Sarah Burris of Future Majority beats me to the punch in rebutting a blog post about a “Rising Tide of the GOP Youth,” as described by The Weekly Standard‘s Rachel Hoff. Burris writes: First, while Rachel is right to congratulate McDonnell for his campaign’s youth outreach, I hardly think it has anything to do with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Youth Vote’
Observations Regarding the Recent Japanese Election
The August 30 elections in Japan share many parallels with those held in the United States last November. In both instances, an unpopular ruling party was removed from power. Such parallels are interesting, even when one considers the inherent differences in the political systems of the two economic powers on either side of the Pacific [...]
Steele will be effective as RNC chairman.
Former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele of Maryland was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee Saturday. This is a momentous occasion worthy of celebration. Not only is Steele the first African-American elected to lead the GOP, but he understands what it will take for his party to win in the near future. By focusing on individual responsibility [...]
Budget news could mean pragmatism from the President-elect.
Two stories appeared in yesterday’s (Wednesday’s) New York Times which deal with the budgetary situation in the country as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in later this month. In noting a forecasted $1.2 trillion deficit, the article appearing in the business section noted that the president-elect desires to spend $800 billion on a new economic stimulus package. [...]
Ways McCain Could Have Appealed to Youth Voters
Ironically, this came right before the election, and I had no time to put it up before the election, so now I will try to post it posthumously as it were. I’ve had a little trouble with logging in, and thus the posts have been slow, but this was a semi-relevant essay for a class, written [...]