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Political Payoffs

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 pay off enough SDs. I am sure ’16 Democratic presidential hopefuls know this and are fundraising accordingly.

How Much Government

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. Obama grew the size of gov’t dramatically. The Rs want to reverse it. It’s democracy not quarrelling.