Money & Politics WSJ: “While U.S. voters are nearly evenly split about Mr. Bush’s performance, a recent Wall Street Journal survey found that... Read More
Confusing Politics With Economics The latest column, loosely based on Monday’s comments, is up at RealMoney.com. Here’s the money quote: “The market may... Read More
Battleground States Another good chart from the graphic whizzes over at CBSMarketWatch Battleground Check out their full coverage: CBSMarketwatch Election... Read More
Confusing Cause & Effect As the indices flail about, groping for a bottom, the search for an explanation as to what ails the markets continues apace. The latest... Read More
Wall Street reaction to key events during the Bush term CBS MarketWatch has a terrific round up of all the political activity at the Democratic Convention in Boston this week, specifically... Read More
Kerry & National-Security As the Democratic convention gets underway this week, the WSJ raises what may be a crucial issue for the Presidential challenger in the... Read More
Is the market reacting to the incumbent’s chances? Nothing like a little political discussion to spice things up on a rainy Saturday morning. In an attempt to add some empirical facts to a... Read More
The Libertarian Secular Wild Wild West How much has the political balance shifted in the West? If the WSJ is to be believed, demographic changes are having an impact in what... Read More
Latest Swing State Polling data (via Zogby/WSJ) The latest Zogby/WSJ poll shows the challenger enjoying a substantial VEEP bounce: Battleground States Map Click for Larger Map Source:... Read More
Cuban Voters in Florida revisited As we have mentioned several times previously, Cuban American voters in Florida continues to be a potential problem for President Bush in... Read More