Category Archives: People

The Hillary Clinton Gender Gap

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

As potentially America’s first female president, Clinton appears to be able to count strongly on the support of women. Continue reading →

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Obama Debating Before He Was Famous

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Before Barack Obama was president of the United States, he famously lost a congressional primary against Congressman Bobby Rush. In this race, as in many other races, there was a televised debate between the primary candidates (Obama, Rush, and another State Senator Donne Trotter). Continue reading →

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Could Mike Huckabee Have Beat Mitt Romney?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The best case scenario: Huckabee pounds Romney in Iowa, runs a close second in New Hampshire, breaks 50% in South Carolina, and then Mitt Romney says that he doesn’t care about poor people. It’s an open question whether momentum for Huckabee would have started setting in at this point, but let’s say it does and Huckabee takes a double-digit national lead. Huckabee wins Florida and then Michigan at the end of February. On Super Tuesday, Romney’s final stand, Huckabee breaks 65% in the South and wins Ohio by double-digits. Romney drops out and endorses Huckabee. Continue reading →

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What’s Behind Romney’s Sincerity Problem

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

What Romney’s implying is that all “this stuff” – all the campaigning, all the television and radio interviews – is “frivolous.” It’s just a bunch of stupid stuff that he has to do in order to become president. It doesn’t really matter. Continue reading →

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How Is Mitt Romney A Politician?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Mitt Romney did it again.

In a recent remark to voters in Wisconsin, the Republican frontrunner made a joke about ​closing factories in Michigan​. Here’s Mitt in his own words: Continue reading →

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