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By Robert Merkel on January 27, 2011
It’s a long, long, long way to November 6, 2012, but Republicans seeking their party’s nomination are already popping up with campaign ads. And this spot by ex-governor Tim Pawlenty has to be seen to be believed:
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged 2012 Republican primaries, 2012 US election, GOP, primaries, Republican party, Tim Pawlenty |
By Kim on May 27, 2010
The exit of Malcolm Fraser from the Liberal party has set a few tongues wagging: Andrew Bartlett: For the last few months, I’ve found it hard to shake the idea that the Liberal Party’s overriding approach to politics and policy [...]
Posted in Politics, USA | Tagged American politics, andrew bartlett, anti-politics, Charles Richardson, Federal Election 2010, GOP, ideology, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, libertarianism, Malcolm Fraser, Mark Lilla, populism, Republican party, Tony Abbott, USA mid term election 2010 |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 2, 2009
As a number of prominent Australian climate change scientists hit back at the increasing propensity of elements of the media and some politicians to engage in very high profile climate change denialism, no matter how discredited the ‘arguments’ they put [...]
Posted in Apocalypse, Blogging, Climate change, Media, Politics, Science, Sociology, USA | Tagged Australian politics, barack obama, birthers, Climate change, climate change denialism, conservatism, Guardian, John Quiggin, Media, Michael Tomasky, political culture, political psychology, Republican party, United States politics |
By Kim on November 19, 2008
The darling of the libertarians, Ron Paul, (and to be fair there were some lefties who flirted with his candidacy too) has come out of the closet post-election as a New World Order conspiracy theorist – World Government is Obama’s [...]
Posted in USA | Tagged barack obama, conspiracy theories, libertarians, Republican party, Ron Paul, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on October 31, 2008
Not the Sarah Palin campaign… or???
Posted in Film, TV, Video etc, Foreign Elections, Levity, Race, USA | Tagged GOP, political satire, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on October 24, 2008
I’m not sure what it is about the dynamic of this campaign, but I haven’t turned my mind to what will happen to the GOP if the McCain/Palin ticket loses. I’m not sure all that many others have either, outside [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged 2008 USA election, 2012 US election, 2012 USA election, barack obama, blogosphere, conservative movement, GOP, John McCain, Republican party, sarah palin |
By Kim on October 21, 2008
Gary Sauer-Thompson has a really good point to make about the way that Colin Powell has justified his decision to endorse Barack Obama: Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was based on a form of public [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Foreign Elections, Media, Race, Religion, USA | Tagged barack obama, colin powell, Culture Wars, endorsement, GOP, John McCain, Lincoln Chaffee, moderate republicans, negative campaigning, Republican party, Susan Eisenhower, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on September 9, 2008
With the news that John McCain has now hit 50% in the Gallup poll, opening up a 4 point lead over Barack Obama, I thought it might be worth mentioning a few cautions about interpreting both American polls and the [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Polls, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Democratic Party, economic policy, GOP, John McCain, polling, Polls, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mercurius on September 4, 2008
…could John McCain have selected for his running-mate a mid-40s former small-town mayor and State Governor for 20 months, loudly insist such a person is the best available Republican VP – and avoid gales of laughter and general ridicule? Why [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged american election 2008, GOP, Republican National Convention, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Feminism, Foreign Elections, Health, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, Bristol Palin, celebrity politics, civic republicanism, Daily Kos, deliberation, deliberative democracy, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Feminism, feminist blogging, GOP, John McCain, Naomi Wolf, netroots, online public sphere, political blogging, political scandals, public sphere, Rebecca Traister, Republican party, sarah palin, social justice, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
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