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Tag: Barack Obama

  • Just another election post-mortem

    Just another election post-mortem

    The Donald, the deplorables, and the decades long fight that brought us America’s first Reality-TV show President.

  • Win, Lose or Draw – State of the Nation, 2013

    This is part 1 in a series of 3 posts that will look at who came out ahead, who came out behind, and who didn’t move an inch in the past 12 months. As with all these type lists, they are both subjective and incomplete, so make any additions/corrections in the comments. Thanks and have…

  • I do not understand Sheldon Adelson

    $150,000,000 That’s how much Sheldon Adelson spent on the 2012 election. If total spending was around $2b, Adelson made up 7.5% of that spending. One dude. 7.5% of all political spending in the country. Damn. Adelson spent all that money with the slew of conservative “dark money” groups that have popped up in the wake…

  • Defining The Middle Class

    There’s been a lot of talk about the middle class, and entitlements, and who benefits from what. Newscoma reminded me I wanted to talk about this yesterday. The notion that a household income of $200,000+ makes you “middle class” is not only misguided, its not supported by the facts. Being the research goob that I…