And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don’t believe We’re on the eve of destruction. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry McGuire A #1 Hit in 1965 Well, it’s shutdown time again, and the caterwauling by the media makes it appear as though there can only be one […]
read moreWell, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but public attitudes toward the 1995 and 1996 government shutdowns went south quickly. And, the standing of Republicans in Congress dropped from a pretty good level to a much weaker point. It was a sobering lesson in the advantage of the bully pulpit of the […]
read moreWell, that didn’t take long. Just four months after his solid re-election win, and just two months after his very partisan inaugural speech, Barack Obama’s standing with the American people has taken a significant hit. With a few exceptions such as Hollywood, Manhattan, and most of the nation’s media, the man hailed in January as […]
read moreWhile the debate rages over whether the GOP should view this as a message problem, a messenger problem, or a math problem, I wanted to take this blog post to underscore the challenge facing us from a math perspective – i.e. why it is important that we work hard to improve with Hispanics. As a […]
read moreGiven the demographics of the 2008 and 2012 elections, the Republican Party is in danger of becoming the “Win In Off Years Only Party” unless we make a full-throated improvement with Hispanic voters. And, we have to admit it is us, not them. Want proof? That’s easy – as of this writing, Mitt Romney is […]
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