Obama, Romney, Neck-And-Neck in Swing States
A poll finds that Barack Obama is essentially tied with de facto Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 12 “swing” states that will likely decide the outcome of the November election. The USA...
View ArticleOnly A Quarter of Americans Support Afghanistan War
A new poll finds that support in the United States for the mission in Afghanistan has plummeted to its lowest point yet, with just more than one in four respondents approving of the mission....
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Halting the March to War
* * * Do you think we’re heading towards a military confrontation between Iran and the United States, or Iran and Israel? Absent any concrete action to get us off the current trajectory, yes: I believe...
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Romney, the Pivot Master
The 1% want their country back, and, if the recent U.S. presidential polls are to be believed, they just might get their way. Despite a handful of uber-wealthy conservative activists pouring hundreds...
View ArticleWashington: A Silent Capital
There’s only a week to go before election day, but, walking around Washington, you’d never know it. There’s not an election sign or billboard in sight. If you didn’t turn on the television or the...
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The Age of Meta-Politics
Watching the recent presidential debates between U.S. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney made me wish I had a time machine to return to the days when Richard Nixon was the leader of the...
View ArticleVoting: A Right, Sure, But Surely a Duty
In recent conversation with an American living in Vietnam, I learned that he did not plan to vote and had not been forced to think through this decision. The stuff of meagre conversation is health and...
View ArticleFour More Years
The reelection of President Barack Obama was a confirmation of a number of “truths” in American politics—some perhaps new, or at least in sharper focus. Even during a less-than-stellar economic...
View ArticleDivided We Fall
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.” - Abraham Lincoln At a time of great uncertainty there is comfort in ceremony. Election night put a merciful end to the presidential...
View ArticleHow the Demographic Shift is Changing Politics in America
It is with the backdrop of a weak economy that Obama ran for re-election and won, whereas twenty years ago George H.W. Bush, the 41st president had lost under similar circumstances. Both presidents...
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