Brandywine to Broad

Boehner and House Republicans lack mandate to oppose Obama

December 14, 2012
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On November 6, Republican House Speaker John Boehner noted that while the American people re-elected President Obama and a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, they were also, "renewing our Ho... More »
Villanova Law School put on 2-year probation by Association of American Law Schools

December 9, 2012
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I take no pleasure in reporting this news about a local law school. Villanova Law School admitted in 2011 that under its previous dean it had intentionally submitted false data to the American Bar As... More »
Obama and Democrats should support Republican STEM Jobs Act immigration reform bill

December 1, 2012
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The Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives by a bi-partisan vote of 245-139, has passed the STEM Jobs Act which makes 55,000 additional immigrant visas available to foreigners who have ea... More »
Fear not the fiscal cliff!

November 24, 2012
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The so-called "fiscal cliff" is the confluence of three separate legal events on January 1, 2013: expiration of a temporary payroll tax cut, expiration of the so-called "Bush" inco... More »
Why were Republicans surprised by their election losses? What should they do now?

November 10, 2012
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A lot of Republicans seemed genuinely surprised that they lost, that Mitt Romney was defeated by President Obama, and that Republicans lost seats in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representativ... More »
Election eve predictions on Pennsylvania and New Jersey races

November 5, 2012
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I'm a great believer in coattails. In a presidential election year, candidates in down ballot races get caught in the draught of the presidential race, for better or for worse. This year, especia... More »
Mitt Romney and Hurricane Sandy

October 30, 2012
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Although my neighborhood in northern Delaware was right in the projected bull's eye for Hurricane Sandy, we came out of it with just two power outages, each of less than one day, and a few wet ba... More »
What if Hurricane Sandy causes power outages lasting through Election Day?

October 27, 2012
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As I write this, residents of the Mid-Atlantic states are being warned to prepare themselves for a long-lasting power outage because of Hurricane Sandy, billed as "the perfect storm" and the... More »
In the crosshairs of a hurricane

October 26, 2012
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Usually those of us in the temperate Mid-Atlantic states think of ourselves as climatically fortunate and ideally situated for year round living. Summers are not too hot. Winters are not too cold. Ext... More »
2012: Year of the low information voter and electoral lawsuit Armageddon?

October 22, 2012
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In an exciting and issues-rich election year, polls find us evenly divided between President Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney. Swing states are being subjected to an unprecedented assault of polit... More »