Tag "election"
Back to homepageBail Calif. out the Detroit way
Dec. 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes California overwhelmingly just voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. Shouldn’t the state get a little somethin-somethin in return? Especially because California is teetering on the verge of becoming a giant Detroit. With three cities already
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Election losers still win big
Dec. 3, 2012 Katy Grimes: The chief strategist for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has finally spoken out about what happened. And as expected, he’s playing down the significance of the loss. In a Washington Post op ed, Romney’s Chief Strategist
Read MoreSelfish vote won over philosophical vote, again
Nov. 9, 2012 Katy Grimes: After every election one party has to retreat and lick its wounds while the other party revels in the mandate. But elections are changing. Voters are changing. America is changing, and California is leading that
Read MoreEarly voting: Too close on major Calif. propositions
10:06 pm, Nov. 6, 2012 By John Seiler It’s too early to call the major state initiatives. Looks like it’ll be a long night. According to the Secretary of State’s Web site, just 19.1 percent of the vote has been
Read MoreWe’ll be live-blogging the election
Nov. 6, 2012 By John Seiler We’ll be live-blogging the election beginning around 5 pm, if that’s when the East Coast returns start coming in. And at 8 pm, the California returns will start to come in. Stay tuned. Personally,
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I can’t wait for this election to be over
Nov. 2, 2012 By John Seiler Just four more day to D-Day — Democracy Day. Then this dreadful election finally will be over. If the ancient Greeks could have seen how things would have turned out, instead of inventing democracy,
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Archie Bunker explains the election
Oct. 31, 2012 By John Seiler Back in the late 1970s, with a previous bogus energy “crisis” striking, and Democrats demanding that citizens make “sacrifices,” philosopher Archie Bunker explained what was going in words that still resonate today.
Read MoreThe day after the election
Oct. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes With the 2012 election in full swing, everyone’s focus seems to be on the candidates and ballot initiatives. We are inundated with ludicrous, often irrelevant political advertising. But what happens after the election? What
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Prop. 32 would curb union dominance
Oct. 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes Long ago it became evident that a passion for teaching in California schools was overshadowed by union membership. Far too many teachers became flag-waving union members, choosing union activism over student achievement. Proposition 32,
Read MoreElection 2012: ‘Survivor’ or ‘Clueless?’
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Voter fatigue is no longer an factor this election cycle because thoughtful voters appear instead to be tuning out entirely to media and polls, and instead tuning into reality television. There’s an irony. “It’s getting
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