Romney and Gingrich Fight over the Airwaves in Florida
The battle of the Sunshine State will be decided by airtime, and Mitt Romney has an expensive leg up.
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What If No One Wins? A Brokered Convention Is Possible
If neither Romney nor Gingrich can unite the GOP, a chaotic convention may lie ahead.
Mississippi 26 and Public Opinion on Abortion
Pro-life advocates pushing for a controversial definition are doing harm to their own cause.
Tad Devine: An American Abroad
An interview with political insider and IOP Resident Fellow Tad Devine.
Pushing the Primary in the Sunshine State
Florida and the RNC tangle over the pivotal state's early primary: Round 2.
Preliminary Spill Reports Rightfully Criticize Adminstration
On June 14th of this year, President Obama appointed a commission of seven men and women to evaluate the events that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon spill. The commission, organized less than two months after the spill began but a full month before the oil stopped flowing, released its initial reports this week. In one report, a working paper titled [...]
Disgrace. Charlie Crist’s Ungainly Political Manueverings
Disgrace is the only word apt to describe Governor Charlie Crist these days. After being passed up as John McCain’s VP choice, perhaps the apex of his political success, Crist decided to abandon running for reelection for the governorship of Florida, a position he would likely have won easily. Instead, Crist continued a lifelong power-grab, running for the US Senate [...]
Paterson’s Problems
The NYT’s expose on Governor David Paterson is riveting and ultimately damning. This is the kind of journalism we need more of. Maybe individual pieces of evidence suggesting Gov. Paterson is a narcissist and a flake wouldn’t hold up in court, but the preponderance of the evidence is conclusive on that score. To sum up: He can’t be reached during [...]
Closer, but No Cigar
Anticipating a new era of engagement with Cuba When President Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill into law on March 11, he took a small step towards what many hope will be a new era in U.S.-Cuban relations. Embedded in the bill were three clauses that loosened sanctions on family travel and remittances, a largely humanitarian adjustment that nonetheless [...]
The Incentives of Proposing Tax Cuts for the Very Rich
Reading today’s New York Times editorial on the Lincoln-Kyl proposal to cut estate taxes to the tune of $250 billion, I wondered about what kind of reward these politicians hope to get for their sponsorship of such a plan. According to CNN, Arizona (from which Sen. Kyl hails) had more foreclosures in the first two months of 2009 than every [...]
Looking Ahead to 2010
Midterm elections already loom Each election cycle seems to begin the day its predecessor ends. Since the midterm elections will affect President Obama’s ability to enact major pieces of his long-term agenda, it is already worthwhile to start examining the outlook for November 2010. The president’s party ordinarily loses congressional seats in the midterm elections. In the past 19 off-year [...]
