Written by Patrick McAlister on May 17th, 2009
Ok. It’s re-he-he-eally early to discuss the presidential election of 2012. I’ve been one to bemoan those who rush into an election season too early, but I cannot help but applaud the politically shrewd move in Obama eliminating the only Republican that would have a shot at beating him. Moderate, youthful, Mandarin fluent Utah Governor John Huntsman will forego his foray onto the national political stage for at least another presidential election cycle. While this is at first glance a victory for Obama, this may actually help moderate Republicans in the long run. When Obama is no longer president, the still young Huntsman may be in the best position …
Written by Patrick McAlister on October 30th, 2008
The New York Times finally got it. With just days to go in the election they finally published a story about the uncanny similarities between the West Wing presidential election and the real life Presidential election. I reached my conclusions five months ago as you can see here, but I’m glad they’ve finally caught up. Here are some updated predictions/premonitions from the show…and the similarities blow me away.
Vice Presidential Candidates
I noted that Santos..err I mean Obama needed to pick a party stalwart – a known quantity in Washington and somebody the party elite is comfortable with. It is obvious that Biden is roughly equivalent to Santos’ …
Written by Neil Kelty on October 27th, 2008
Since it’s inception in 1804, the Twelfth Amendment has governed every presidential election since, but the clause regarding ties in the electoral college has been used just once. In 1824, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay all ran for the highest office in the land. Not a single candidate received a majority of the electoral votes.
The process was riddled with corruption and resulted in John Quincy Adams claiming the highest office in the land, leaving the leading candidate Andrew Jackson shortchanged. Jackson had expected the House to vote for him given that he had won a plurality of the electoral vote, but after some bargaining between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams, Adams was elected.
It’s …
Written by Neil Kelty on August 4th, 2008
He’s arguably one of the biggest names in renewable energy lately, as over the past few weeks he’s attempting to make himself a household name with a $58 million advertising blitz. The man’s name is T. Boone Pickens, and the self-proclaimed oil man brings an interesting proposal to the table just months before the ever-important presidential election.
While you have to give the man credit for bringing a well-conceived proposal to the table of this perpetual brainstorming session, he only scores just over half. In short, his idea of revitalizing the middle portion of the country by bringing “green jobs” (Sorry, but I couldn’t resist throwing in a few words Hillary Clinton buzzword vocabulary) to rural towns and utilizing the wind …
Written by Neil Kelty on July 24th, 2008
With Obama dragging out his selection process for at least few more weeks, we’ve still got plenty of time to speculate about the myriad of potential candidates, but recently Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has been thrust into the spotlight as a likely choice for the VP nominations. Add to the fact that John Edwards is essentially out of the picture with his recent spectacle, Bayh has all the more chance of landing the job.
Bayh made a joint appearance with Obama last week in Indiana and appeared opposite Joe Lieberman on Fox News Sunday arguing vehemently in favor of Obama’s policies and giving that ever-so-famous non-answer to the …
