If President Obama showed up to the debate last night expecting a gaff prone Mitt Romney, he was quickly disabused of that sentiment. Unlike his debate coach, John Kerry, Romney was energetic, in control of the facts, and ready to command the stage. In other words, he was Presidential. Commanding, pleasant, persistent, and focused, Romney […]
Romney owns the first debate
October 4, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, President, White House
Democrat or Republican, people wear funky clothes to conventions [pics]
September 25, 2012 by Daniel Burton
By and in large, the most famous fashion meme at both conventions seemed to be Old Glory, followed shortly thereafter by Obama (well, at least at one of the conventions…).
The pictures below were taken by her, myself, and my Better Half during the conventions. Let’s see if you can guess which convention they were taken at.
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Madonna, Mark Twain, Old Glory, Republican National Convention
Less Bad is better than More Bad
September 23, 2012 by Daniel Burton
2008. A nation in crisis. Stock markets around the world are crashing…until an audacious young man named Barack Hussein Obama pointed America towards a new direction of hope. And now, four years later, that man can proudly say [record scratches]
“It could have been even worse.”
Filed Under: Leaders Tagged With: Barack Obama, It could have been worse, Larry David
Washington Examiner releases extensive history of Obama
September 21, 2012 by Daniel Burton
But beyond the spin and the polls, a starkly different picture [of Barack Obama] emerges. It is a portrait of a man quite unlike his image, not a visionary reformer but rather a classic Chicago machine pol who thrives on rewarding himself and his friends with the spoils of public office, and who uses his position to punish his enemies.
Filed Under: History and People Tagged With: Barack Obama, biography, Chicago, Chicago Machine, History, Washington Examiner, White House
Financially, we’re not better off, says the US Census. Especially young workers.
September 12, 2012 by Daniel Burton
With 53 percent of 18-24 year olds living back at home with their parents, it should come as no surprise that support among the young for Obama has fallen. Young voters between ages 18 and 29 have been among the groups hit hardest by the recession, with 12.7 percent unemployed and nearly a third underemployed. Support for Obama in this group has fallen from 49 percent to just 41%, a blow to a group that was important to the President’s 2008 win.
Filed Under: The Economy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, economy, Mitt Romney, Obama, Poverty, Salt Lake Tribune, Unemployment, United States, Utah, White House, young workers
Polls got you down? Don’t Panic
September 12, 2012 by Daniel Burton
There’s really only one that matters, and it’s only held in November. That doesn’t mean we don’t follow every poll like its a glance at the scoreboard of a rivalry week football game. The difference is that elections are not about getting ahead and running the clock out–they’re about peaking on election day.
Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, John Fund, Mitt Romney, polling, Republican, Ronald Reagan, Warren Mitofsky
When every country is a “close and strong ally,” are any of them? [video]
September 8, 2012 by Daniel Burton
With his eyes turned more towards reelection than America’s future and standing in the world, Obama (and his foreign policy speech writers) may have had his keyboard stuck on copy/paste. By seeing through eyes that neglect America’s unique “exceptionalism” in the world, Obama Administration foreign policy have threatened our stature on the world stage. In hitting the “reset” button, Obama has failed to consider the ultimate result in that reset on America and the world.
Filed Under: Foreign Policy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Charles Hill, Cold War, Czech Republic, Democratic National Convention, foreign policy, George Bush, Guantanamo, Israel, Libya, Mitt Romney, National security, reset, Russia
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