Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 2.28.12 @ 10:35PM With nearly three quarters of the vote in, Mitt Romney has been declared the winner of the Michigan Primary with 41% of the vote. Rick Santorum came in a close second with 37%. I can’t help but think that if not [...]
Mitt Romney Wins Nevada
February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By W. James Antle, III on 2.5.12 @ 12:00AM Mitt Romney has won the Nevada caucuses. The outcome wasn’t a surprise, but the margin may be as large as 20 points. Romney benefited from strong Mormon turnout — 91 percent of his coreligionists voted for him — but [...]
Obama Wins Georgia Ballot Challenge
February 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
President Obama’s name should appear on Georgia’s 2012 presidential ballot, in the official opinion of Judge Michael Malihi of Georgia’s Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH), issued on February 3. Judge Malihi’s decision is the result of hearings held January 26 on three separate actions brought by several Georgia residents. Under Georgia law, Secretary of [...]
Religious Liberty Wins, Obama Loses
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Santorum Wins Iowa Regardless of the Result
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 1.4.12 @ 12:09AM It is just past midnight and with 97% of the vote in, Rick Santorum is leading Mitt Romney by 37 votes in Iowa. Even if Romney should prevail, Santorum is tonight’s winner. A fortnight ago, Santorum was in Bachmann territory and likely [...]
Defago wins WCup downhill, Miller 5th in Italy
December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Switzerland’s Didier Defago, left, poses with second placed fellow-countryman Patrick Kueng after winning a men’s World Cup downhill, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Olympic champion Didier Defago won the World Cup downhill on Thursday on the bumpy Stelvio course. Defago clocked 1 minute, 1.81 seconds, with fellow Swiss Patrick Kueng 0.29 seconds behind [...]
US teen wins in Dubai, youngest on European Tour
December 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Alexis Thompson from the U.S. poses with the trophy after winning the Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American teenager Lexi Thompson shot a 5-under 67 to win the Dubai Ladies Masters and become the youngest professional winner [...]
Palin’s Withdrawal Means Obama Wins
October 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Unfortunately, it looks like the forces of smear, slander, and threat have finally claimed their intended victim. With Palin’s announcement that she won’t run for president, the election is essentially over. The calculus is fairly simple: the media and GOP establishment want Romney to be the nominee. Once a progressive is at the head of [...]
Cain Wins Florida Straw Poll
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 9.24.11 @ 9:00PM Herman Cain decisively won the Florida Republican straw poll today by better than a two to one margin over Texas Governor Rick Perry. Of course one can make the case that Cain’s straw poll triumph is no more significant than Michele Bachmann’s Iowa [...]
The ‘Pirate Party’ Wins in Germany
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Via Der Spiegel: As Berlin election results came in on Sunday evening, sweaty members of the Pirate Party danced arm in arm beneath a disco ball at popular club in the city’s Kreuzberg district. The smell of marijuana spread through the informal party, where guests made their own sandwiches and drank bottled beer. “I can’t [...]