Commentary

A Good Man and a Good Campaign, but a Candidate Who Could Not Win

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, November 08 2012

Imagine if someone assured you on Election Day morning of the following: Barack Obama would barely exceed John McCain’s 2008 popular vote total, and he’d win almost 8 million fewer votes among whites, 1.5 million fewer votes among blacks, 4 million fewer from women and almost 2 million fewer from voters aged 18-29 than he did in 2008. With that knowledge, you’d conclude that a Romney win was in the bag. So what went wrong? After all, the 2012 presidential election appeared ripe for the taking for Republicans. Romney merely needed to flip five swing…

	With a clear victory ushering in his second term, President Barack Obama is in the driver’s seat…
	Read more...

The GOP’s ‘Inclusion Problem’

	Barack Obama, it turns out, is not magic. That was the opening I had prepared for a column announcing…
	Read more...

Serious Republican Failures

	For those who are right of center, this week’s election results look worse and worse the longer…
	Read more...

Regardless of Election Result, Conservatives Must Remain Vigilant

	What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under…
	Read more...

Barack Obama: Closing Arguments

	Almost exactly four years ago, as a speechwriter serving George W. Bush in the final days of his presidency…
	Read more...

Lame Duck Will Be Very Active

	If you’re weary of the constant campaigning and looking forward to a quiet lame duck session from…
	Read more...

FCC to Expand Obama Phones into Internet Subsidy

	When a Barack Obama supporter said the reason to reelect the President was because of a free cell phone…
	Read more...

Obama Money Machine: As Loose with Campaign Dollars as with Yours

	Apparently, Democrats are just as irresponsible with their own dollars as they are with taxpayer dollars. …
	Read more...

America’s Failed Marriage to Barack Obama

	Back in January of 2009 – a time when Barack Obama still believed that scripture could issue from…
	Read more...

Time to RESTORE Presidential Restraint

	With even The Daily Beast now focusing attention on the breathtaking scope of Barack Obama’s abusive…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 Next »

Notable Quote

"'You better get ready for ... war.' Across the country, radicals are openly planning for the next stage of their movement, and notably, the Democratic establishment is not part of their plans. Despite the talk of a 'Big Tent Party,' socialists are riding high on a surge of support and talking purges and revolution.In Chicago, radicals gathered for a conference on Marxism during what many view as…[more]

— Jonathan Turley, Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University

Liberty Poll