The Square Can Win
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 26th, 2012 11:08 pm by HL
The Square Can Win
David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
In 1972, a young aide named Patrick Buchanan suggested that Richard Nixon frame the presidential campaign as “square America” vs. “radical America.” The square won 49 states.Pundits tend to describe Mitt Romney's vanilla disposition as a liability. The Washington Post recently asked, “Why does Mitt Romney seem so stiff?” But there's a more practical question: How much does it matter?Stiffs can become president, even in this television age. During the 1988 campaign, George H.W. Bush asked reporters, "What's wrong with being a boring kind of…
If Mormonism Is Fair Game, So Is Jeremiah Wright
Larry Elder, IBD
A well-regarded Republican strategist at a private gathering recently warned, “And just wait until they play that Mormon card.” By “they,” he meant the Obama campaign and its complicit media cheerleaders.Lawrence O'Donnell, only days later, gave his viewers a historical tutorial on the Mormon religion, darkly suggesting that we all should be afraid, very afraid. The Democratic governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, called Mitt Romney's grandfather a “polygamist.”This is actually good news for the Romney campaign.By making Romney's Mormonism an…
George Zimmerman: Prelude to a Shooting
Chris Francescani, Reuters
A pit bull named Big Boi began menacing George and Shellie Zimmerman in the fall of 2009.The first time the dog ran free and cornered Shellie in their gated community in Sanford, Florida, George called the owner to complain. The second time, Big Boi frightened his mother-in-law's dog. Zimmerman called Seminole County Animal Services and bought pepper spray. The third time he saw the dog on the loose, he called again. An officer came to the house, county records show.
Don’t Listen to Scott Walker If You Want Jobs
Gov. Pat Quinn, MSNBC
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn joins Ed Schultz to discuss the state of the Illinois and Wisconsin economies.”Wisconsin's dead last in job growth,” Quinn said. “Don't listen to Scott Walker if you want to get jobs in your state, and we sure haven't listened to him. We believe in our workers. We have skilled, educated workers. We believe in investing in education.”
