Today, Texas governor Rick Perry is poised to jump into the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Even before he jumped in the race, he surpassed Mitt Romney as the most likely Republican nominee on Intrade.com (which has proven slightly more reliable in the past than public polls). Why is Rick Perry so popular in the Republican party? Why do liberals think he can’t win?
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There were weeks of build up. People were calling it a referendum on Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. They were calling it a referendum on Republicans. A referendum on the Tea Party. People said that the Republicans in Wisconsin had gone too far in passing collective bargaining legislation. And then, after Tuesday, all was silent.
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In the last few weeks, Americans have been frustrated with the inability of Congress to deal with the debt limit. The House of Representatives, led by the Republicans, cannot come to an agreement with the Senate or the President, both led by Democrats. Many people have begun to pull their hair out, not understanding why the politicians can’t get their act together. The debt limit deal may seem simple on its face, but it’s complicated by both economic and political differences in which both sides have been steeped.
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The redistricting process is well underway around the country, and whether you like it or not, this process affects who will represent you in state legislatures, and in Congress. Most people think that it’s their votes that send a person to Congress, but that’s where they’d be wrong. Individuals’ votes only account for perhaps 40% in the decision of who goes to Congress.
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In my head, I keep a running tally of the differences between conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats (sometimes conservatives and Republicans coincide, sometimes they don’t; sometimes liberals and Democrats coincide, sometimes they don’t’). One of the significant differences I’ve noticed in the past few months is a difference on the economic impact of tax policy.
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I found this cool video explaining the background of the differences in economic theory between Republicans and Democrats. Yes, yes, if you know exactly what this video is about (and understand all the theory), you are a geek:
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Yesterday, Exxon Mobil released its quarterly earnings report, which stated that the oil giant had earned more than $10 billion in the first quarter of 2011. Predictably, this caused Democrats to come out and say that the government should end subsidies of the oil industry (to make us more fiscally responsible, of course), as gasoline prices rise around the country.
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Dear people of the City of Chicago: thanks for nothing. I do not thank you for re-electing Democrats to the state legislature; I do not thank you for re-electing a Democrat to the governor’s mansion. I thank you for nothing.
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I have a theory: what you read, what radio station you listen to, what TV station you watch shapes your political and spiritual views. Perhaps they shape you even more than your parents’ views, or your friends’ views, or how you were brought up. One could argue the converse of that statement—what you believe shapes…
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