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Tag Archives: The Daily Beast
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
Pope Francis’s Lessons for the GOP – The Daily Beast
On the heels of Pope Francis’s triumphant visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, the humble pontiff is reinvigorating the Catholic Church after a time of scandal by reaching out, advancing reforms that threaten powerful special interests and leading by … Continue reading
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
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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Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan on Bin Laden’s Death, War on Terror – The Daily Beast
Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue number one and on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, it can be easy to forget that the terrorist’s war on us hasn’t stopped. The good news … 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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Mitt Romney’s Missing Character Narrative Must Be Part of GOP Convention Speech – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney’s nomination speech is receiving final edits as you read this—examined to make sure every essential theme is included, every phrase shined and sharpened. But Romney has an additional burden in this nomination address—he needs to fill in the … Continue reading
The Convention’s Key Moment: Paul Ryan Introduces Himself to America – The Daily Beast
There’s been a lot of GOP spin about how this convention is Mitt Romney’s chance to “introduce himself to the American people.” This is ridiculous: the man’s been running for president for five years. If polls show he has a … Continue reading
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No Attack Dog: Christie Heels And Plays Positive – The Daily Beast
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s keynote address is the substantive center-piece of this first night of the Republican Convention. But contrary to expectations that he will play the traditional role of attack dog, the former U.S. Attorney will instead lay … Continue reading
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The Swinging-est State – The Daily Beast
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Tampa. In August. At the height of Hurricane season. Out of the 16 cities that bid for the privilege of hosting the GOP convention, Tampa won. No, it was … Continue reading
When Did the GOP Get So White: The Republicans’ Loss of Diversity – The Daily Beast
“Zero Percent of Blacks for Romney”—Oh, that headline hurts. And the WSJ/NBC poll can’t just be dismissed out of hand as the work of partisan hacks. Of course, this doesn’t mean that no African-Americans will vote for the Romney-Ryan ticket, … Continue reading
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Medi-Scare: Now Ryan Budget Has Republicans Fear-Mongering Too – The Daily Beast
Republicans have long complained about Democrats playing the Medi-Scare card—trying to scare senior citizens about the affects of entitlement reform. The most vivid example of this ugly political ploy might have been the 2011 ad showing “Paul Ryan” literally pushing … Continue reading
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Shays’s Rebellion: The Last Yankee Republican Fights For His Political Life – The Daily Beast
Chris Shays can’t believe this is happening. How does a longtime Newt Gingrich congressional ally who co-authored 1994’s Contract with America, helped achieve a balanced budget, and backed the Bush-era War on Terror to the hilt get called a Republican … Continue reading
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