Sep 23, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Plutocracy, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (September 23, 2012) Conventional political wisdom states that, to become president, you must first acquire your party's nomination by pandering to its radical base. After that, you win the general election by moving back to the ideological...
Sep 18, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Plutocracy, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (September 18, 2012) Secret video recordings of comments made by Mitt Romney at a private fundraiser are so appalling that it's hard to figure out where to even begin analyzing them. I guess the best way is to look at the three main parts. First...
Sep 6, 2012 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: The Morning Call (September 6, 2012), PolicyMic (September 6, 2012) More than a month ago, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center revealed that Mitt Romney's proposed tax cuts for the affluent will require him to increase taxes on middle-class families by an...
Sep 3, 2012 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Media Issues, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (October 3, 2012) Editor's Note: This represents instant analysis of the presidential debate on Wednesday night. For the author's thoughts in the hour immediately before the debate began, see here. [To see who won the third and final presidential...
Aug 29, 2012 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Immigration, Media Issues, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (August 29, 2012) If you want to refute the widely-disseminated myth of the media having an anti-Republican bias in this election, one need not look any further than this recent incident at the Republican National Convention: The controversy...
Aug 11, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (August 11, 2012) Early this morning, The Huffington Post broke the story that Mitt Romney had selected Paul Ryan to be his vice presidential running mate. In his article, Jon Ward commented that "Ryan is a bold pick who will energize the...
Aug 3, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (August 3, 2012) According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, Mitt Romney's proposed tax cuts for the affluent will require him to increase taxes on middle-class families by $2,000 a year. Just in case you missed that the first time: If you...
Jul 15, 2012 | Class Issues, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Plutocracy, Scandals
Published PolicyMic (July 15, 2012) For those of you unfamiliar with the emerging scandal involving Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, I have broken down the debacle into five convenient sets of bullet points: Romney's Actions: - In a federal disclosure form filed on...
Jul 11, 2012 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published: PolicyMic (July 11, 2012) In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign due to revelations that he had accepted bribes as Governor of Maryland. Why is this important nearly forty years later? Simple: If Mitt Romney chooses Tim Pawlenty as his...
Jun 11, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (June 11, 2012) The American people have made it clear that unemployment will be the dominant issue of this election. Polls consistently show voters prioritizing it far above every other policy question, with nothing else – not health care reform,...