Last time I checked I thought that using candidates’ children as targets of attack was pretty much off limits, especially after the 2000 presidential campaign when supporters of George W. Bush engaged in “push polling” to suggesting that John McCain’s daughter, Bridget, who was adopted from Bangladesh, was actually an African-American child he had fathered [...]
Tag Archives | 2012 presidential campaign
Sanctum Santorum
Rick Santorum is holier than thou. Truth be told, I’m actually surprised that Rick Santorum hasn’t been the obvious frontrunner long before this, as GOP primary voters tend to be far more conservative than the rest of the population. This is a clear example of where the media has had an impact – deciding who [...]
The Iowa Republican Caucus: What You Should Know from an “Insider”
My name is Sonia. I’m a 39-year old mother of four (we have two sons, two daughters), I have an undergraduate degree, three jobs (one of which is my own small business), I volunteer in my community and am a native Iowan. I haven’t lived here my entire life given the time on the East [...]
Predictable Iowa Portends Tough Obama Re-election Road
No matter whether Mitt Romney finishes first, second or third in the Iowa Republican caucuses tonight, he “wins” and becomes what he has been all along–the presumptive GOP nominee. Those Democrats who believe the parade of horribles in GOP debates and endless rounds of television interviews have helped President Barack Obama’s re-election chances are doing [...]
Purple and Proud: An Iowa Caucus Restrospective
Ready for the Iowa caucuses? Interested in what really goes on there? Guest contributor and Iowan Sonia Walsh wrote about her experience four years ago. We thought we’d re-post it here for some perspective on the inscrutable process! I would be quite remiss if I didn’t mention that today is a pretty big day around [...]
The Politics of Growth
I find it so irritating when pundits declare a candidate “a waffler,” claiming that person lacks a moral compass or stands for nothing if they’ve had the good sense to change their mind about something in the last 30 years. I call this growth and maturity. For me this is a primary criterion for relationships [...]
The Supreme Court, Redistricting and Women
With so much going on in the world today — the series of never-ending GOP debates, wondering whether the Social Security payroll tax cut will stay in effect, and the looming winter holidays — it’s easy to overlook some other important things going on that will affect us all. One of those is the issue [...]
The Social Security Payroll Tax: Is the “Holiday” Over?
The approach of the Iowa Republican caucuses inspires me to think about other irredeemably bad ideas. Among the thousands free-floating in the political atmosphere, one stands above all others as having the worst consequences for pretty much every part of the Democratic Party–with the exception of affluent, educated liberals who are now and always have [...]
If Scrooge & the Grinch Had a Love Child …
If Ebeneezer Scrooge and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas had a love child who would it be? Why, Newt Gingrich, of course! Well, at least in demeanor, if not in actual appearance. You may recall that old Ebeneezer was a man who thought eating too much was a wasteful sin and the former Speaker of [...]
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The Truth About Mormons and Mitt Romney
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Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
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I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
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A Practicing Catholic Sends a Letter to Her Bishop
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What Women are Learning from The Learning Channel
