US Politics – Page 9 – Schirach Report

According To The Pundits The Elections Boils Down To The Unemployment Rate And Gas Prices: Upward Trend Obama Loses, Downward He Wins – Apparently Nothing Else Matters In America – This Is A Dangerous Impoverishment Of The National Conversation

By Paolo von Schirach March 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – Listening to the pundits debating the upcoming presidential...

Is America In Decline? It Will Be Unless We Reform Entitlements, Education and Energy – Time To Reaffirm Faith In US As An Opportunity Society That Nurtures Innovators

By Paolo von Schirach February 6, 2012 WASHINGTON – Remember Yale historian Paul Kennedy and his 1987...

Panetta Announced Early End Of US Combat Mission In Afghanistan, And the Strategic Rationale Is…? Not Clear At All – It Looks As If It Is Driven By The US Political Calendar: Better To Go Into A National Election With A Promise To End A War

By Paolo von Schirach February 4, 2012 WASHINGTON – What a mess in Afghanistan. Given the high...

America Needs Adult Education In Economics, Says Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff – Educated People Will Not Be Swayed By Over Promising Politicians – Educated People Make Better Citizens

By Paolo von Schirach February 3, 2012 WASHINGTON – Famed Harvard economist and co-author, with Carmen Reinhart,...

Sudden Swing For Gingrich In South Carolina Shows How Voters Without Deep Convictions Change Their Minds In Just Days – Opinion Changed On The Basis Of TV Debates Performances – It Is All About Clever Delivery And No Substance – Primaries As TV Wrestling?

By Paolo von Schirach January 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – What is surprising about the decisive victory by...

Romney As “Vulture Capitalist”? – Nasty, Negative Ads In The Republican Campaign – Manipulation, Distortion And Character Assassination Are Now The Norm

By Paolo von Schirach January 12, 2012 WASHINGTON – Alright, in case you missed it, would-be US...

Surreal Iowa TV Coverage – Need To Declare A Winner, Even If Romney Won By 8 Votes – Politics As A Sporting Event?

By Paolo von Schirach January 7, 2012 WASHINGTON – There was something surreal in following cable TV...

If The Republicans Want Obama Re-elected, They Should Nominate Newt Gingrich – The Former House Speaker Is Smart and Has Ideas, But His Style Is Too Abrasive To Win Over The Independents Who Always Decide Elections

By Paolo von Schirach December 13, 2011 WASHINGTON– If the Republicans really want another four years of...

Republican TV Debates About National Security Are Just Silly Posturing – Huntsman Is The Only Sensible Candidate Big words about bombing Iran and militarizing the border with Mexico. But nothing about the US end game in Afghanistan or the threat of an unstable Iraq. Sound bite TV political debates are a poor way to have a national conversation

By Paolo von Schirach November 24, 2011 WASHINGTON – The Republicans fighting for the GOP presidential nomination want...

Herman Cain Still The GOP Favorite – Republican Base Craving A Fresh Face – Yet He Is Awfully Short On Details – Do We Want A Conservative Amateur In The White House?

By Paolo von Schirach November 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – Herman Cain, the retired Godfather pizza entrepreneur now...

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