Parsing the Postmortems, Part 11 + Overnight Open Forum
Spengler: Asians “also stand out for their strong emphasis on family,” the Pew study reported. “More than half (54%) say that having a successful marriage is one of the most important things in life;...
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Hugh Hewitt: With postmortems on the Romney campaign piling up faster than broken promises of relief to Sandy’s victims, there is time before the “big deal” gets cut and the national misery deepens to...
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National Journal: Now, GOP pollsters will enter a period of introspection. Party strategists will demand accountability, and concrete assurances that the number-crunchers can get it right. Some answers...
View ArticleParsing the Postmortems, Latino Edition + Overnight Open Forum
Rachel Campos-Duffy: So, if the party of secularists and liberalism and “abortion on demand” — and its leader, Obama — are so bad for Hispanics, why did more than 70 percent of them vote for him? The...
View ArticleBobby Jindal: Romney “Absolutely Wrong” on Reason for Obama Victory
Politico has the story: “No, I think that’s absolutely wrong,” he said at a press conference that opened the RGA’s post-election meeting here. “Two points on that: One, we have got to stop dividing the...
View ArticleToday’s 2016 Headlines and Essential Reads – Early Evening Edition
Essential Reads: Misreading Election 2012 – Andrew Kohurt, The Wall Street Journal Predictable in retrospect: The dangers of hindsight bias in election postmortems– Brendan Nyhan, Columbia Jounalism...
View ArticleFox News and General Petraeus
There is a rather interesting article in today’s Washington Post by none other than Bob Woodward that details a conversation between General David Petraeus and Fox News contributor Kathleen T. (Troia)...
View ArticleThe RNC’s “Growth and Opportunity Project” Report
As you may have heard or seen on the news, the Republican National Committee has released the report compiled by a special committee which makes recommendations as to what the party needs to do if it...
View ArticleAcceptability and the Big Three
The Cook Political Report, run by Charlie Cook, is one of the most well-respected political organizations in the country — not to mention one of the most impressively accurate in its electoral...
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How Badly Can Trump Lose The Hispanic Vote?
After the 2012 election Mitt Romney’s postmortem focused on the size of his loss among Hispanics. Hispanics gave Obama 10,973,582 votes. They gave Mitt 4,183, 299. In other words Obama got 6,790, 283...
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Four Tickets Out of New Hampshire
In 2012, Newt Gingrich, despite high poll numbers nationally, finished an embarrassing fourth in Iowa. He then tied for third in New Hampshire with nine percent. Under the old “three tickets out of...
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South Carolina Showdown
The real problem with the South Carolina Primary is that it’s open. Pretty much anyone can vote in it who wants to, as long as they meet normal voting participation requirements. Is this important?...
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