…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…years, the deficit in Social Security is expected to amount to 0.7 percent of the economy — not a huge amount, but a deficit nonetheless. So it would be desirable…

…insurance plans and free contraception coverage under Obama’s healthcare plan, which he credited with ushering greater numbers of college-age women into Obama’s coalition. The extended insurance coverage, in particular, was…

…Republican South. Another geographic dimension is urban vs rural. When I do get flip, I say Obama won everywhere that people outnumber cattle, deer, goats or alligators. This comes distressingly…

…Obama would be the best candidate to lead the nation over the next four years. See Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Citing Climate Change, New York Times (Nov. 1, 2012). Bloomberg made…

…respondents outside of the South all of whom thought Obama won. A plausible explanation of the results is that there were 17 respondents outside of the South who said Obama…

…people who don’t pay income taxes are Obama supporters, and virtually no Obama supporters pay income taxes. Warren Buffett must have an income too low to require him to pay…

At his press conference, Romney accused Obama of “having that embassy reiterate a statement effectively apologizing for the right of free speech.” Romney claimed that the embassy had said, in…

…to support such pointlessly offensive provocation. Obama should point this out, even if the news media doesn’t. But Obama also shouldn’t allow the detachment of those comments by Romney, which…

I noticed that the notion of income inequality and consequences was described outside the box in this article in the NYT. Several ideas struck me about the article. How people…