Ryan Usher's Political Punt
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Political news blog, current events, and political commentary.
Latest Blog Posts
- Political Quote of the Day on Oct 16, 2009 in Politics
“What would it feel like if the next governor weighs 350 pounds?” – Joe Cryan, New Jersey Democratic state party chair on Republican Governor candidate Chris Christie.
- Political Cartoon of the Day on Oct 14, 2009 in Politics
By Nick Anderson...
- Political Quote of the Day on Oct 12, 2009 in Politics
“The reality of it is that Fox News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party. And it is not ideological… what I think is fair to say about Fox, and the way we view it, is that it i...
- Obama Wins Nobel on Oct 9, 2009 in Politics
NYT: The Nobel Committee announced Friday that the annual peace prize was awarded to Barack Obama, just nine months into his presidency, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The aw...
- IOC Had Already Decided To Reject Chicago Bid on Oct 9, 2009 in Politics
This sucks: President Obama’s visit to Copenhagen to canvas for Chicago’s candidacy as Olympic City 2016 was doomed to failure before the president even arrived in the Danish capital – a group of IOC nations had already decided to reject the ci...
- Theoretical Model Predicts Election Winners on Oct 7, 2009 in Politics
From PoliticalWire: Wharton Professor J. Scott Armstrong and researcher Andreas Graefe developed a model to predict the winner of presidential elections based on 49 biographical cues about the candidates. It correctly predicted the winner for 25 of t...
- Frist Would Vote For Obama’s Health Care Reform on Oct 5, 2009 in Politics
From PoliticalWire: “I would end up voting for it. As leader, I would take heat for it… That’s what leadership is all about.” – Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), quoted by Time, on President Obama’s...
