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
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 […]
Reagan Debate Recap: Perry, Romney and six other candidates
September 8, 2011 by
Ah, presidential debates. They have little to do with demonstrating one’s fitness for the highest office in the land, and yet they are often weighed and measured with the highest of stakes. Such it is for our generation, cultured to see winners and losers after a series of head to head play-offs, championships, and competitions between […]
The Placebo Effect: Is Bachmann a placebo?
August 13, 2011 by
If a placebo can increase or decrease pain just be convincing the placebo taker that this is the effect, is it possible that our country could use one? Or maybe that’s what Bachmann is–ineffective as a legislator, but she makes people feel like she can make a difference, and that’s why she wins polls… That, […]
GOP Raw: An unabashed review of the Iowa Republican Debate
August 11, 2011 by
Tonight was the GOP Debate in Ames, Iowa. Hosted by Fox News, it was pure entertainment. Minnesotans Bachmann and Pawlenty returned tit for tat, Ron Paul waxed on about getting out of foreign wars, Gingrich whined about the press, Cain was questioned on his knowledge base, Huntsman distinguished himself as the moderate, and Romney walked […]
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