Presidents are Beatable if Primaried

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  February 19th at 02:15 PM  | 

The conventional wisdom in this country is that incumbent Presidents effectively just don’t lose short of some freak events, such that in 2012 we should go in expecting defeat. That’s not the case. While it is true that in 2012 we will start off behind President Obama, the historical advantage of incumbency is not insurmountable. Especially if the President receives a serious primary challenge, we | Read More »

California Closed primary proposal withdrawn

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  September 11th at 08:34 PM  | 

Tonight on his site Flash Report, which is a nice source of California Republican political news, Jon Fleischman announced that he is pulling the proposal to close our state’s Republican primaries. Right now, anyone who Declines To State a party preference is allowed to vote in our primaries, with the exception of Presidential primaries. But Fleischman had made a proposal, which the party was set | Read More »