Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney: First As Farce, Then As Farce
What Was Romney Doing In Coal Country?
The GOP Can’t Afford to Ignore Cities Anymore
Stuff White People Like
Frustrated conservatives have a theory for why their ideas didn’t win more support on Election Day: They can’t compete with the offer of “free stuff.” As this argument goes, President Obama and the Democrats won by promising their constituencies government goodies, but without asking those constituencies to pay for them. Women got free birth control. Latinos got more open immigration policy. The poor got food stamps. Tons of people got subsidized health insurance. And so on. READ MORE >>
The Election 2012 Trail Mix Awards
There Aren't As Many Missing Voters As It Seems
In the aftermath of Obama's election, one emerging theme is the "missing voter." Romney campaign advisors apparently told members of the press that McCain received 2 million fewer votes than they did in 2008. In a column on RealClearPolitics, Sean Trende estimates that white turnout declined by 7 percent from 2008. READ MORE >>
