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Tag Archives: 2012 Elections
Americans Elect Failure to Find Candidate Threatens Third-Party Dreams – The Daily Beast
The deadline for Americans Elect is here and they still don’t have a candidate. This failure threatens to kill the effort to field a bipartisan third ticket for president before it ever really began—despite $35 million spent and 420,000 people … Continue reading
John Avlon on Primary Challenge to Sen. Luger – OutFront – CNN
At the close of one of the toughest primary challenges dealt an incumbent this year, Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana argued in an interview Tuesday that he is one of the bright spots in a body many see dimly.
Will Dick Lugar Be The RINO-Hunters’ Latest Trophy? – The Daily Beast
It’s RINO hunting season, and Dick Lugar has a big target on his back. The six-term Indiana senator was once Richard Nixon’s favorite Republican Mayor—but Tricky Dick looks like a hippie compared to the Tea Party crowd, and Lugar has … Continue reading
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Partisan Spin Denies Obama Credit for Immigration Success – The Daily Beast
The headline should be striking: U.S.A. Stops Illegal Immigration from Mexico in its tracks. That’s an underlying insight in a study by the Pew Hispanic Center released days before the Supreme Court heard arguments over the controversial Arizona illegal immigration … Continue reading
Romney and Fairness – OutFront – CNN
John Avlon on CNN’s Out Front talks with David Frum and Faiz Shakir about fairness and Mitt Romney’s campaign strategy for the begining of the 2012 presidential election.
Why Tax Reform Talk a Dead End – CNN.com
It turns out that Richard Nixon was a hippie. Here’s Tricky Dick’s wisdom on taxation, always worth dusting off this time of year: “We shall never make taxation popular, but we can make taxation fair.” See — he’s talking about … Continue reading
Mitt Romney’s Tax Idea Would Wallop High-Income Blue States – The Daily Beast
When candidates talk to high-level donors, they tell the truth. And so despite his campaign’s strenuous downplaying, Mitt Romney’s open-mike “gaffe” revealing some details of his tax plan at a closed-door fundraiser in Palm Beach is real news. Forget for … Continue reading
Sex Trafficking Survivor’s Inspiring Political Run in Portland, OR – The Daily Beast
In the summer of 1989, Jeri Sundvall-Williams was raped by 10 members of the Crips gang. She was then locked in a room, let out only from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night to turn tricks. She was required … Continue reading
Mitt Romney Romps in Illinois, But the Long Race Continues – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney stomped to victory in Illinois last night. It was a decisive win, his broadest in a contested mainland state since Nevada. He won among women voters, independent voters, and voters whose top issue was the economy, according to … Continue reading
Fed-Up Press Ready to Call the Republican Race, But the Math Matters – The Daily Beast
While the presidential primary was the lead story most days between December and February, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver calculated that “in March, however, the nomination campaign has been the lead story just two times in 17 days.” The implicit editorial judgment … Continue reading
Republicans struggle in Land of Lincoln – CNN.com
The Illinois primary should be a Republican Party homecoming. After all, this is the Land of Lincoln, home state of the first Republican president. But the party of Lincoln is no longer an easy fit for the state of Illinois. … Continue reading
How Republicans Screwed Themselves With Their Own Proportional-Delegate Trap – The Daily Beast
In the Talking Heads’ song “Once in a Lifetime” there is a moment when lead singer David Byrne awkwardly belts out a question: “How did I get here?” That’s the question Republicans should be asking themselves right now. Facing a … Continue reading
Rick Santorum Can Regain Momentum With Focus on the Economy, Not Religion – The Daily Beast
Rick Santorum can take some satisfaction from the fact that he split the delegates from Mitt Romney’s home state of Michigan. But this functional tie doesn’t help Santorum much with the perception of momentum going into Super Tuesday. So just … Continue reading
GOP Primary Results: A Suicidal Cage Match – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney dodged campaign disaster last night, pulling off a 3-point win over Rick Santorum in his home state of Michigan, while splitting the state’s delegates. But the real question is why the race was so close—and that says as … Continue reading
Michigan’s Delegate Math Could Give a Big Edge To Rick Santorum – The Daily Beast
All eyes are on the too-close-to-call Michigan primary—but paying too much attention to the popular vote there could miss the point. The real prize in this nomination fight is delegates, and Rick Santorum could win a majority of them in … Continue reading
GOP’s Radioactive Anti-Obama Rhetoric – CNN.com
The debates this presidential primary season have been less like Lincoln-Douglas than former heavyweight champ Buster Douglas — punch-drunk pugilism, providing entertainment and some great upsets along the way. But for all the excitement of the fights, there is a … Continue reading
Their Many Debate Missteps Could Haunt Romney and Santorum – The Daily Beast
The 20th—and possibly final—Republican primary debate was messy at times, but it will leave a mark, not so much for the candidates’ successes but because of the missteps that were made and that might soon show up in an attack … Continue reading
The GOP’s Chaotic Primary Calendar Makes Early Nomination Clinch Tough – The Daily Beast
With Texas court-ordered to move its primary back to at least May 28, the delegate math it takes to win the GOP nomination just got a lot tougher. Now, the likelihood that any candidate will clinch the nomination before late … Continue reading
Maine, Iowa Caucus Mishaps Prove It’s Time for a Better System – The Daily Beast
After the epic fail of Iowa’s caucuses—falsely naming Mitt Romney the winner for more than a month—now it looks like there’s trouble brewing in the Maine caucuses as well. Romney was named the narrow winner in Maine on Saturday over … Continue reading
US Election 2012: the Ugly Republican Nomination Race is Only Helping Obama – The Telegraph
President Obama’s re-election strategy is focused on portraying himself as the defender of the forgotten American middle class. And, writes John Avlon, there are signs that this strategy is succeeding. For the first time since the short-lived boost after the … Continue reading