February 2012
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Michigan and Arizona: Did Anything Really Change?
Well the results are in and Mitt Romney can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. As expected, Romney took Arizona by a wide margin. He also managed to win Michigan with a little more breathing room than many were expecting. So, Romney lives to fight another day. He didn’t suffer the embarrassment of losing his “home” state he spent so dearly to try and win, and he’ll likely...
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Keep An Eye on Michigan...
So now CNN is reporting that Democratic voters are being encouraged, both by Democratic strategists and Santorum himself, to go out and vote for Santorum today, Michigan could be very interesting. If he doesn’t win, Romney is probably in trouble. If Santorum wins, this thing is going to be even more complicated and Super Tuesday could be huge. Any way you cut it, Michigan is going to have a...
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Arizona Republican Debate- Who Won?
I’ll keep my post debate review relatively short for once, primarily because I’m running really short on sleep and we’ve all proven (repeatedly) that trying to predict an outcome in this GOP nomination contest is impossible.
Last night’s CNN Republican nominee debate in Arizona was the first Republican debate in a long time and the only one for some time to come. Lots has happened since the last...
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“When you have government as the central provider of services, you inevitably...”
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Something tells me if Ron Paul had said this, it would have been the most reblogged item on tumblr tonight…
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(via killthetraitor)
Probably true. Gingrich has particularly adopted some of Ron Paul’s small government thinking and speech this election cycle, but he doesn’t have...
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Stop Glamorizing the Detroit "Bailouts" and Tell...
Jeff is absolutely right on this (read below). And two big things that the people talking about how wonderful the bailouts were for the auto industry neglect to mention- Ford played by the rules, got its house in order before things got really ugly, and wasn’t bailed out. They’ve benefited from government loans and such in the past, but they never got to the impending bankruptcy and...
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jonathan-cunningham asked: I can't help but notice that you didn't actually give a reason why higher education shouldn't be provided for in the same manner as high school level education, you simply stated that at this point it's not (which is true, but not germane to the point that an educated public is valuable enough to merit taxation to pay for higher education for all).
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Why Can't Education Be Free? Because It Isn't.
There’s a lot of Tumblr-noise going on today about the cost of education and whether or not it should be free. I’m not going to argue that the cost of higher education shouldn’t be lower, I think it is growing at an unsustainable rate driven by a variety of forces, but it should be pretty obvious to anyone with basic financial skills why higher education can’t, and in the...
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Why Can't Education Be Free? Because It Isn't.
You can’t expect something that costs society a lot of money to be free without consequences. I’ll post a more comprehensive opinion in a second.
-Matt
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This is a naive notion. Granted, I don’t like America’s ubiquitous military presence in the world. We spend far too much money on it and our overreach tends to bite us in the ass in...
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Husker Red: Perspectives on Rights →
I thought this was well said. I grow weary of hearing people yell about “_____ should be a right!” when what they mean to say is they want something but don’t want to pay for it themselves. That sense of entitlement and lack of fiscal responsibility is part of what is driving this country in a concerning direction. That doesn’t mean that I think anything that costs money to...
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Thank you to our new editors!
I don’t know who to thank specifically, but the day these new #Politics editors were swept in one of them thought my post on the SGR was worth featuring. Thank you! I have been enjoying the posts the new group of editors are choosing to share and I appreciate being selected to be among them. I look forward to reading more of the featured posts in politics and I have high hopes for the level...
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Why YOU Should Care About the SGR
Everyone knows what Medicare is. Everyone knows our seniors currently rely on it to provide health coverage for them. Most have heard a lot of talk in the past couple years about Medicare reform, our out of control spending on healthcare and the pressing need to fix it before Medicare becomes insolvent. But apparently very few people actually know what the SGR is, or why it’s so key to this issue,...
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Think the Government is Broken? Blame the Voters.
I spent this past weekend through Monday in D.C. and had the pleasure of hearing from several different political staffers leading up to a few meetings on the Hill about the issues of healthcare in our country. Although all the speakers I heard from were interesting, one in particular made some good points about why our government has been a mess lately and I thought I would share them.
Rodney...
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A LOT of Santorum Fans in DC This Weekend
I’m spending a couple days in Washington D.C. right now (not for CPAC, timing did not work out to where I could go watch that unfold) and I was actually a bit stunned to see so many young people around the National Mall that are here to support Santorum. I realize he has momentum on his side right now, but the Santorum fans seem to be the only ones really carrying around signs and sporting...
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CO, MO, and MN: Bad News for Ron Paul Fans and...
Last night’s results were a bit of a surprise to me, as it appears they were to a lot of the pundits too. Santorum winning all three contests? There was a collective “What the hell?” around the internet and TV last night, and there are some big implications for future contests despite the initial opinions of pundits that Tuesday wasn’t that important. Here are my thoughts:
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Robert Reich: The Sad Spectacle of Obama's Super... →
This post from Robert Reich is well worth a read. Campaign financing is going to be crazy this election, and no candidate has the high ground when it comes to the Super PAC issue, no matter how much President Obama may have tried to claim it early on.
-M
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It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by...
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Prop 8 Is Overturned... But Does It Mean Much?
As anyone with a radio, TV, or internet connection is now aware, the 9th District Supreme Court in California ruled today that Proposition 8, passed in 2008, is unconstitutional. There are a lot of opinions flying around today about what this means and how significant the ruling is, so I’ll offer my take on this and hope some of you find it interesting.
First, there’s the issue of...
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Is Romney A Credit Hog? →
A blog I follow over on blogger posted an interesting article today about Romney and his debate coach and what it might indicate about Romney as a leader. As some of you may have noticed, he recently fired Brett O’Donnell after having hired him before the Florida debates. Mr. O’Donnell was given a lot of credit for helping Romney turn around his debate style and have his best...
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Why Komen Should Think Twice
Many of you have probably read about the Susan G. Komen Foundation cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood for breast exams and other breast health related services. Before I offer my thoughts on that issue, I know I’m likely to annoy and potentially offend some people with this post, and I do think that is unfortunate. However, I’ve been pretty close to this issue in the past and I...
