Unions? – The Daily Beast
The Chicago fire is out for now. The teachers’ strike is over. But the beyond the question of winners and losers in this negotiation is the larger state of play—will more Democrats follow Rahm Emanuel’s lead and declare independence from … Continue reading
Toothless Watchdogs – OutFront – CNN
Despite President Barack Obama’s lead in new polls, he has been outspent pro-Romney Super PACs. John Avlon has been looking at the Super PAC economy all week and how the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … Continue reading
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Dark Money Shuffle – OutFront – CNN
A federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a ruling that would have tightened disclosure rules for political donations. The decision may make it even harder to follow the money trail at a time when record amounts of money are being poured … Continue reading
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The Super-PAC Economy – The Daily Beast
This is the first installment in a series by The Daily Beast, in partnership with the Center for Responsive Politics, on the influx of money into the 2012 campaign. These articles were co-authored with Michael Keller. Beneath the still struggling … Continue reading
Romney Foreign Policy Attack Was Disgraceful – CNN.com
“Partisanship ought to end at the water’s edge” is a longstanding adage of American politics. But in the hours after the death of the first U.S. ambassador killed in decades, Mitt Romney — panicked as his poll numbers have slipped … Continue reading
The Super PAC Economy – OutFront – CNN
One problem Mitt Romney doesn’t have is raising money. The Super PAC supporting him has already raked in more than 65-million-dollars. That’s more than outside groups in total spent at this point in the 2008 election. CNN Contributor John Avlon … Continue reading
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Romney Leaked Audio – OutFront – CNN
On a day when Mitt Romney is trying to retool his message, undercover video has emerged of Romney at a private fundraiser earlier this year – joking about how being Latino might have helped his campaign. The video was obtained … Continue reading
Wisconsin’s Healthy Union Mess – The Daily Beast
Republicans in VP nominee Paul Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin got unwelcome news late Friday afternoon when Judge Juan B. Colas declared significant portions of collective-bargaining reform unconstitutional. This was Governor Scott Walker’s signature reform, the result of a hard-won … Continue reading
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Democrats for Education Reform? Why Policy Fault Lines Are Shifting – The Daily Beast
“On this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.” So said Paul Ryan at the outset of the Chicago’s teacher strike this week. Now in its fourth day, the Chicago strike affects 350,000 kids. It occurred despite … Continue reading
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Clinton the Closer – OutFront – CNN
Fresh off his star turn at the Democratic convention, Former President Bill Clinton hits the campaign trail Tuesday for President Barack Obama in a crucial swing state, Florida. The former president’s power is not lost on the White House. A … Continue reading
The Obama Iconography: Only One Candidate in Race Inspires Heartfelt Fandom – The Daily Beast
The two-week convention caravan is now at rest, and Tampa and Charlotte are in the rear-view mirror. So how did the two conventions compare, seen up close and side by side? Well, sometimes stereotypes ring true: Republicans fall in line, … Continue reading
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Obama Needs a Second-Term Agenda in His Democratic Convention Speech – The Daily Beast
President Obama’s blessing is his curse—a soaring speech won’t be good enough Thursday night. Call it the Obama discount or just a credibility gap, but words are cheap where this POTUS is concerned. That’s why he needs to get serious … Continue reading
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Better Off Than When, Exactly? – The Daily Beast
This is literally the most anticipatable question for a presidential re-election—and the fact that Governor Martin O’Malley got caught flat-footed on it is a cause for head-scratching, if not concern, given his otherwise stalwart performance as a Obama surrogate. If … Continue reading
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Will Republicans’ Vast Super-PAC-Money Advantage Swing the Election? – The Daily Beast
As Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., the optimism is palpable. But the party has been dangerously overconfident throughout this election, and some are still in denial about the big money behemoth they are facing this fall. Mitt Romney just announced … Continue reading
Many 2008 Conservative Obama Backers, or ObamaCons, Will Stay True – The Daily Beast
Back in 2008, Barack Obama boasted the support of more than 40 prominent Republicans and conservatives, including Colin Powell, Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, and Reagan solicitor general Charles Fried. These “ObamaCons” were offered as a barometer of Obama’s crossover … Continue reading
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