The Campaign to Take Him Out
April 17, 2012
It starts.
Posted by Chillingworth
Filed in campaign 2012, Politics and Public Policy, size of government
Tagged: Barack Obama, gas prices, liberty, news, politics, regulatory burden
Tagged: Barack Obama, gas prices, liberty, news, politics, regulatory burden
Popularity and Prosperity
May 25, 2011
I was talking with a friend the other day about gas prices. We agreed that when gas prices (or unemployment, or the economy generally) improve, that will tend to help any incumbent president’s chances of re-election—and that, by the same token, when they worsen that will tend to hurt his chances—regardless of whether they’re his fault or not. The question, then, was whether it can fairly be said that the recent high gas prices are partly President Obama’s fault or not.
So I was interested to hear that the answer may be an emphatic Yes: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Chillingworth
Filed in Politics and Public Policy, size of government
Tagged: Andrew Stiles, bad economy, Barack Obama, big government, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Democrats, energy policy, environmentalism, gas prices, gasoline, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, inflation, liberals, National Review Online, regulation, scarcity, supply side, The Corner, unemployment
Tagged: Andrew Stiles, bad economy, Barack Obama, big government, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Democrats, energy policy, environmentalism, gas prices, gasoline, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, inflation, liberals, National Review Online, regulation, scarcity, supply side, The Corner, unemployment