Tag: Election 2012

• If you care about the environment, choose your realtor with care

  The Koch Brothers have been much in the news lately, at least if you follow political news. The two brothers own Koch Industries, which itself is a holding company for a lot of other companies it owns. The brothers are Charles and David Koch, but Koch Industries was actually built up by their father Fred,…

  Mark

  March 8, 2014

  Politics 2014

  Better Homes and Gardens RE, Buyer agents, Century 21, Climate Change, Coldwell Banker, Election 2012, Environment, ERA Realtors, Global Warming, Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, KochPAC, Petcoke, Real Estate, Realogy, Realtors, Southbys

• Republicans keep proving they are shameless

  It’s clear that Republicans have learned a few things from the 2012 election after all. First, they cannot win at the ballot box, at least not unless they change their policies a whole lot so they can attract moderates, which they seem unable to do for ideological reasons. Second, they have finally looked at demographic…

  Mark

  January 25, 2013

  Politics 2013

  Democracy, Election 2012, Republicans, Swing States

• Advice to Democrats

  I love to give advice, even though if I am inconsistent in following my own advice. Recently after their losses in the latest election I gave some advice to Republicans. Today, I figure turnabout is fair play. Here is some advice for Democrats. Democrats, it’s easy to assume that due to changing demographics that Republicans…

  Mark

  December 7, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Democrats, Education, Election 2012, Gay Marriage, Gun control, Republicans

• More advice for Republicans

  It’s been a while since I have given advice to Republicans. There is lots of handwringing among Republicans after their trouncing in last week’s elections. There is a general consensus that losing the presidency, two senate seats and at least a half dozen house seats was really awful and that some rethinking is in order…

  Mark

  November 11, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Donald Trump, Election 2012, Grover Norquist, Republicans

• Election 2012 postmortem

  Ouch! It must hurt to be a Republican after the walloping they got from voters last night. What hurt them the most of course was President Obama’s reelection, called by CNN (which I was watching) at 11:18 PM Eastern Time. I was not really worried that Obama would lose, despite the tightness in the popular…

  Mark

  November 7, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Barack Obama, Election 2012, House of Representatives, Republicans, Senate

• The last debate

  It’s probably a good thing that most Americans are geography impaired. Many Americans cannot tell you what their neighboring states are, let alone pick out Iran or Syria on a globe. Mitt Romney seems to fall into this category as well, since during yesterday’s presidential debate he came up with the preposterous claim that Iran…

  Mark

  October 23, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Debates, Election 2012, Foreign policy, Iran, Mitt Romney

• The second debate

  As a political junkie, I confess that I watch presidential debates not so much to learn what candidates believe on a variety of issues (which, of course, I already know) but for their pure entertainment value. Arguably, presidential debates are primarily theater. Unlike theater these debates can have real world consequences: the acquisition of power.…

  Mark

  October 17, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Barack Obama, Debates, Election 2012, Mitt Romney

• The vice presidential debate

  I don’t know whether to applaud or feel appalled. Maybe it’s okay to do both. I spent much of this debate with my jaw agape as Vice President Joe Biden did everything to get attention but take off his shoe and bang it on his desk, a la Nikita Khrushchev. Whereas Barack Obama was unfailingly…

  Mark

  October 13, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Barack Obama, Debates, Economy, Election 2012, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Satan

• The first debate

  It’s not October in a presidential election year without a number of presidential debates. Therein we largely–already-decided-voters get to watch the candidates jostle and parry with each other on national TV. The talking heads go into overdrive. Who won? Who lost? Why? What does it mean? What it mostly means is not a whole lot.…

  Mark

  October 5, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Barack Obama, Debates, Election 2012, Horse Dressage, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan

• Why Obama is winning

  Pollsters keep telling us that President Obama is statistically tied in the presidential race with his challenger Mitt Romney. “It’s within the margin of error,” they say, and if elections were won based on the popular vote, it would be. It is much harder to make the claim that the candidates are tied if you…

  Mark

  September 9, 2012

  Politics 2012

  Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Obama, Polls, Republicans