2008 Election

    GOP: Don’t Have “Bush-Syndrome” & Actually Learn a Lesson

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  November 12th at 11:45 AM  | 

    Below are some various trends and stats that I have compiled from the 2008 Presidential election. Surprisingly, the Catholic shift. Not surprising, the immigration shift. Talk about messaging. Seriously, just take Latino immigrants. Catholic, family-centric, hard-working, familiar with small businesses, and until we piss them off, most likely to be Center-Right. What happens when we do make them mad by, oh, I don’t know, coming | Read More »

    Remember…Vote Smart!

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  November 4th at 11:06 AM  | 

    As you know, this election decides many things: Do unions become puppet masters of Congress and the White House? Will our taxes go up? What about my 401(k) stability? Healthcare? Immigration? And more… Well, ATR has put together some educational voter guides on energy, taxes and labor. Enjoy! McCain vs. Obama on Energy Taxes McCain vs. Obama on Taxes: Which April 15 would you rather | Read More »

    Obama’s Tax Gap is Over $250K…Pay Up!

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  October 27th at 11:12 AM  | 

    Guess what…If Barack Obama’s tax hike had been in place since 2001, he would have paid over $250,000 more in income taxes than he actually did. This assumes that the 33% bracket stayed at 36%, and that the 35% bracket stayed at 39.6%. Here’s the breakdown: 2001 – $420 2002 – $585 2003 – $910 2004 – $0 2005 – $60,257 2006 – $27,002 2007 | Read More »

    When the Business Community Strays Far, Very Far, from the Reservation

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 02:51 PM  | 

    Recently, in Human Events and in the DC Examiner I have referred to this election as the “Worker Freedom” election – indicating that this election will either make-it-or-break-it for Big Labor. Yet with the millions, or even billions, of dollars the business community and some trade associations represent, this election should not be the worker freedom election. Why? Because presumably, businesses (represented by the business | Read More »

    McCain vs Obama: The Worker Freedom Election

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  October 15th at 11:37 AM  | 

    This election has been called many things. Grover Norquist has called it the “401(k) Election.” Some groups are calling it the “Take Back the Flag Election.” However the Alliance for Worker Freedom is calling it the “Worker Freedom Election.” Yesterday, AWF released a 15-variable matrix that compares John McCain and Barack Obama on issues concerning labor, trade, unions and, well, for lack of a better | Read More »

    Oh Joe….Just Keep Talking. Please!

    By: Brian M. Johnson (Diary)  |  September 25th at 02:42 PM  | 

    Sen. Joe Biden; otherwise known as the gift that keeps on giving, has done it again. Thanks Joe! You know those microphone’s that the NFL use to “Mic Up” quarterbacks and other players…we should always have one of those on Biden. Man, that guy would win the election for us. Anyway, I digress. According to ABC News (and I kid you not), Biden said recently | Read More »