One of the hottest epithets to emerge this political season has a gender basis: “Man up.” “Man up, Harry Reid,” Nevada Republican senate candidate Sharron Angle said to her Democratic opponent. “You need to understand we have a problem with Social Security.” “Hey, politicians who are in office today you, some of you, need to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
Why Is ‘Man Up’ This Year’s Political Epithet?
Posted in Politics, tagged Charlie Crist, Christine O'Donnell, Democrats, Harry Reid, Kendrick Meek, Man Up, Mike Castle, Republicans, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, Sharron Angle on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Christine O’Donnell vs. Chris Coons: Who Won the Debate?
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, CNN, Debate, Delaware Dispatch, Democrats, Post-Mortem, Republicans, Senate, Supreme Court on October 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last night Delaware Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O’Donnell debated live on primetime CNN (before cutting away to cover the ongoing miner rescues in Chile). The most widely talked-about moment came when moderator Nancy Karibjanian of Delaware First Media asked O’Donnell about which recent Supreme Court rulings with which she disagreed. O’Donnell fumbled the [...]
Blocked Fed Nominee Wins Economics Nobel
Posted in Politics, tagged Democrats, Federal Reserve, Nobel Prize in Economics, Peter Diamond, Republicans, Richard Shelby, Senate on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For months, an anonymous hold in the senate (likely, most reports note, Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)) has blocked MIT economics professor Peter Diamond’s nomination to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. “Professor Diamond is a skilled economist and certainly an expert on tax policy and on the Social Security system,” Shelby said July 28. “However, [...]
Predicting Elections in an Unpredictable Year
Posted in Politics, tagged Delaware, Democrats, FiveThirtyEight, Polls, Republicans on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
FiveThirtyEight has changed its forecast for this fall’s Senate elections — the chance of a Republican takeover dropped from 26 to 15 percent, thanks to Christine O’Donnell’s primary win earlier this week. Although Ms. O’Donnell and Mr. Coons remain relatively unknown to some Delaware voters, and a comeback by Ms. O’Donnell is not impossible, the [...]
Democrats, the Tea Party and a Massive Rise in Attack Ads
Posted in Politics, tagged Democrats, Republicans, Tea Party on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The economy is in rough shape, even by the most optimistic of interpretations. Many industries (coughnewspaperscough) are collapsing beneath us. But there’s one industry, albeit small and seasonal, that seems to be soaring: political attack ads. According to the Associated Press, state and federal candidates have spent $395 million on attack ads already, far more [...]
Why Democrats Probably Won’t Keep the House
Posted in Politics, tagged Democrats, Hotline, House of Representatives, Republicans on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Practically no one is expecting Democrats to keep the House after this fall’s election. The senate is up for debate; most reports right now indicate Republicans will take back several seats, cutting down the Dems’ majority. The New York Times just ran an editorial bemoaning the lack of enthusiasm on the left, while the right [...]
