Shortly after the Supreme Court’s historic health-care decision, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney appeared before the cameras to offer their spin. Neither took questions. For weeks, both men methodically calibrated their response to what was the most eagerly anticipated pre-election high court decision ever. The ruling settles the law, not […] Read more »
Stung by Recession, Many Young Voters Looking Past Obama
… In the four years since President Obama swept into office in large part with the support of a vast army of youth, a new corps of young men and women have come of voting age with views shaped largely by the recession. And unlike their counterparts in the Millennial […] Read more »
Presidential campaigns missing the mark in advertising to Latinos
Both political parties agree that the country’s 21.3 million registered Latino voters could make a crucial difference in this year’s presidential election. Yet in a race defined by massive spending on television ads, fast-response Internet videos and sophisticated social media efforts, both President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have fallen […] Read more »
Political Perceptions: Romney’s Clintonesque Challenge
Can Mitt Romney pull a Bill Clinton? Can he go from generally disliked to well liked, all in a few months? His political fate may hinge on it. [cont.] Neil King Jr., Wall Street Journal Read more »
Obama’s victory is now his challenge
… Although Americans like many of the Affordable Care Act’s individual pieces, polls show that most voters are understandably skeptical that the law will do everything Obama has promised — improve medical care, slow the growth of costs and cut the federal deficit all at the same time. Capitalizing on […] Read more »
The vision thing: The 2012 campaign’s missing ingredient
… Americans may yet elect Romney, but it won’t be because they really buy what he’s selling. Voters aren’t hearing a clear message from Obama either. … So why hasn’t either candidate offered a clear vision that resonates with the American people? [cont.] Drew Westen, Emory U. Read more »