How to “fix” politics? Reduce the power of the president
Fox News
by Radley Balko
Pundits, pollsters, and election watchers say Hillary Clinton may have won the New Hampshire primary because she cried. Or perhaps because women caught Barack Obama condescending to her during the last Democratic presidential debate before voters took to the polls. On the Republican side, John McCain may have benefited from independent voters who migrated to the GOP side of the ballot after already determining in their heads that Obama had the Democratic nomination locked up. Over the coming moths, expect to hear much discussion about Obama’s race, Clinton’s gender, and Mitt Romney’s religion. … There’s little if anything substantive about these campaign-changing moments. Pundits drone on and on about what issues voters will think are most important but presidential campaigns have almost always turned on gaffes, personality quirks, or some other completely unpredictable campaign event that has little to do with policy...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322646,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mitt+Romney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
by Radley Balko
Pundits, pollsters, and election watchers say Hillary Clinton may have won the New Hampshire primary because she cried. Or perhaps because women caught Barack Obama condescending to her during the last Democratic presidential debate before voters took to the polls. On the Republican side, John McCain may have benefited from independent voters who migrated to the GOP side of the ballot after already determining in their heads that Obama had the Democratic nomination locked up. Over the coming moths, expect to hear much discussion about Obama’s race, Clinton’s gender, and Mitt Romney’s religion. … There’s little if anything substantive about these campaign-changing moments. Pundits drone on and on about what issues voters will think are most important but presidential campaigns have almost always turned on gaffes, personality quirks, or some other completely unpredictable campaign event that has little to do with policy...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322646,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mitt+Romney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
rudkla - 16. Jan, 13:57
