Nov 6th, 2008
by James Clarkson.
Today I start my series on all of the myths and facts circulating the internet on why the GOP lost this election. These topics could be anything from direct reasons why we lost, reasons why we didn’t loose, and anything that stems from out loss. So, let’s jump right into it. Republican Loss Myth #1 [...]
Nov 5th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
Historically, it is not very frequent that we see an incumbent United States Senator get elected President of the United States. It is even rarer that we see a U.S. Senator elected to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. Bucking this historic tradition, our President-elect and Vice President-elect are incumbent United States Senators. And [...]
Nov 4th, 2008
by James Clarkson.
I voted early on Friday (October 31st) around 2pm local time. I’ve never experienced a line to vote before Friday, and especially not this long. We waiting in line for about an hour and I counted at least 90-100 people outside the polling place. Once we got a better idea of how many people were [...]
Nov 4th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
While the results have yet to come in from today’s election, there is no question that Democrats are poised to make significant inroads in the House and Senate, and unfortunately, last minute polling does not bode well for John McCain. Fred Barnes writes a compelling piece for the Wall Street Journal about how this election [...]
Nov 4th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
I just finished voting at my polling place in the city of Pittsburgh. I live in what you can definitely call a college town – immediately adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh campus. The line was about an hour long, consisted of roughly 75-100 people, and was probably 50-60% college students. I first voted at [...]
Nov 3rd, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
At this point, I don’t think that any of us can effectively predict what the outcome of tomorrow’s elections will be. Quite frankly, I’m not even sure that we’ll know the who the next President of the United States is going to be for many hours, if not days, after polls close. That said, it [...]
Nov 3rd, 2008
by James Clarkson.
When I first sat down to tackle Aaron’s original question to all of us here at NextGenGop.com (“How can the Republican Party get back on the right track?”), I was full of ideas and commentary to type up. As I started to read Aaron and Brad’s posts I realized that they were saying exactly what [...]
Nov 1st, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
The Pennsylvania Republican Party just announced that it released an ad attacking Barack Obama’s judgment due to his associations with Rev. Wright. The ad features Rev. Wright’s now infamous line, “Not God Bless America. God Damn America!” Full content of the announcement e-mail after the jump.
