Romney’s America: Half of Us Do Not Matter, Says GOP Nominee
In 45 short days, the United States will be called upon to appoint yet another man to lead the world’s greatest superpower. The Democrats put up good old Barack Obama, our tried and failed champion of “Hope and Change.” On the flip side we get Mitt Romney, the charismatic businessman extraordinaire — America’s own loving father of five and grandfather of 16, as dear Ann loves to point out time and time again. Mitt just feels right for so many of us. He has a certain presidential aura that makes us want to trust him. And best of…
Take the Money Out of Politics
With the introduction of Citizens United v. the Federal Election Committee (FEC), many have again resurrected the old progressive mantra, “The big corporations are in bed with government!” And yes, it’s true. Through corporate welfare, megalo-giants like Monsanto, General Electric, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America and Chevron receive millions of your tax dollars despite making windfall profits! Not surprisingly, this has made the largest recipients of corporate tax breaks and subsidies also our biggest spenders in political elections. It seems big business is happy (and determined) to keep your tax dollars flowing in while paying nearly none themselves. So now…
Abramowitz Predicts 2012 Election Results
Alan Abramowitz, the Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, has released his forecast for the outcome of the presidential election this November. Abramowitz, who has accurately predicted the popular vote winner of every presidential election since 1988, says incumbent President Barack Obama will win the election by a close margin of about 1.2 percent. Abramowitz based his forecast on statistical analysis composed of the candidate’s approval rating at the end of June, the growth of the economy and the value of the “incumbency factor,” which refers to the advantage a candidate will have simply for being the candidate that…
Romney’s On Desperate Ground
This has not been a good week for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Since the end of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama has opened a fairly modest lead in most national polls as well as the battleground states of Ohio and Florida. New York Times contributor and statistical analyst Nate Silver has calculated that the president’s chances of winning reelection are now around 80 percent. Politico has even reported that Romney’s own campaign staff sees a narrower path to victory than they had otherwise anticipated. Under the present circumstances, Governor Romney has two options: He can try to make this election…
Flip-Flopping All the Way to the White House
Pop Quiz: 1) Which presidential candidate supports ending the “War on Drugs?” 2) Which candidate opposes the Patriot Act? 3) Which supports overturning Citizens United? 4) Which proposes significant cuts to the Pentagon’s budget? If your answer to any of these questions was, “None of the above,” you’re wrong. Despite what television news outlets may tell you, voters have more than just two choices in this upcoming presidential election. Unfortunately, we are led to believe that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are our only viable options — a vote cast for anyone else is a vote cast away. This may…
Students Share Views on Romney, Obama
While the 2008 presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain featured record-breaking levels of student involvement, many Emory students have expressed varying degrees of apathy toward the upcoming election. While 78 percent of young adults ages 18-29 reported that they would “definitely vote” in 2008, only 58 percent of people in the same age bracket reported they would definitely vote in the upcoming November election, according to a July Gallup Poll. In a series of interviews with the Wheel, some students are excited to see the outcome of the election but lack faith in Obama’s ability to solve America’s…
The Government Built ‘It’
The first night of the Republican National Convention was adorned with a simple and straightforward message: “We built it.” As its inspiration, the Republican Party turned time and again to one sound bite from a speech that President Obama made in Roanoke, Va., in which he claims that “if you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” The message was drilled into the head of every viewer. It sounds like a pretty damning assault on entrepreneurs, right? That small business you worked so hard to create? You didn’t build that! Somebody else did. It seems…
