Month: March 2012

Yes, it was a racist email/joke, but I didn’t even take it that way when I first read it. My immediate reaction was that it was an attack on the president’s mother and that it was a cruel thing to say. So,...

One of the most reliable predictors of a president’s chances for re-election is change in personal disposable income in the 6-12 month period before Election Day.  Ronald Reagan didn’t win re-election because he...

Arkansas did it in 1931.  South Dakota did it in 1938.  Maine, Nebraska, Oregon & Kansas did it in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s respectively. Arkansas, California, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Washington have...