Jeremiah Wright and the big news of there being no news

In campaign 2012, the Romney campaign and the Obama campaign both have to worry about driving the news rather than being driven by the news.

Yesterday's decision by a super PAC not to use Jeremiah Wright's past friendship with the president as an attack and the subsequent news coverage of that decision served as an excellent way to use Wright and President Obama's past friendship as an effective attack. In order to explain the non-decision, the media retold the unflattering story of their friendship.

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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:20 am Author: Ed Rogers

Is there a lesson to be learned from Mr. Saverin's flight?

It wounds my patriotism and makes me angry that someone would punt away their American citizenship just to cut themselves a break on taxes.  But rather than just be angry and shake our fist, is there something to be learned here?  Have we gotten to the point where there is a disincentive for wealthy entrepreneurs to stay in the USA after they have cashed out?  Is there an alarm bell ringing that our political leadership should hear?

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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 5:04 pm Author: Ed Rogers

Obama has settled on a plan of deception about Bain

Yesterday, at a speech in Youngstown, Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden continued the story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital.  As I've said before, I think the Obama campaign has this story plotted out to have a beginning, middle and then crescendo in late October.  

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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:53 am Author: Ed Rogers

Check out how Democrats are responding to recent polls

Powerful omens are foreshadowing something big happening in the political universe. There have been reports of water flowing uphill, I understand there will be a sudden, unpredicted eclipse happening soon, there are stories of animals who have begun to speak and walk upright, and Carter Eskew and senior Obama campaign strategist Stephanie Cutter are finding fault in a CBS/New York Times poll. 

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Posted on 16 May 2012 | 5:10 pm Author: Ed Rogers

Obama's ego is his enemy

I was shocked during the GOP primaries when Newt Gingrich declared, "I'm going to be the nominee." He wasn't asking voters, he was telling them. That statement said a lot about Newt and why he was destined to lose.

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Posted on 16 May 2012 | 8:33 am Author: Ed Rogers