Negative Space: Election 2012
- Nathan Fletcher, desperate politician?
- Is Nathan Fletcher desperate for another political job before his current term runs out?
- Carl DeMaio’s salary
- Yeah, the San Diego mayor’s election is heating up. “We just can’t afford hypocrite politicians like Carl DeMaio.” says Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher’s campaign.
- Fair and open competition—closed and bitter politicians
- The arguments against Proposition A are based on a law that passed less than a month ago, in response to Proposition A. That response is a prime example of why we need to break the chain that locks government unions to politicians.
- Poll gives Obama his worst marks yet
- Six months before election day, Americans have a bleaker view of the country’s direction than at any time in more than three decades, and they attribute it to President Obama’s handling of gasoline prices and the rest of the economy.
- Wisconsin Democrats run on anti-jobs program
- Working through college as a waitress is laughable to Wisconsin Democrats.
- Election 2012: The Long Hot Summer
- For election blogging outside of California.
- Obama campaign opens the floodgates to foreign and fraudulent donations
- Well, why not turn off credit card security? It worked in 2008 and the media didn’t report on it then.
- Elizabeth Warren: no outside meddlers
- “Stay out of Massachusetts,” outsiders, says Elizabeth Brown in a fundraising letter to a Californian in San Diego. I’m a grassroots donor if I give to Elizabeth Warren, but I’m Karl Rove if I give to Scott Brown.
- Nothing to fear but a brokered convention
- The reason someone smart would want a brokered convention is that it’s exciting, and it means media coverage, and even more, it means unfiltered media coverage.
- President Obama pokes the bear
- Sometimes you eat the bear; sometimes the bear eats you. Why is President Obama running against his 2008 opponent’s vice-presidential candidate? Why is he lying about her? And why doesn’t he want to discuss real issues?
- Your candidate is unelectable and stupid
- Unelectable and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
- Bonnie Dumanis or Carl DeMaio?
- Two of San Diego’s mayoral candidates are running on a platform of fiscal sanity. Which is the best choice for 2012?
- Elizabeth Emken interview at Daily Caller
- Elizabeth Emken has an interview today in the Daily Caller, and she sounds like a serious contender for the California Senate.
- Carl DeMaio in Mission Hills
- Carl DeMaio connects with voters in secret community coffee in the Mission Hills/Hillcrest neighborhood.
- President Obama talks about NCLB
- In tough economic times, President Obama unveils a new NCLB program to ensure fairness “from Main Street to Wall Street.” Stephen Price Blair goes to the White House to discuss this new program with the President.
- A little hypocrisy in Ron Paul reporting
- If you support a hypothetical war against Germany just to end the holocaust how can you oppose the much easier war against Iraq to end the genocide there?
- Nick Popaditch announcement video
- Here’s the video for Nick Popaditch’s 2012 House run announcement.
- Nobody can beat Dianne Feinstein?
- Nobody likes Dianne Feinstein. Not even her former campaign workers. But she always wins by huge margins. Can the Republicans do better in 2012 than they did against Barbara Boxer in 2010?
- Carl DeMaio for San Diego Mayor?
- San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio has a plan to restore fiscal responsibility to San Diego. No, really, it’s a plan: it’s 84 pages long and available on his web site.
- Nick Popaditch for House District 53
- Nick Popaditch will be running against, well, I’m not actually sure given the new rules in California for the primaries.
- California 2012
- 2012 is going to be a very important election for San Diego. Do we continue to reform the city’s financial state, or do we resume the path to insolvency?
- Mitt Romney calls for straight-ahead change of public policy
- In a major speech on October 14, Mitt Romney calls for a seamless transition to a new president, and new policies that don’t offend old constituencies.
- Who is the fiscally-sane candidate?
- Which of the Republican candidates is most likely to help turn this country back on the path of fiscal sanity?
- Barack Obama’s creepy campaign
- What does Obama think his relationship is with his supporters?
- Michele Bachmann, Democrat
- Excuse me? Michele Bachmann, a candidate who claims to embrace the tea party, is throwing away money just to get attention? WTF?
- The endless campaign
- Should we have endless political campaigns? That’s the Barack Obama plan, but is it right for American politics?
- What is the purpose of a politician?
- Is the purpose of a politician to hold political office? Or is the purpose of a politician to do right by their constituents?
- If I were running for president…
- I’d make heavy use of short videos, and I’d record everything I did with the media.
- I believe in America
- May 26: “We need a President who will lead America… not apologize for America! I would be honored to join your campaign!”
- Mimsy Election Mailbag
- Let’s see which politicians prefer the post office to the Internet, and what they say when they do.
- No free shots
- The time-tested strategy when the establishment needs to take down a reformer are “free shots”: attacks made anonymously so that the “distinguished” candidate can keep clean.
More Information
- Let’s Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President
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“This latest ad is quite odd, but also quite telling. It shows that our President sure seems fearful of discussing the economy, energy prices, and all the other problems people need addressed.” (Memeorandum thread)
- Why not challenge Palin to a debate, Mr. Obama?
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“So, how about it, Mr. President? Your cowardly attempts to whip up your base by demonizing a private citizen have led to her gracious extension of an offer to repeat this garbage to her face. How many great leaders of American history have tried to run against the vice-presidential candidate from the previous ticket, after they retired from all elected offices? Here’s your chance to convince us what a brilliant strategy that is!”
- Restoring America Together
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“Moving Forward”
- Sarah Palin not running
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“Probably for the better in the drive to unseat Obama, but only because of the political corruption of the media and establishment Republicans, who have been relentless in their attacks on her. It disgusts me that a candidate of such quality cannot run as a practical matter, and that we are left with second and third choices.
‘Palin had the opportunity to be a game-changer in the direction of this country; someone who really understood at a gut level how far down the road we are on the path to a country we will not recognize; someone who understands that the political class holds the country by the throat, and that removing the…
