30 Reasons Republicans Lost The Election

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  November 7th at 09:52 AM  | 

They Allowed Democrats To Pick Their Nominee For Them. A succession of potential Republican nominees -– Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich –- were bright, attractive, and have compelling narratives. Instead, Republican voters (or, at least, enough of them) bought into this Democratic mantra that only a liberal stand-for-nothing Republican can win a presidential election. Having Nominated A Stand-For-Nothing, He Proceeded To Run | Read More »

GOP Faces Historic Losses If They Keep “Boehnering” Things Up

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  February 23rd at 10:10 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick. Remember the arguments that Obama couldn’t conceivably win reelection if unemployment was over 7.2%? Or that the GOP had a lock on the Senate because they just had to defend 10 seats? Or that Democrats could never pick up the 25 House seats necessary to gain control? And, by implication, that all of these good things would happen while Republicans | Read More »

Lame Duck II: The Sequel

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  March 10th at 09:03 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick A lot can happen between now and November, 2012. But let me make a prediction: The next month will either set Barack Obama on a “glide path” toward electoral victory -– or a glide path toward electoral defeat. The Obama-generated narrative is that the next 30 days will be spent trying to come up with a “magic number” (between $10 | Read More »