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Richard Schulze

Walker, MN
Commenter for
4 years 18 weeks

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Posted on 11/08/12 at 07:02 pm in response to GOP legislative 'losers' and DFL 'winners' take decidedly different tacks

The mirror never lies.

Posted on 11/07/12 at 09:20 pm in response to A mandate or a rejection? Lessons from the 2012 elections

Did the GOP notice how Mr. Romney started his ascent in the polls while attempting to move to the center?

Posted on 11/07/12 at 09:47 pm in response to After winning back Legislature, triumphant DFL takes care not to ‘overstep’

The job they get elected for is to best serve the people they represent by advancing the principles and ideas they were elected for through compromise and hard decisions.

Posted on 11/08/12 at 06:17 pm in response to After winning back Legislature, triumphant DFL takes care not to ‘overstep’

The young, educated elite who create jobs and lead opinion trends are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. They support useful benefits and efficient government but not deficits or bureaucracy. The boomers, who have become less socially liberal with age and have always been fiscally profligate, are electorally important today but a diminishing breed. Getting in front of the libertarian trend will require adjustment by both parties, the Republicans most obviously, but the Democrats too...

Posted on 10/24/12 at 08:26 pm in response to China-bashing rhetoric like Romney's is counterproductive

Dear China,

Cut us a little slack. In most countries in the world (including you), the imperialistic hegemon, i.e. the US, is the default bogeyman upon whom to blame the country's woes. The US rarely complains about the aspersions cast its way, or even notices. So please spare a brief moment of sympathy for the US. Who is our default bogeyman? True, Americans also blame the US government, but you can't do that if you are the government, or plan to run it. So we need a go-to country on...

Posted on 10/23/12 at 06:06 pm in response to Foreign policy debate: Turns out Romney’s a peacenik

Conservatives have no where to go and Romney is smart enough to know he owes them nothing.

Posted on 10/19/12 at 08:58 pm in response to Monday’s debate: Watch for what Romney says about Europe

Would the American consulate in Benghazi have been less likely to be attacked if America had supported Israeli efforts to expand its settlements on the West Bank? How about if we had been more aggressive over the past two years in explicitly threatening to bomb Iran? Would America's standing in the Arab world be higher had we been more enthusiastically pro-Israel? It's a theory.

Posted on 10/18/12 at 08:25 pm in response to A solid debate ‘win’ for Obama

I am struck by how much each of these guys is a centrist at heart, albeit with different philosophical leanings. Were no power at stake and no parties involved, I'm sure the two of them if asked could arrive at a consensus on deficit reduction and entitlement reform. There's not much distance between them. The polarization is between the parties, not the candidates. Both parties' ideologues insist that we stand on principle, no matter what the cost.

Posted on 10/20/12 at 08:39 pm in response to A solid debate ‘win’ for Obama

To me, Mr. Romney is a potentially good candidate who's wrong for 2012. What's Romney's strength? Pragmatism. Deal making. Cutting to the chase. It's how Romney made money in business. It's how pretty much any of us make money in business. That could be Romney's brand.

But not in 2012, not with the Tea Party and this current version of the Republican Party. Where pragmatism is seen as weakness. Deal making is compromise and cutting to the chase is selling out.

Posted on 10/20/12 at 08:51 pm in response to A solid debate ‘win’ for Obama

I suspect the winning candidate will be the one believed most likely to appeal to Independents and the elusive center. Conservatives have no where to go and Romney is smart enough to know he owes them nothing.