The heart of this election

Janet Daley, a Brit, get to the heart of the matter of what this election is about.

We are having a showdown vote on student loans today

Senate heads toward showdown vote on student loans. It's all about the election, and Democrats are up to their old tricks.

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Datechguy's Blog: A little LBJ and a Lot of Panic for Obama

Datechguy's Blog: The argument here is that Obama's recent appeal to black voters, who regularly go for Democrats at over 90 percent, literally screams panic.

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Two happy predictions

Bill Quick: "Prediction: Mitt Romney Will Not Be the GOP Nominee This Year, And Barack Obama Will Not Be Re-Elected"

U.S. to hit debt limit before election day

U.S. to hit debt limit before election day. This will no doubt be a big issue in the campaign. We are "spending too much, borrowing too much, and putting our nation's fiscal stability at risk."

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Gallup: huge Obama loss predicted

Gallup has a map that predicts a GOP landslide this fall. 

Romney vs Obama in Rasmussen poll

In a Rasmussen presidential poll, Romney has 45 percent, Obama 39 percent.

Twitter users are negative on all candidates

AP: "The 2012 presidential contenders have had a rough go of it on Twitter, according to an analysis of the political conversation taking place on the popular social network.

"The study released Thursday by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found Twitter to be a hotbed of opinionated discussion about the campaign. But a majority of the candidates, including President Barack Obama, have received more negative than positive coverage on Twitter than in regular news coverage or blogs."

Gingrich over Obama in projected match up

Rasmussen: Newt Gingrich has a two-point lead over Obama in a hypothetical general election match-up.

The Future of the Obama Coalition - NYTimes.com

The Democratic Party will abandon the white working class in the 2012 election, according to this NYT blog. I thought they already had.

Michael Barone: The rules of political campaigning are changing for the 2012 election.

Cain in Florida victory

Herman Cain won a Florida straw poll, beating Perry and Romney and the rest of the GOP field.

Hayek vs Keynes

Steven Hayward: The 2012 election may be between Hayek and Keynes. You know, the economists.

This isn't politics, LOL

Michael Barone on Obama's speech:

When Barack Obama says, “This isn’t political grandstanding,” you have a pretty good clue that that is exactly what it is. Lest anyone doubt that, consider this from the third-to-last paragraph. “You should pass it. And I intend to take that message to every corner of the country.”

Debate's winners and losers

Who won and lost the Republican debate?
Of course everybody will have an opinion. 

All over already?

According to Larry Sabato, the 2012 election, still 14 months away, is already over except in seven states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia. After all, it's the Electoral College that elects presidents, not the polls or even the popular vote.

Rasmussen poll

In a Rasmussen poll, a generic Republican beats Obama by 8 points.

How bad it is

The Hill: "If the election were next Tuesday he'd lose. That's how bad it is," said a Democratic strategist.

Evngelical vote

The evangelical vote will be be more, not less, important in 2012.

The campaign ahead

Washington Examiner: It's going to be a long, ugly campaign.