The Democratic Party: Tammany Hall writ large
First read this by the inimitable Mark Steyn. And then take a look at this. I think you’ll see the similarities.
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Perceptions about the Republican Party
Since we exist here in somewhat of a bubble on the blogospheric right, it can be easy to lose sight of how widespread and influential opposition propaganda about Republicans has been, and how certain Republican positions—largely misunderstood—feed right into it. … Continue reading →
More on the Republican turnout myth and the demographics of the 2012 election
Very interesting stuff here. [Hat tip: Scott Johnson at Powerline.]
Continue reading →John Podhoretz takes his turn at an election postmortem
By now you’re probably heartily sick of these “what went wrong for Republicans in the 2012 election and what we should do about it” articles. But Podhoretz has a somewhat different take on the whole thing, and it’s worth reading … Continue reading →
Voters just want to have fun
There might just be something to this. Commenter “Bob from Virginia” writes: Bernard Goldberg just pointed [out that] the normal conditions of “you fail you get fired” don’t apply to this President, because his appeal is emotional. Which ties in … Continue reading →
Hispanic votes…
…did not make the difference in this election, although they may have mattered in a few states such as New Mexico, Florida, Nevada and Colorado. Nor do Hispanic voters adhere to conservative values, fiscal or social. The article doesn’t say … Continue reading →
More on that election turnout
To add to this post I wrote on Saturday, Romney’s “missing” McCain-vote total is now down to approximately 250,000 votes. As Gabriel Malor at Ace’s points out, Romney got more votes than McCain (and more votes than George Bush) in … Continue reading →
Those missing McCain votes are shrinking
Remember that in the 2012 presidential election Romney was supposed to be missing 2 million or more votes from the total cast for McCain in 2008? Remember when I wrote the following two days after the election?: The latest figures … Continue reading →
A thousand ballots found in a Broward elections warehouse…
…but don’t worry, says supervisor of elections Dr. Brenda Snipes, “this happens all the time.” How very reassuring.
Continue reading →The fabulous fulminating frogman
Here is the new must-read post-election essay. In this case it’s a rant of the highest order.
Continue reading →Actually, this is the real must-read election postmortem
I keep writing that if you only read one article on what happened in this election, and how Republicans can learn from it and go on to do a lot better next time, read this one. And then this one … Continue reading →
If you read just one article on what the Republican Party should do now…
…let it be this one. And let’s get Republican leaders (whoever they may be) to read it. Maybe I should start a new blog category, “election 2016.”
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