Category: Election 2012

The basic problem we have with calling this election is a dearth of reliable polling data. Gallup and Rasmussen seem to be predicting that the composition of the electorate will be closer to the one we saw in 2010, while almost all of the other pollsters seem to be anticipating a Democrat advantage similar to […]

Mark Steyn on the utter failure of big government, Obama-style: If you’re saying, “Whoa, that sounds expensive,” well, our government is more expensive than any government in history — and we have nothing to show for it. Imagine if Obama’s 2009 stimulus had been spent burying every electric pole on the Eastern Seaboard. Instead, just […]

In 2008, John McCain was desperately playing defense in states like Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Indiana. Just the fact that he had to commit resources into those states told you that he was in trouble. Well, this year Barack Obama is the one trying to fend off Mitt Romney in blue states like Pennsylvania, […]

If you are a gun owner, a believer in the Second Amendment, you really, really need to start thinking. Item: Obama telegraphed his support for an “assault weapon” ban in the debates – never mind that assault weapons are already illegal. What he wants to ban are semi-automatic rifles that look something like a real […]

I wasn’t planning to write about Nate Silver, but I keep reading articles about him and being asked about him. As this election has started to wind down, it’s strange how much significance his opinion seems to have taken on. I say it’s strange because Nate Silver is certainly a smart guy who did a […]

Barack Obama is a singularly awful President. He’s a ship captain taking an ax to the bottom of the boat after it hit a reef, a fireman dropping a full tank of gas in the middle a burning house, a child chasing the water out right before a tsunami. That being said, as my friend […]