Team Obama Gears Up for 2012
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 28th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Team Obama Gears Up for 2012
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times
AS North Carolina Republicans tell it, the Obama for America volunteers stole in under cover of night and stayed, undetected — noticed belatedly only because of election results across the state.“It was very scary,” said Chris Sinclair, a strategist for Billie Redmond, the Republican candidate for mayor in Raleigh. “You don’t know what’s going on until you wake up after Election Day and go, ‘Oh my gosh, what happened?’ ”
SS Spendaholic Sailing Into Abyss
Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
I see Andrea True died earlier this month. The late disco diva enjoyed a brief moment of global celebrity in 1976 with her ubiquitous glitterball favorite:”More, More, MoreHow do you like it? How do you like it? More, More, More How do you like it?How do you like it?”
Climategate 2.0
James Delingpole, Wall Street Journal
Last week, 5,000 files of private email correspondence among several of the world's top climate scientists were anonymously leaked onto the Internet. Like the first “climategate” leak of 2009, the latest release shows top scientists in the field fudging data, conspiring to bully and silence opponents, and displaying far less certainty about the reliability of anthropogenic global warming theory in private than they ever admit in public.The scientists include men like Michael Mann of Penn State University and Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia, both of whose reports…
A Step Forward on Immigration Reform
Will Demographic Shifts Save Obama?
Dan Balz, Washington Post
The 2008 election was a reminder of the demographic forces that are changing America and potentially the political balance in the country. The most diverse electorate in the nation’s history added to the favorable winds that pushed President Obama to victory. He will need the assistance of those shifts even more in 2012 if he is to avoid defeat.Much has been made of the president’s unusual coalition in 2008 — huge turnout and overwhelming support from African Americans, the backing of Latinos, the energy of younger voters, the help from college-educated Americans…