A final look at the race and electoral map
It’s hard to believe the election is only five days away. If you live near or in a swing state like I do, it will be exciting just to get the thing over and put an end to all the ads. Even if your guy loses you’ve got to be excited about that. There’s been [...]
What the SF Giants and Mitt Romney have in common
First, let me apologize to the great city of San Francisco. There is a rumor going around here on the east coast that they’re not always, shall we say, all that receptive to Republican policies. Or anyone that disagrees with them, for that matter. So the residents of Frisco might bristle when I make the [...]
Obama a clear winner in second debate
Okay, he didn’t win as decisively as Romney won the first one. He wasn’t always appropriate, and at times he came across as rude, un-presidential, and somewhat petty. But Barack Obama was the clear winner in the second debate. I grant you that given his performance in the first debate, just stringing together coherent sentences without the constant [...]
How the candidates should play the second debate
Tonight the second Romney/Obama debate happens at Hofstra University amidst virtually a tie race. The candidates will be taking questions from voters chosen by moderator Candy Crowley in a “Town Hall” format, which can be a very difficult format from which to “debate” your opponent and engage in back and forth with the other individual. [...]
Can Romney avoid being the next Gore or Kerry?
Famed pollster and political consultant Frank Luntz explains why Al Gore lost the 2000 election a little different than most. His explanation doesn’t involve Katherine Harris, hanging chads or the Supreme Court, it involves aliens. That’s right aliens. Luntz likes to recount how less than two weeks before Election Day in 2000, Al Gore literally had [...]