The Gold Standard Is Nuts—and Perfect for Today’s GOP
Joementum
With the election behind us now, talk has already turned to 2016 and the potential of a Joe Biden candidacy. Here was what TNR's Noam Scheiber reported back in August. READ MORE >>
The Psychology of the Ryan Pick
My initial reaction to the Ryan VP selection was that there was only one possible explanation: Team Romney believed it was on track to lose, and Ryan allows them to shift blame for the loss onto the party’s conservative wing. READ MORE >>
Just One Reason to Pick Ryan: Blame the Loss on Conservatives
There are two ways to think about Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan this morning. The first is how it affects Romney’s prospects for winning in November. The second is how it affects the internal struggle between conservatives and moderates within the GOP. READ MORE >>
Why Reid's Romney Tax Allegation Goes Too Far
A final note about Romney and tax returns: I love Harry Reid—think he’s been a force for good in the world and a major asset to Democrats as majority leader. But his assertion that Romney paid no taxes for ten years, sourced to an anonymous Bain Capital investor, is simply over the line. READ MORE >>
A Unified Theory of Romney Tax-Stubbornness
The latest journalist to press Mitt Romney on his tax returns is the ultra-resourceful Josh Tyrangiel of Businessweek. Here’s how he cleverly posed the question in a recent interview: READ MORE >>
How Bush v. Gore Killed the Romney Campaign
Over at Slate, Dave Weigel had some nice things to say about my Stuart Stevens profile before raising an objection about how the liberal-industrial-complex has changed campaigns since 2000: READ MORE >>
The New Jobs Number: OK For Obama, Less So For the Country
It might be tempting to read today’s expectations-beating jobs number—163,000, against private forecasts in the neighborhood of 100,000—as a sign the economy is surging just in time to help Barack Obama. My take is a bit more pessimistic, though not quite demoralizing. READ MORE >>
