President’s Electoral Challenges Mount
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 13th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
President’s Electoral Challenges Mount
Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Just how big a hill do the Republicans have to climb to win the White House in 2012? Consider this: In 2008, Barack Obama beat John McCain in the electoral vote by a tally of 365-173. So, if, on Election Day next year, Mr. Obama loses Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Indiana and New Mexico – a whopping 95 electoral votes from states he carried in 2008 – he would still win.Just barely, with a right-on-the-button 270, but he’d win.
Women on Top, Men at the Bottom
Philip Brand, RealClearBooks
Sit on a bench on the Thompson Hall lawn — the “green” at the University of New Hampshire — and watch the students walk past. Scattered among legions of women you may sight the occasional male. Observe his attire, and you will likely see a discordant trifecta: Timberland work boots, sweatpants and a backpack. Is he headed to the field and manual labor, to his dorm room for a Donkey Kong marathon, or is he shooting towards a professional career? We're told to dress for the job we want. If their dress is any indication, these young men reply firmly, “I don't…
