Political Payoffs

By Econ70 | 04/03/2012

According to an article in Party Politics, President Obama gave $6,409, on average, to 100 Democratic superdelegates, while Hillary Clinton only gave $5,266 to 47 SDs. There are 840 SDs and they comprise 20% of the Democratic delegate total. In the end Obama got 66% of the SDs. Looks to me like Hillary did not…

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How Much Government

By Econ70 | 07/21/2011

Children Bicker, the small minded squabble. When these verbs are used to describe what Boehner, Reid or Obama do it’s implied that they’re arguing about trivia. NOT! They are adults with very different ideas trying to shape public policy as best they can. They argue about vast flows of $ and policies with huge consequences.…

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