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Jindal: “I’m With Stupid”
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made a splash in the national news today after telling the right-leaning Politico that Republicans need to “stop being the stupid party.” For some, Jindal’s blunt assessment seemed like a breath of fresh air, an acknowledgment that the Republican Party has, in fact, been plagued by a virulent strain of anti-intellectualism and that, if it is to succeed, it must champion diversity and nuance. An honest recognition of the ways in which the Republican Party has mistakenly built its identity around protecting Wall Street at the expense of Main Street. Quoting (bold mine): “We’ve got to make…
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The Post-Mortem Post
Let the record reflect: I was no Nate Silver, who famously used math to accurately predict the results of all fifty states; I missed one state, North Carolina, which I thought would, once again, go to President Obama. Still, I can’t help but point out that when I predicted Florida, Nate Silver, at the time, was suggesting it would go to Romney, a prediction he revised only twenty-four hours before the election. And it turned out that North Carolina was closer than most had anticipated; Obama lost by only 33,000 votes. But that said, I’m not suggesting, in any way,…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
