Published: PolicyMic (October 15, 2012)
As he prepares for the second presidential debate, President Barack Obama can learn a valuable political lesson from an unlikely source: George W. Bush.
When Bush defeated John Kerry in 2004, it was due in no small part to the fact that the Massachusetts Senator was widely viewed as a “flip-flopper.”
Published: PolicyMic (October 11, 2012)
Editor’s Note: This represents instant analysis of the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night. For the author’s thoughts in the hour immediately before the debate began, see here.
Here are my first impressions about the debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan on Thursday evening:
1) The Big Points
– Biden’s message in this debate can be summed up in two phrases: “That’s a bunch of malarkey” and “Facts matter.”
Published: PolicyMic (October 11, 2012)
Some opening thoughts on the upcoming vice presidential debate:
– Just as Mitt Romney benefited from low expectations in the first presidential debate, so too will Joe Biden likely walk away as the declared “victor” in this contest by simple virtue of being the perceived underdog.
Published: PolicyMic (October 3, 2012)
Here is my last minute prediction on the first Obama-Romney debate:
I think Mitt Romney is going to win it. This has nothing to do with the forensic skills of either Romney or Obama, and everything to do with the media.
Historically speaking, they tend to try to make political stories as “exciting” as possible, and as such, usually tend to award “victory” to whichever participant in a debate was perceived as the “underdog” going into it.
Published: PolicyMic (September 26, 2012)
Up until now, debate on the political impact of Mitt Romney’s “47%” comments has been entirely speculative. That is no longer the case.
According to recently released New York Times/CBS/Quinnipiac surveys — the first major polls to be conducted right after the emergence of the controversial video — Romney has suffered enormous setbacks in key swing states.