Opinion Forum

The Election Results I Didn’t Want Came

November 7th, 2012

By Dan Miller It should have gone the other way but didn’t. There are reasons for that. We could have exercised more control than we did over some but the most important of them were no longer in our hands. It was a terrible night and I either drank too much or too little. Whichever […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: culture, democracy, election, free stuff, government, gridlock, Obama
Categories: Politics | Comments (1) | Home

Election Day USA

November 7th, 2012

By Jan Barry The young woman walked up to the closed, dark community center and burst into tears. “Where can I vote?” she said to an older woman standing in the virtually empty parking lot. “This is my first time.” And so began a conversation among strangers that led to my being asked to drive […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: assistance, community, election, New Jersey, storm, voters, voting
Categories: Life, News, Politics | Comments (2) | Home

Election Day Silliness

November 6th, 2012

By Tom Carter The last time I voted in person in the U.S. was, to the best of my memory, in 1984. (I voted for Walter Mondale; just shut up…!) Every election after that, I was living somewhere overseas, and I voted by absentee ballot. Sometimes I voted only for the big offices — president, […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Clinton, election, Fox, MSNBC, Obama, observers, Romney, silliness, voting
Categories: Media, Politics | Comments (5) | Home

Please Watch This Video

November 5th, 2012

By Dan Miller

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: conservatism, economy, election, government, Obama, Reagan, spending
Categories: Economics, Politics | Comments (0) | Home

What About All Those Polls?

November 4th, 2012

By Dan Miller They are of some use in predicting election results but need to be reviewed carefully to be understood. The article is based on my limited understanding as a layman, so please take it for whatever it may be worth. Sample composition Public opinion polling is based on a sample of the relevant […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: cell phones, election, margins of error, polling, polls, samples, turnout
Categories: Politics | Comments (3) | Home