http://www.punditpolitics.com Debate. Facts. Politics. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:46:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry for the hiatus everyone, currently too many of the site's contributors are engaged in full-time jobs and leading utterly too demanding of lifestyles in order to consistently contribute quality insights to this blog and the online political sphere at large.  Over the coming months, we will be seeking out ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/general/note-from-the-editors (This article is both an examination of the intended role of American Antitrust law and the case study of Google as possibly in violation of such law. Part I will focus on Google, Part II will look at the progression of Anti-Trust Law in the U.S.) Part I: More About Google In ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/a-political-economy/can-we-trust-google-a-review-of-american-anti-trust-law While politics often oscillates between being a source of extreme optimism and being a source of tragic disillusionment, it seems that many people in politics are used to such vicissitudes, and are immune to the emotional effects that accompany them. Indeed, I once thought I was capable of abstracting personal ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/in-american-politics/the-army-of-misinformed-martyrs-commentary-on-health-care-reform The American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed in the House and is awaiting approval in the Senate would be a sweeping and revolutionary change in environmental policy unlike anything we have seen since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1963. The bill is so broad and ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/politics-of-energy/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-emissions-reductions Last month I examined the current landscape of the Republican leadership. Now, courtesy of the latest Gallup Poll, we can transition to a similar topic - the leading potential candidates for the GOP Presidential Primaries in 2012. While the previous Gallup Poll reported that Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich had a ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/in-american-politics/sarah-palin-political-gop-watch On June 12, 2009, Iran held a presidential “election" that saw the unabashedly anti-American incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad win an astonishing and suspicious 66% of the vote, while his only real challenger - moderate reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi- received a mere 33%. There have been many allegations of fraud made by Mousavi's supporters, ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/government-in-the-middle-east/obama-iran-message Exactly who speaks for the Republican Party these days? According to the latest Gallup poll, 18% of democrats think Rush Limbaugh is the primary speaker for the Republican Party, while republicans themselves can't come to more than a 10% consensus for any republican leader. Only a year ago the answer ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/in-american-politics/leader-of-republican-party Michigan is sad. I hear about it everyday from the family and friends I have who still live there. “It’s a sad day for Michigan,” my mother says nearly every time she calls. "But the weather is nice today,” she concedes. Michigan is sad, as is the country, after GM's ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/a-political-economy/general-motors-implications Before we delve into the particulars of Obama's broken promises, something must first be said about assessing the relative “badness” of a broken presidential campaign promise in the first place. Clearly all skilled candidates (even those without Obama's incredible rhetoric) need to paint a glossy picture of the future they'll ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/in-american-politics/obama-presidential-promises The federal bailout allocated $150 billion for education – a 2-year commitment that should have doubled the current funding for local schools. While it would certainly be too early to notice significant gains in education, as new hirings and new investments would likely occur this summer, one might expect to ... http://www.punditpolitics.com/a-political-economy/public-education-money