March 31st, 2008
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Just a week ago, I wrote about Hillary Clinton’s big deficit. The story of this past weekend just drives home the point that her campaign is on poor financial footing. To put it plainly, Clinton hasn’t been paying off her campaign debts. Instead, she’s been […]
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March 28th, 2008
There’s been chatter throughout the campaign that Barack Obama wants to simplify the process of filing a tax return. His chief economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, has a scheme called the Simple Tax Return which involves the IRS sending an estimated tax bill to anyone with just one employer and claiming one itemized deduction rather than […]
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March 27th, 2008
When Marvin Pro-Life Richardson ran for governor of Idaho in 2006, he wasn’t allowed to use his full name due to Idaho’s law against political slogans on ballots. But, according an article in today’s Idaho Statesman, the Idaho Secretary of State will allow Richardson’s full name to appear on the ballot this year, during his […]
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March 26th, 2008
In December, I reported on New York’s Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, which required airlines to provide basic amenities for passengers stuck on delayed aircraft.
Although a federal district court upheld the law in December, an appeals court overturned the lower court’s verdict yesterday. The appellate court ruled that New York’s statute pre-empted a federal law that […]
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March 26th, 2008
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While the race for the presidential nomination from each party has been getting plenty of attention, candidates running for both the House of Representatives and the Senate have been building up their own war chests. While they still have to get the nomination, individuals for […]
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March 25th, 2008
According to recent polls by Franklin & Marshall College and Quinnipiac University, Clinton holds a commanding lead among key demographics in Pennsylvania. According to the analysts at Real Clear Politics, Clinton leads by about 17%.
Let’s take a look at Clinton’s lead with various groups of likely voters:
Women - 57% for Clinton, 29% for Obama
Union Members […]
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March 24th, 2008
Having just returned from a whirlwind cross-country air travel extravaganza - with the requisite 2-hour delay in Dallas (in my humble opinion, the worst airport operation in the country) - I’d like to use this blog as an excuse to complain about some of my fellow passengers. Maybe these people irk you, too. Maybe you’re […]
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March 24th, 2008
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One word that always gets thrown around during campaign season is “deficit.” There’s a pretty general consensus that deficits are bad — just like debts in general. I certainly can’t think of a candidate who’s promised to raise deficits after all.
I’m concerned, though, about Hillary […]
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March 21st, 2008
I wrote a few weeks ago about Lawrence Lessig’s almost-run for congress, as well as his plans for a Change Congress movement. Well, Change Congress is officially launched. Lessig was in D.C. this week to officially announce the movement’s plans.
Personally, I like the approach. Lessig is focusing on the real underlying issue for politics […]
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March 19th, 2008
Yesterday, the National Review published an article that they called a “Symposium on Economics 2008.” They brought in several economists (all fairly Republican, admittedly — the National Review is known as a conservative publication) and asked them which candidates could help the economy and which could hurt it.
You’d expect at least some token support from […]
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