Is the NC Democratic Party the Toyota of State Politics? Top 10 Political Liabilities Leading to Loss of Voter Market Share; Part V: Liability 10

by johndavis, June 11, 2010

Part V: Liability 10 “What’s disappointing to me,” said Stupak, “is learning that Toyota seems to have focused more on discrediting its critics than on solving the problem.” Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Michigan, May 20, 2010, U.S. House Commerce Committee Hearing on Toyota’s sudden acceleration problems[i] Obama: Walking on Oily Water in a Sea of Disappointments
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Is the NC Democratic Party the Toyota of State Politics? Top 10 Political Liabilities Leading to Loss of Voter Market Share; Part II: Liabilities 5 – 6

by johndavis, May 12, 2010

Part II: Liabilities 5 – 6 NC Republicans do not have to raise the political bar closer to that of Democrats to seize power in 2010 if Democrats lower their political bar closer to that of Republicans. This is Part II in a series of reports suggesting that the North Carolina Democratic Party is much
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A Checkers Player in a Nation of Chess Players or How Obama’s Hubris Cost Him Kennedy’s Seat and May Destroy His Reform Legacy

by johndavis, January 22, 2010

“Governments at every level had become too cavalier about spending taxpayer money. Too often, bureaucracies were oblivious to the cost of their mandates. A lot of liberal rhetoric did seem to value rights and entitlements over duties and responsibilities.”1 — U.S. Senator Barack Obama, 2006 Hu-bris (hyoo’bris) n. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. In his
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The Audacity of Hoping Halley’s Comet Will Return in 2010 or Why Barack Obama’s 2008 Victory in North Carolina Will Not Drive This Year’s Races

by johndavis, January 14, 2010

Politics, Rain Dances and Comets Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of political races, just like timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance … or the return of a comet. President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for the White House reminds me of Halley’s Comet: a spectacular
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