Just watched the debate. Not sure why people are saying Romney won so convincingly. Obama, with few exceptions, bullshitted his way through things just fine. And Romney too often sounded like a me-too statist. Objectively, Romney won on the points and particulars, and he had several strong moments. Clearly, he’s not the leftist Obama is — though he’s still a statist. That’s a net positive, should he win election. Strategically,

Post whatever you feel like posting here. Because most everyone has made up his or her mind at this point — except for maybe Ann Althouse and Colin Powell. And frankly, I don’t care what either does with their votes. It’s just that I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Ms Althouse hedge her bet, vote for Obama yet again, and then blame people like me for pushing her

No, not the speech — all that is is Obama in 2002 preaching covert class warfare and leaving open a justification for violence against the rich, or rather, an empathy toward the root causes that brought it on. Rather, what’s ugly is the fact that someone found it and posted it. How galling! And after the Daily Caller’s temerity of last evening, posting the full Obama speech that had previously

Competition — be it in the marketplace of ideas or in speech or even in certain sectors of the economy (think health care) — is just so…messy. Much like liberty. And the reason is, once the technocrats and central planners have done their Google homework and learned everything there is to know about, eg., nutrition, or global climate change, then there really is no reason to pretend to consider other

AM I THE ONLY ONE OF THE INSTAPUNDIT BLOGGERS AND GUEST-BLOGGERS who loathes the Daily Caller’s exploitation of the 2007 video of Barack Obama stirring up the black churchfolk? I don’t think this is helping Mitt Romney with the swing voters at all. Like last week’s playing and replaying of the Obamaphone lady’s ravings, it repels me from Republicans. I’m a swing voter — I voted for Obama in 2008

Let’s begin with the snobbish paternalism and rank condescension that tries to present itself as a kind of championing of the masses. First, Obama, 2007, the “other race speech”: On “poor” people: “We can’t expect them to have all the skills they need to work. They may need help with basic skills, how to shop, how to show up for work on time, how to wear the right clothes, how