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Archive for October 2012

Hurricane Sandy: a political storm

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Pundits’ exploitation of Sandy to big up Barack Obama shows how desperate they have become. Read my spiked article in full here.

Never mind Big Bird. Where are the Big Ideas?

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After expending all his energies demonising his opponent, Obama lost the TV debate because the truth emerged: Romney is not actually evil. Read my spiked article in full here.

Why the presidential election is volatile

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Before the first Obama-Romney debate on 3 October, the consensus among pundits was that it was very unlikely to impact the election contest much. Historically, they noted, debates just do not move the needle much. And yet, it appears that the first debate indeed has shifted the momentum of this year’s race significantly. Before the […]

Obama and the end of great expectations

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In 2008, Obama won by exciting and raising people’s expectations. In 2012, he hopes to win by lowering them. Read my spiked article in full here.

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