Since the day after the 2010 elections, I have been bombarded with mailings and phone calls from the Republican National Committee seeking my support in the campaign to defeat President Obama in 2012. I am 100% committed to that goal. I am also 85% dissatisfied with the way that the process has been conducted. And it seems to get worse with each election cycle. My | Read More »
We’ve successfully completed the 2010 election cycle, and it seems that already we’re ankle deep in the process for 2012. Before the tide comes in any higher, I’d like to offer an observation and a new way of looking at the Primaries. I’ve been following politics for a long time — deep into the last millennium. The quadrennial challenge of getting the nominations for the | Read More »
“Is this a great country, or what?” This expression is used by comedians and pundits as a punch line to an endless array of stories that show the slight wackiness of the way things work in this country — things like high school dropouts that become millionaires, or movie stars and celebrities that do absolutely senseless things and get away with them. But the fact | Read More »
A Red State post earlier this week on the impact of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling on the 2012 primaries prompted me to think once again about the election process. I’ve been troubled by the way that small states have had unusual sway in the process and how the tortuous process has led to the way-too-early-demise of various candidates. ”Super Tuesday” and other things have | Read More »
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