It becomes difficult to take a position on any given event when news outlets give completely opposing viewpoints. Honestly, when The New Yorker attacks a debate that had supposedly no substance and the Wall Street Journal claims it had just as much substance as any other debate this year – but mostly in the second [...]

How can there be a debate controversy? There have been so many debates in this election that the process seems pretty routine, albeit with a few variations. During Wednesday’s debate we were struck by the apparent change in focus of the questions. The issues had been thoroughly discussed in the past, so the emphasis had [...]

In case you’ve grown tired (as many have) of the Obama-Clinton debate analysis, I’d like to bring up one of the only issues that was thoroughly discussed last night. The Capital Gains Tax is considered frivolous by many engaged in the market. Therefore, increasing the Capital Gains Tax is not a very market friendly move. [...]

Penn has resigned (been demoted) by the Hillary campaign, and the Colombians are royally bent out of shape about his apologies about his “error in judgment”. He is out of a job with them for sure. Hill and Bill were non too happy either (furious). “The worst kept secret in the whole Democratic race was [...]

Well, what are you watching tonight?? McCain and Obama have both disclosed their picks for the NCAA basketball tourney. The McCain Campaign even went so far as to set up a NCAA Contest Pool on its website. Hillary seems to be keeping hers a secret. Neither one of them picked all “chalk” to make it [...]

And guess what? No dust. They took in $109 million since 2000. Donated to charity. Paid taxes. There is a nice summary on the HillaryClinton.com site. If you’re really nosy, the actual returns themselves are posted. Bedtime reading anybody?

I’m not sure what bothers me the most about Hillary Clinton’s new 3 a.m. advertisement. Perhaps it’s because I hate seeing this fear-mongering style of campaigning take precedence to honest on the issues style debate. Maybe it’s the fact that she’s attacking the Republican candidate when she only has a five to twenty percent chance [...]

The Clinton campaign just released another 3 a.m. call ad. This one is about the ecomony and targets McCain. Why can’t they call before 9? Who calls at 3 a.m. about the economy? Mark Penn, Clinton’s chief strategist, said on a conference call this afternoon announcing the ad that it “raises real and substantive issues [...]

In past election years, drug/pharma companies have supported the GOP by a 2-1 margin. This year it’s different. So far this year, the industry’s money is going 57% to Democrats, 42% to Republicans. Take a look at the nice table at opensecrets.org Guess who has gotten the most so far? Hillary, the candidate who said: [...]

Because it works. Many elections have been decided in the back room, as opposed to the popular vote. Witness Dubya in 2000, who was lagging a half million votes behind in the national vote tally. Says Andrew Gumbel of the LA Times, and author of the book, “Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten [...]