A Woman, a Black Guy, a Mormon, a Cowboy, and a Catholic Walk Into a Caucus…
This year four candidates are competing in the fundamentalist primary, Santorum, Bachmann, Cain, and Perry. The winner doesn’t necessarily take the GOP nomination, but they’ll be guaranteed extremely...
View ArticleCandy Cigarettes and Social Conservatives
Social conservatives could learn a lot from public health and safety campaigns of the last generation. With relatively modest legislative support those efforts transformed our culture at its core in a...
View ArticleThe Tea Party vs. Math: A Detailed Look at the 2012 Results
Romney out-polled the Republican Senate field by a national average of over four points. The story gets even clearer with a look at specific races. Candidates who were able to break completely from the...
View ArticleAn Agenda for Republican Dissidents
It makes sense now to start building an alternative agenda, a foundation for Republican dissent. A party that has come to rest so solidly on fundamentalist religion, latent racist appeals, and paranoia...
View ArticleSame Sex Marriage and the Seat Belt Rule
Americans don’t like to be told what to do, but they will accept government interference when there is demonstrable evidence of harm. Seat belts and motorcycle helmets drain a lot of the romance from...
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