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VP Debate Winner: Joe Biden Won, But the Big Loser is President Obama
Oct 11, 2012 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Media Issues, mic, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans, Vice President Biden
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...
VP Debate 2012 Predictions: Joe Biden Will Be Declared Winner of the Debate
Oct 11, 2012 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Media Issues, mic, Political Parties, Republicans, Vice President Biden
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. His main obstacle will be his chronic case of foot-in-mouth disease - i.e.,...
Obama vs. Romney Debate Prediction: Romney Will Be Declared the Winner
Oct 3, 2012 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Media Issues, mic, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
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"...
Latest Presidential Polls 2012: Data Shows the Romney 47 Percent Comment Has Taken Serious Toll
Sep 26, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
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...
Obama vs. Romney: Mitt Romney 47 Percent Gaffe Proves He is Too Conservative to Be President
Sep 23, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, 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 center. Keep that axiom in mind as you're reading this editorial. Back in February, Mitt Romney earned the derision of political...
Romney 47 Percent Hot Mic Comments: This Proves Just How Wrong He Is For The American Presidency
Sep 18, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, 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 there is the Republican presidential nominee's declaration that 47% of the American people will vote for Barack Obama no matter...
Barack Obama Must Ask $2,000 Question
Sep 6, 2012 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, 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 average of $2,000 a year. Since then, President Obama has put a calculator on his campaign website to help ordinary citizens...
Who Won the Debate Tonight: Romney is Winner for the Media, Big Loser is Moderator Jim Lehrer
Sep 3, 2012 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Media Issues, mic, 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 debate, see here] Here are my first impressions about the first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Wednesday evening:...
Why Media Has Responsibility to Cover RNC Racism”
Aug 29, 2012 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Immigration, Media Issues, mic, 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 should have been over the type of partisan parliamentary maneuvers that normally define such major political gatherings, as Ron Paul...