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Mandate : an authorization to act given to a representative <accepted the mandate of the people> Three hundred and thirty two electoral votes, 61 million popular votes, 50.5% of the electorate. What in the name of all that is good and holy – trickle down economics and plastic jesus – just happened? Not a mandate! It took Republicans all …
The Alan Simpson Project was an American progressive Republican coalition, active between 1979 and 1997, consisting of lead man Alan Simpson (R-WY) and backup Bob Dole (R-KN) surrounded by a varying number of session Republicans. The band retained some relevance even after their active period but faded into obscurity in 2004 with the reelection … Continue reading »
Cowardly Lyin’ – from Abu Ghraib to Benghazi – Lindsey Graham’s Partisan Legacy ~ Lindsey Graham, the moderate senator from the Palmetto State. South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union. Huzzah! The birthplace of Grand Bagger Jim Demint, Grand Boner Strom Thurmond and Grand Caner Preston Brooks. Here, here! It’s the birthplace of Jesus … Continue reading »
With increasing frequency, warmongering neocons rear their unchastened heads. It is the Benghazi tragedy that inspires this resurgence. Never let a tragedy go unseized upon! From deputy editorial page editors at the Washington Post to effete, soft spoken South Carolina moderates in the Republican minority, they whisper words of wardom, let it be. To these shameless incompetents and bed wetters, … Continue reading »
HC pundits predict 311 electoral votes for the incumbent and 227 for the challenger. President Barack Obama will be re-elected and will claim a mandate for rational America! Update: 11-9-12 How the heck did we have Kentucky going red? Slip of the mouse! The rest looks pretty good – got everything but Florida. Are they … Continue reading »
by brian boru Public relations is at the nub of politics – it is, after all, relating to the public. And, at the nub of public relations is branding. Defining who you are, defining your competition and doing it over and over and over again – never stopping. There is nothing particularly revelatory about this. This is Coke … Continue reading »
by brian boru Last week, the president’s piss poor debate performance went a long way toward losing him the election. He did more to depress his base, energize conservatives and turn off ‘undecideds’ than the eminently malodorous Romney campaign had done in six bumbling months. Last night, an impassioned Joe Biden did his populist … Continue reading »
by brian boru Author’s note: As we eagerly await the president’s second debate with the Republican nominee, we reprise this gem from September of 2011. We should not forget the orbit from whence the GOP nominee comes! ~ At last night’s GOP debate, Politico’s Mike Allen asked Gov. Rick Perry which scientists he found most … Continue reading »
