Tag Archives: 2012 Presidential Campaign

Thursday Throwback: What was the point of the Veepstakes chase?

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Thomas Mets

NBC has an article about the efforts of various news organizations to find out who Mitt Romney’s running mate would be before he announced that it was going to be Paul Ryan. They also described Paul Ryan’s efforts to mislead news … Continue reading →

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Thursday Throwback: Changing Election Laws

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Thomas Mets

Several years ago, there was a brief discussion about whether Republicans might change the law, so that key swing states, the electoral votes would go to the winner of congressional districts. This is the current system for Maine and Nebraska. … Continue reading →

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Senators and Vice-Presidents

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Thomas Mets

Donald Trump’s selection of Mike Pence as his running mate shows an interesting difference between Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats will almost always pick Senators for Veep. Republicans are most apt to pick Governors, like Pence is now; leading members of the House … Continue reading →

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August 6 2013 Politics Round-Up

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Thomas Mets

First Read predicts that Cory Booker may become a liberal version of Ted Cruz. If you believe the polls, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is expected to cruise to victory in the Aug. 13 Democratic primary for the late Sen. Frank … Continue reading →

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A True Conservative Would Not Have Beat Obama

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Thomas Mets

At CPAC, Rick Perry suggested that the presidential elections can’t be used to gauge whether the public disagreed with conservative values, since the last two losing Republican nominees were not conservatives. Bloomberg media reported that Santorum and Gingrich came pretty close … Continue reading →

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Rand Paul’s Presidential Ambitions

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Rand Paul has gotten some positive reviews with his filibuster of John Brennan, his speech at CPAC, and subsequent victory in the straw poll. At Prez16, Christian Heinze suggested that Rand Paul is someone the Republicans want to see run … Continue reading →

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Republicans After 2012

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Rachel Maddow criticized Paul Ryan for acting as if he didn’t lose the 2012 election. And, even as they were “effectively running over Mr. Ryan’s budget,” as Maddow put it, the GOP’s plan was rejected. But now, Maddow noticed, Ryan … Continue reading →

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DC Tackles Occupy Wall Street

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Thomas Mets

DC announced two new series based on economic issues which drove the 2012 election. The Movement by Gail Simone (Batgirl, The Secret Six) and Freddie Williams (The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics) focuses on a citizen’s army pushing against … Continue reading →

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Popular Former Presidents

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Thomas Mets

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton proved his value as a surrogate. And it’s something rare in American politics: a popular energetic former president. This came with obvious partisan advantages. Clinton is a rare figure in contemporary American politics, … Continue reading →

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Will Republicans Try to Change the Electoral College?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Howard Dean was on Talk of the Nation recently, unhappy with the gap between the popular vote and the electoral vote. He continues to back the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which currently has the support of eight blue states … Continue reading →

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