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Class War Divide Clear In Swing State Exit Polls

In case you were wondering if class war had anything to do with the outcome of the presidential vote in 2012, take a look at the “income” breakdown in The New York Times exit polls for the top 10 swing states. The division is stark. In eight of the 10 battleground...

Most Effective Ads Aimed at Bain, Bailout, Blue-Collars

In his "Fact Checker" column last week, Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post wrote that "Negative ads often work. But clearly some negative ads work better than others." He then listed two examples of Obama team ads that worked, and one set of Romney team negative ads...

Revisiting E.J. Dionne's Insight

In his brilliant, day-after summation of the "new majority" that made up Barack Obama's winning re-election vote, E. J. Dionne wrote this paragraph: "It cannot be forgotten that saving General Motors and Chrysler was the most 'interventionist' and 'intrusive' economic...

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