Cutting through all the head scratching, number crunching, moaning, groaning and gnashing of teeth coming from the GOP trying to figure out what went wrong at the polls this week, Ron Paul cuts to the chase and puts it in stark perspective. This from his interview with Bloomberg TV: “If you look at the numbers […]
As the electoral dust settles and Republicans discuss what went wrong and how to improve their appeal, the analysis on the Left has been focusing on how the American electorate is changing – to the benefit of Democrats. It’s a narrative that the Obama campaign has capitalized on through its target marketing efforts, if not explicitly […]
Well, here we are. The initial shock has worn off, leaving many of us are asking ourselves, “What went wrong,” and “What now?” From a numbers perspective it’s easy: The Democrats – playing their same old game of giving away other people’s property – got the Blacks, Latinos, the 18 – 30 crowd, rich liberal […]
Official unofficial results: Obama snags 303 electoral votes; Romney tallies 206. The popular vote shows Obama at 50% (59,631,659) and Romney at 48% (57,001,726) ~ a spread of just over two million votes. Meanwhile, we will still have House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a looming fiscal cliff. This from the […]
There were two, um, high notes from last night; maybe it’s time to move to Colorado or Washington. This from CNN: Voters in Washington and Colorado passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the biggest victory ever for the legalization movement. “The significance of these events cannot be understated,” said NORML, a […]
You’re not the only one ready for the election to be over. Four-year-old Abigael Evans got picked up from a long day at her Colorado pre-K school. Her mother, Elizabeth Evans, 27, turned on NPR in the car. The coverage resulted in this: Yes, Abigael, sometimes NPR coverage does the same thing to me. Completely understandable. Once I […]
For a devastating perspective on how Sandy literally shifted the contours of the eastern coastline, William Teach over at Pirate’s Cove points to Google’s crisis map, which uses pre- and post-Sandy imagery to track the storm’s coastal damage from New York to Virginia. In the Google page’s right sidebar, click the ‘Post-Sandy Imagery’ checkbox and […]
The Wall Street Journal, upon the release of the most recent annual GDP growth figure of 2% (up from 1.3% in the previous quarter), observes: The economy plowed ahead at a 2% growth rate in the third quarter, which thrilled more than a few of our liberal friends who think it’s enough to re-elect President Obama. […]
The mainstream media is shell shocked by the latest polling numbers coming out of Michigan, where the RCP average shows Mitt Romney pulling to well within the margin of error among likely voters and the Bailout King’s lead withering to a slim three points, down from six less than a month ago. As a result, […]
