Tag archive for ‘Sen Obama’
The problem for the Super Delegates
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): Another Tuesday and another primary. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got primary fatigue. I find it a bit ironic that this time last year, there was near hysteria in the Republican party ranks about a brokered convention. The conventional wisdom at the time was that there would be an inevitable [...]
Did “Operation Chaos” matter in Indiana and North Carolina?
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): Strategic cross-over voting is nothing new in partisan elections. It has long been discussed that in partisan caucuses and primaries, a certain percentage, usually thought to be small percentage, of partisans “change sides” in order to disrupt and or shape the outcome of the contest in the hopes that their actions benefit [...]
Eliminating the Gas Tax will not lower gas prices
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): I am an economist by training, and a policy analyst by choice, so thus it is obvious that I’m ill-qualified to appraise the gas tax debate. As an economist, I understand in great detail how to calculate equilibrium conditions - most importantly what factors determine prices. As a policy analyst, I’m used [...]
Obama Fires back at Wright: ICEBERG! DEAD AHEAD!
Washington, D.C. (Right Commentary.com): In Winston-Salem today, Sen. Obama sharply attacked his former paster and mentor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and the substance of his remarks yesterday before the National Press Club. Today’s press conference marked a far sharper disavowal than the speech of “A more Perfect Union” he gave last month in Philadelphia.
The core of [...]
Part 2: Deciphering Racism, Elitism, Marxism, and Socialism, in Rev. Wright’s Speech before the National Press Club
Washington, D.C. (Rightcommentary.com): We continue in our multi-part series on Rev. Wright. I realize that there was quite a commotion today about the speech - and Sen. Obama replied. I will have all of that in commentary as well later tonight. For now, I want to continue with the second part (the rest of the [...]
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