I still remember November 8th, 2016 like it was yesterday. I had been watching the election results come in at a senior friend’s apartment with a couple of friends when we collectively decided to go crash the viewing party in … Continue reading My Life as a Conservative at a Liberal Arts College: Stupid Things I’ve Heard on Campus This Week
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knew when she launched her campaign in March 2015 that she would be attacked as an out of touch elitist. To combat this, the Clinton campaign launched a tour of Iowa in what was affectionately … Continue reading How Clinton Lost
Donald Trump, the Presidential Candidate best known for campaigning on building a wall, grabbing women by a certain area, suggesting Clinton is insane, and more is now President-elect. He won at least half a dozen states no pollsters had predicted … Continue reading How Trump Won
Tomorrow. not only will the Presidential election, fate of the US Senate, and 435 Congressional contests be decided but also hundreds of legislative contests, a dozen gubernatorial contests and major statewide ballot initiatives ranging from marijuana legalization to assisted suicide. … Continue reading Decision 2016: What To Expect Tomorrow
America has become deeply polarized not just along racial, gender and class lines but also along geography (driven in many cases by a divide between rural and urban counties). But, it is the less thought of divide that might benefit … Continue reading The Political Economy of States May Save Republicans
Friday night will probably go down in GOP lore as the worst day for the party since Barry Goldwater’s nomination in 1964. That night, it was revealed in a taped interview in 2005 Donald Trump admitted to sexually harassing women. … Continue reading Stop It! The House Is Not In Play
Last night as Americans tuned in to watch the first and only vice-presidential debate of this election cycle, many were dazzled by the performance of Donald Trump’s running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Before the debate, most of the public … Continue reading Governor Pence’s Debate Performance Reassures & Impresses
If you had a sense of déjà vu about this election you would be forgiven. Since mid-August when Trump has climbed into contention with Clinton nationally and risen in the polls in battleground states such as Ohio and Florida we … Continue reading Now It Is Democrats Turn To Argue The Polls Are Biased
It’s hard to imagine that less than two decades ago (not that long ago in politics), Bill Clinton, a Democrat, declared the “era of big government is over.” Well, it sure looks alive and well today. The very voters who … Continue reading The Era of Small Government Is Over
Republicans were doomed to lose the Presidency just two years after regaining Congress. Their nominee, trailing badly in the polls, was floundering in traditionally red and swing territory. To counter the drag down-ballot, House and Senate Republicans began talking up … Continue reading How Republicans Are Saving The Senate
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