Republicans Lead In Polls, ObamaCare Progresses, And Other Dangerous Things
Running with scissors, bungy-jumping, lion-training don't hold a candle to these two items...
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Republicans appear to be doing well, very well, scary well. So what's to be done about it? Republicans need to work harder, get more engaged, get more yard signs up, knock on more doors! Why, you may ask, would I think that? Because early poll successes:- Are deceiving. In Politics, scientific polling lacks integrity because there are so many factors and inconsistencies, including the fact that they reflect a point in time, which is not election day
- Are open to interpretation. The complexities and meaning behind poll answers can be interpreted multiple ways... sometimes the answers mean something different than what we think.
- Can lead to complacency. Accepting that your candidate is going to win hands down can lead to voter apathy and before you know it, everyone that said they were going to vote decides to stay home election day or just forgets to vote.
Thoughts on Tim Geithner
There’s something just a little, how do I put it, smarmy about our soon-to-be new Secretary of the Treasury. Here he is, applying for the job that oversees the IRS, and somehow a few years back he came up about $30,000 short on various taxes. Where I grew up,...
Finished, and Convinced: The FairTax Makes Sense
You may recall a few months ago I mentioned I had started reading The FairTax Book. It only took about 5 or 6 hours of reading time, but it kept bouncing around in priority, and I just finished a couple of days ago. It is really tough to explain the whole idea in a...No-fault Credit
Today we got to see some of the substance of Barack Obama’s plan for solving the current economic crisis. Both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal have good write-ups. Obama’s approach includes: More power to the Federal Reserve over non-bank investment...Stay in Touch
