Monthly Archives: November 2011
When “Newt”cessity Becomes the Mother of Invention
As longtime readers know, my goal in writing these posts is to try to use political science, (loosely defined – often it’s more my political intuition) to make sense of political events as they happen. That means that rather than … Continue reading
Where Was Obama? Why the Supercommittee Really Failed
Where was the President? That’s the question many pundits are asking in the aftermath of the congressional supercommittee’s highly publicized failure to reach an agreement by today’s deadline to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. As the clocked ticked … Continue reading
The Gang’s All Here: Live Blogging The 11th Republican Debate
Big debate tonight – the first one since Newt reached front-runner status, and the super committee called it quits. Tonight’s topic is national security. So, expect lots of questions regarding whether automatic cuts to defense are acceptable, and whether Obama … Continue reading
Why The Failure Of The Supercommittee Is Not A Bad Thing
If media reports are correct, it appears that the congressional “supercommittee” will fail to reach its midnight Monday deadline to specify how it would trim at least $1.2 trillion from the budget deficit during the next decade. This is probably … Continue reading
It’s Newt Hampshire!
I teased this story in today’s first post, but it’s worth a closer look: a Magellan Strategies automated poll released today shows Newt Gingrich in a statistical dead heat with Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. Romney garnered 29% in the … Continue reading
