On September 16, CNN will host the second major GOP Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosted by Nancy Reagan. Similar to the debates on Fox, there will be a “prime-time” debate consisting of the “top 10” candidates and an “under-card” debate consisting of the remaining candidates who are polling above 1%. Seems […]
Our friends at the Brown County Republicans had a booth at the Brown County fair this past week, and did a little straw polling to determine fair attendees’ favorite candidate for president. And I think we’ve determined that a lot of people watch TV. Donald Trump came in first, which I’ve heard is possibly […]
I don’t go looking for this stuff, but like many of us, for me sometimes crazy just pops up in my facebook feed. Today’s cognitive dissonance has us swinging wildly from complaints from Lora Hubbel’s (very proper) removal from precinct office when she decided to run as a candidate on a ticket against the Republican […]
Update: Nate Silver reached nearly the same conclusions as mine but a lot less deep. I think he and everyone else is missing the “profile” concentration issue (non-politicos, Senators, Governros). http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-post-debate-losers-walker-and-winners-fiorina/ I want to stress the GOP primary is extremely fluid. This morning at a regular breakfast, while there were current favorites among everyone there, […]
Update: 8-11-15 @ noon: Another Iowa caucus poll was just released and was in the field one day longer which showed an expected result- The reaction from the debate appears to be confirming as discussed in the original post but the reactions are more muted and Rubio should be listed as a “winner.” Further, the “Bubble” I […]
Every once in a while, I have to look at stuff I know to be absolutely off the wall nutty. It’s probably a lot like people driving by a car accident or storm damage, where you want just enough information to go “wow, that’s really bad.” Well, I did it again. I got my fix […]
Well, it’s all said and done. The first GOP debate is over. Who, in your mind, won the debate? Personally, I think you can stick a fork in Donald Trump. He’s done. If he wasn’t proving himself to be a candidate who was all about is own ego, he was showing his unelectability as he attacked […]
Thursday night is the first debate of the 2016 Presidential Primary. As we all know, Trump has vaulted to the top of the polls since announcing (around 25%). As background of the current situation on the primary dynamics, I think there is merit in seeing who Trumps rapid rise came from by comparing the FoxNews […]
From my e-mail, it looks like Paula Hawks is getting around to announcing what we have been chronicling for a while, as she’s been stumbling around trying to figure out how to make a splash: From: “Paula Hawks” <[email protected]> Date: August 3, 2015 at 9:55:46 AM CDT To: Subject: I’m running for U.S. House! Reply-To: […]
According to the Rapid City Journal, Meade County commissioner Alan Aker is under a bit of attack by those who dwell on-line after expressing that the recent Supreme Court ruling would cause states to get out of the marriage business. (State Legislators have also noted they were going to bring bills to that effect in […]