Special Election Issue What is At Stake in the 2012 Election?

What’s at stake in this year’s election? Paul Ryan’s speech at this year’s Republican National Convention offers a clue. Ryan noted that the GOP “will not try to replace our founding principles; we will reapply our founding principles.” Of course, we need to exercise caution here; convention speeches are much more about media messaging than…

The public commotion that followed the release of a tape featuring Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s remarks during a $50,000-a-plate Florida fundraiser focused on his dismissing 47% of voters. Pollsters and statisticians dissected his calculations, while strategists and pundits demurred over the political wisdom of these “off the cuff” remarks. The Obama campaign swiftly reproached…