The College Bubble

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 · 10:57 AM PDT

2012/05/16 · 10:57

I am convinced that college tuition is akin to the "housing bubble" - there is no way it can merit that high cost but, until it pops, our youngest adults are paying the price. As a result, I am particularly frustrated that the Obama campaign has not done more to exploit the incredibly stupid but vitally revealing statement by Romney that college students should "borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business" to pay for college.
Romney's total lack of understanding on this issue is an excellent opportunity for a nationwide viral video campaign; I encourage students to take this opportunity to help voters understand just how out of touch Romney is with critical daily economic realities. My thinking is that this response could take a few different forms:

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Thursday April 05, 2012 · 7:43 PM PDT

2012/04/05 · 19:43

As Gingrich's campaign fades into the rear view mirror, it merits a closer look. I think what we saw as errors of hubris over the past year were really because Gingrich was never running for president; Instead, he was running as a spoiler - sponsored by the corporatist arm of the Republican Party to make sure the Tea Party didn't get its candidate as the Republican Party nominee.

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 8:14 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 20:14

Thursday’s vice-presidential debate will be remembered by history as the day Hillary Clinton embarrassed women across America by hiding her extensive foreign and domestic violence with beauty contestant-style answers.

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If Hillary "Pulled a Palin" last night, the press would have...

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If Hillary "Pulled a Palin" last night, the press would have...

Canceled all regular programming and examined "the terrorist eye wink" all day

44 votes

Blamed Bill

7 votes

Embraced her for her feistiness and freshness

6 votes

Freidman in his Groove

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Saturday September 20, 2008 · 10:50 AM PDT

2008/09/20 · 10:50

I had the chance to see Thomas Freidman speak at Purdue University Friday evening. I was unsure which Friedman I was going to get - the pedantic one who makes me curse and stop reading the editorial page, or the one whose extensive experience really informs his judgement?
It turned out there was a third version - an enthused, optimistic and warm Thomas Friedman who kept the audience engaged the entire hour.

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 1:01 PM PDT

2008/08/09 · 13:01

I spent the morning canvassing for Obama again, walking around a low-income neighborhood doing both voter registration and persuasion visits. It was encouraging to see that - in all cases but two - those people who already made up their minds planned to vote for Obama. When I asked the remaining people if they minded telling me if they were leaning Obama or McCain, their response was almost invariably, "I don't know ... I'm not very excited about either one but, I guess, McCain."

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 5:37 PM PDT

2008/05/08 · 17:37

Hillary Clinton released a letter today urging Barack Obama to work toward resolving the Michigan and Florida delegate problem. In the second paragraph she states, "I have consistently said that the votes cast in Florida and Michigan in January should be counted." At first, her obvious factual inconsistency left me scratching my head - then everything became clear.

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 2:42 PM PDT

2008/04/30 · 14:42

Here in our twin cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana, people are really enjoying all the political bigwigs visiting here - Bill, Chelsea, Hillary, Barack, Madeleine Albright, and Caroline Kennedy have all been in our little town within the last 3 weeks. (The last time we got any national candidate during a presidential race was JFK.) We also had a little Hollywood-style celebrity with Jeremy Spiven come to the Purdue campus stumping for Obama.
Attendance at every event is great, but what I find striking is how little they have translated into any tangible political fervor.

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Do you attend a famous politician's rally if there is no chance you will vote for him or her?

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Do you attend a famous politician's rally if there is no chance you will vote for him or her?

Yes, it's a unique opportunity and attending does not imply any level of support

21 votes

Yes, but I would wear an Obama pin

16 votes

No, I wouldn't attend because that implies support

68 votes

No, I have better things to do than attend 7 rallies in 3 weeks

22 votes

Let's Just Give It To Her

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 7:53 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 19:53

Sen. Hillary is dying to see this newspaper article. Let's just run the article now so she can cut it out, frame it and hang it on her wall. Then the rest of us can move on in the Democratic process and get busy defeating John McCain. Snark after the jump...

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 5:55 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 17:55

As the youngest of six, I learned a very important lesson about snowball fights - the key to winning is quantity, not quality. As long as you stay low, scoop fast and throw faster, you'll be the one on top, grinding yellow snow into your sibling's face.

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Saturday January 12, 2008 · 5:18 PM PST

2008/01/12 · 17:18

Marion Jones was just sentenced to six months for lying to investigators about a steroid scandal. Scooter Libby lied to investigators about the outing of a covert CIA agent and didn't serve a day.

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Saturday January 13, 2007 · 7:35 PM PST

2007/01/13 · 19:35

When the cheerleader began dating the quarterback six years ago, it was an unexpected but mutually beneficial match. She was by far the most popular girl in school and loved that the quarterback would vigorously stand up to anyone she felt wronged her. And, although he was once admired for his independence, he found out that he didn’t mind starting a fight or two if he it gave him access to all of her friends and their exclusive parties.
At first, she only asked the quarterback to occassionaly growl at a few freshmen to make her laugh. But then a big scandal hit the cheerleading squad and, after that, the cheerleader made the quarterback help her start one fight after another.

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Saturday December 30, 2006 · 6:41 PM PST

2006/12/30 · 18:41

My family and I spent 10 years living in California and New Orleans before moving to Indiana two years ago. I'm sorry to say that this winter in the Midwest has been at least as warm as any winter I have spent on the West Coast or in the South. And that has made me come to an uneasy conclusion...

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