The Critical 2012 Swing States
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 5th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
The Critical 2012 Swing States
David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
We don't know what the economy will look like by autumn 2012. We don't know the Republican nominee. But we already know the broad battlefield. And, as we long have known, it will not look like 2008.It's the swing states that decide the outcome for every state. States like Texas or California are sure things. Thus the red and blue states are at the mercy of the purple states. Receive news alertsThe big five 2012 states: Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado. States like Nevada, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Iowa fall in line soon after. The lineup could slightly shift….
ObamaCare: When Judge Said Void He Meant It
Peter Suderman, Reason
What does it mean when a federal judge declares the whole of a major federal law “void”? The answer might seem obvious, but for the federal government, it’s proven something of a head-scratcher. After Judge Roger Vinson voided the entirety of last year’s health care overhaul legislation at the end of January, a few states halted work on the law, but the Obama administration continued on with implementation—and only recently requested a “clarification.”
Baghdad to Cairo to Benghazi
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Voices around the world, from Europe to America to Libya, are calling for U.S. intervention to help bring down Moammar Gaddafi. Yet for bringing down Saddam Hussein, the United States has been denounced variously for aggression, deception, arrogance and imperialism.A strange moral inversion, considering that Hussein's evil was an order of magnitude beyond Gaddafi's. Gaddafi is a capricious killer; Hussein was systematic.
The New Underclass and Obama
James Pethokoukis, Reuters
Drilling a bit deeper and moving beyond the 8.9 percent unemployment rate and 192,000 jobs created, here is what I found:The U.S. labor force remains as small as it has been in a generationMore than 5 million Americans have disappeared from the job rollsIf the labor force was currently at 2007 levels, the unemployment rate would be a whopping 12 percent – the worst since the Great Depression.