If it feels like the 2020 presidential election campaign is dragging on too long, that’s because it is.
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NEWS BLOG: The Romney campaign’s faux anger
The word of the moment for conservatives is outrage. We heard them use it most of the day yesterday, and it’s likely we’ll hear it again today. In a campaign stop in Virginia yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden reminded the crowd that some government monitoring of the banking industry might help to prevent another financial […]
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NEWS BLOG: Obama and Romney campaigns shouldn’t trivialize the presidential race
Oh, the irony. In a lengthy piece, a couple of writers for Politico are bemoaning the smallness of the 2012 presidential race, which they say is due to Twitter and the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news cycle. Politico embodies aspects of what a Columbia Journalism Review article calls the “hamster wheel approach” to news. But at least […]
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NEWS BLOG: The presidential campaign and our war on terror in Yemen
If you haven’t read Ibrahim Mothana’s “How Drones Help Al Qaeda” in today’s New York Times, do so. Mothana is an activist and writer in Yemen, and in his Times article, he argues that the Obama administration’s use of drones in Yemen is doing far more harm than good. It is, Mothana writes, “leading to […]
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[UPDATED] Jose Cruz kicks off Assembly campaign
UPDATE (JUNE 4): José Cruz says that for too long the 137th Assembly District has lacked effective representation, and that’s why he’s waging a primary challenge against incumbent Assembly member David Gantt. Cruz kicked-off his campaign at the Public Market on Saturday. “We’ve been waiting 30 years,” Cruz says. “We’ve been at the back of […]
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The high cost of national elections
The 2008 presidential election was the most expensive in US history. The candidates spent approximately $1.4 billion on their campaigns, with outside groups dumping in another $215 million, says data from the Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org). This year’s contest will probably break that record. And the cash is going to flow for Congressional races, […]
