Could Google predict who’s next in the “not-Romney” race for the nomination? Maybe, suggest political scientists. Says Erik Voeten at The Monkey Cage: One of the driving forces behind the creation of Google Insights was the observation that Google searches can predict flu epidemics more quickly than other types of observations. Shauna Reilly, Sean Richey, and Benjamin Taylor have a forthcoming article (nongated), […]
Could Google predict the next “not Romney” candidate? Maybe…but what about Ron Paul?
December 1, 2011 by
Red State’s Erick Erickson flip-flops…not that there’s anything wrong with that.
November 9, 2011 by
I couldn’t help but laugh. The irony is just too rich. Erick Erickson, the conservative blogger at RedState.com, could be shifting towards Hunstman after repeatedly criticizing him. As reported in the Miami Herald: “I’m starting to think I need to walk it back on my rejection of Jon Huntsman,” Erickson wrote at the tail-end of a […]
Is it flip-flopping or Mormons?
November 8, 2011 by
I’m starting to wonder if the criticism of Romney as a flip-flopper is just proxy for the real concern: bigotry against Mormons, of which, unabashedly, Romney is one. [Salt Lake Tribune] Related articles Mormonism a ‘cult,’ says pastor in comments on Romney (ctv.ca) mitt romney, mormonism and bad politics (daytonhartman.com)
Up Next: Republican mud wrestling!
October 18, 2011 by
In case you missed the debate tonight, catch my play-by-play: @publiusdb on Twitter. Please follow. Tonight was rough. The candidates were sharp. They were angry. And they came looking for blood. With the Primary season about to begin and the money starting to dry up, time is short and the candidates know it. That translates into […]
Hanover Economic Debate: A different debate, a similar result.
October 13, 2011 by
This debate was different. I tried and tried and tried to write a post about Bloomberg’s “Hanover Economic” Debate on Tuesday night, but just couldn’t do it. I started watching it late, from the beginning, and by the time I finished, even the pundits had packed up. The immediacy of the event had passed, and any […]
Christie Endorses Romney
October 12, 2011 by
If I didn’t know better, I’d think the Matt Drudge wants Mitt Romney to win. Romney gets more face time on the site than anyone else in the Presidential field, except perhaps President Obama (and that’s never in a very positive light). [Cut to the chase] Chris Christie, who last week was the Republican Party’s […]
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