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October 2012

October 19, 2012

What did you think would happen in an Obama presidency?

Frank Sonnek points to this post, which rehearses all of the dire warnings made four...

October 18, 2012

Billy Graham's site removes reference to Mormons as a cult

Evangelicals and Mormons together: Shortly after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney enjoyed cookies and soft...

October 17, 2012

So who won this debate?

Thanks for the live blog from last night. So who won this debate? Do you...

October 17, 2012

The best campaign ad of them all

In a postmodern, objectively irrelevant, subjectivist, "I like this" kind of way: HT: Anthony Sacramone.

October 16, 2012

Liveblogging Debate #2

Here we go again. For our not-necessarily-alcoholic drinking game, let's knock one back when we...

October 16, 2012

Debate night

Tonight is the second of the presidential candidate debates, this one in a "town hall"...

October 16, 2012

"Like most Catholics, I do whatever I want"

You've got to see Saturday Night Live's take on the Vice Presidential debate. Go to...

October 15, 2012

Is Romney going soft on abortion?

Mitt Romney, as expected, seems to be tacking towards the center in an effort to...

October 15, 2012

Obama vs. Clintons

A feud is erupting between President Obama and Bill & Hillary Clinton. As we saw...

October 12, 2012

So who won the VP debate?

Be sure to read our live blog of the Vice Presidential debate, below. We've got...

October 11, 2012

Live blogging the VP debate

As we watch and comment upon the Vice Presidential debate, let's add a drinking game. ...

October 11, 2012

The Vice Presidential debate

Tonight is the Vice Presidential debate between Republican Paul Ryan and Democratic incumbent Joe Biden. ...

October 09, 2012

Constructivist politics

Postmodernists, who believe that truth is relative, reject such retro concepts as logic, evidence, and...

October 09, 2012

Post-debate poll

Romney Narrows Vote Gap After Historic Debate Win.

October 08, 2012

Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Yesterday had been declared "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" by a group of activist pastors and a...

October 08, 2012

How illegal immigrants inflate the electoral college

Illegal immigrants and other non-citizens don't have the right to vote, of course. But, as...

October 05, 2012

Politics as Dante's Inferno

Literature professor that I am, I appreciate this application of the unutterably great Dante to...

October 04, 2012

Voting and the neighbor

Todd Wilkens, host of Issues, Etc., has a provocative post on voting like a Christian. ...

October 04, 2012

Judge the debate

Read our live-blog commentary, below. It was a cool exercise, interacting with each other and...

October 03, 2012

In which we live blog the debate

Greetings, all of you Cranachers of every political persuasion. In this experiment in real-time online...

October 03, 2012

Let's live-blog the debate

Tune into the presidential debate at 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, fire up your computer, and...

October 03, 2012

One Nation Conservatism

Mitt Romney seems to dismiss the 47% of Americans who will never vote for him...

October 02, 2012

Are the Republicans still a national party?

Daniel McCarthy, the editor of The American Conservative, answers that question with a "no." He points...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Report from a battleground state

We live in Virginia, which has been named a battleground state, a crucial source of...

September 27, 2012

The coming Obama landslide

It looks bad for Romney. Very, very bad. More than likely, it's not even going...

September 26, 2012

Republicans will raise taxes if Obama wins

Republicans have used their majority in the House of Representatives to foil President Obama's attempts...

September 25, 2012

Romney’s taxes

Democrats have been accusing Romney of not paying any income taxes or of hiding something...

September 24, 2012

The 47%

As you have probably heard, Mitt Romney was secretly recorded at a fundraiser saying this:...

September 18, 2012

Your lying eyes

Leftover from the Democratic convention, Peggy Noonan's review: Barack Obama is deeply overexposed and often...

September 17, 2012

Hobbes vs. Burke

Catholic author George Weigel says that the current election amounts to a choice between Hobbes...