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Elections – Presidential (2016)

Joe Biden’s Legacy for Battered Women

Aug 25, 2015 | ,

Published: The Good Men Project (August 25, 2015) I have a guilty conscience. Although I respect Vice President Biden quite a bit, I recently wrote an op-ed arguing that it would be a bad idea for him to run for president. My concern (then and now) is that Biden, despite being a qualified statesman, simply doesn't have the political chops or base of support to mount a viable campaign against...

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Voters are already sick of the election—and it’s not just because of Trump

Aug 14, 2015 | , , , , ,

Published: The Daily Dot (August 14, 2015) Does anyone care that our election cycles are getting increasingly longer? If the Republican National Committee is to be believed, then the answer is no. Despitepledging at the beginning of the year to limit the number of presidential debates that it would allow during the 2016 election season, Nancy Reagan will be hosting yet another presidential...

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Trump’s 2016 Legacy

Aug 10, 2015 | , , , ,

Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015) Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not. Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his advantage is nowhere near large enough to be insurmountable. The most recent polls give him a lead of between 21 percent and 26 percent....

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When the smartest man in the room isn’t a man – and isn’t allowed to be in the room

Aug 7, 2015 | , , ,

Published: Daily Dot (August 7, 2015) If the Internet is to be believed, Carly Fiorina was a smashing success in yesterday’s Republican first round of presidential debates. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO far surpassed her peers in Twitter mentions (according to Google and Topsy.com) and received the most Google searches among participants in the forum. At a watch party sponsored by the American...

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Why the First GOP Debate is So Important

Aug 6, 2015 | , , , , ,

Published: Question of the Day (August 6, 2015) The upcoming Fox News (Aug. 6) and CNN (Sept. 16) presidential debates symbolize much of what is wrong with the American political process … but these debates are still very much worth watching.For those who haven’t heard, the networks hosting the first two debates (on August 6 and September 16) established a rule dictating that only the 10...

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