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Did Obama Mislead Americans on Trends in U.S. Troop Fatalities?

By Eric Ostermeier on June 23, 2011
U.S. troop fatalities in Iraq are on pace for a 16 percent increase from 2010; American deaths in Afghanistan over the last three months are up 7 percent from the same period in 2010.

A House Divided: A Content Analysis of Congressional Press Releases on the bin Laden Killing

By Eric Ostermeier on May 6, 2011
Less than 25 percent of Republican U.S. House members give credit to Obama in press releases on the bin Laden kill; less than 3 percent of Democrats acknowledge Bush

Numerology Alert: Will 1/11/11 Be a Notable Day in U.S. History?

By Eric Ostermeier on January 11, 2011
Over the last century, U.S. history has only provided a few examples of notable events taking place on eyebrow-raising dates on the calendar.

Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan Speaks on Torture and the War on Terrorism at Humphrey Institute

By Eric Ostermeier on April 14, 2010
"I know how it is to look evil in the face."

Projected Rate of U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan Down 24 Percent in 2010

By Eric Ostermeier on March 30, 2010
Despite record setting pace for U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan in 2010, the rate of fatalities per troops on the ground is on pace for a 6-year low and a 24 percent decrease from 2009

McCollum Stands Alone in Support of Obama's Afghan War Policy Among U.S. House's Most Liberal Wing

By Eric Ostermeier on December 6, 2009
Rep. McCollum is only member of the U.S. House's top 10 percent most liberal members to issue press release backing the President's plan

Inside the War in Afghanistan

By Eric Ostermeier on December 2, 2009
Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin rank among the Bottom 10 states in per capita fatalities; non-hostile deaths account for more than 25 percent of U.S. death toll

Former MN GOP Congressman Weber Outlines National Security Challenges Facing President Obama

By Eric Ostermeier on September 25, 2009
"The world has been getting more dangerous as we've been arguing about health care."

U.S. Military Fatalities Continue at Record High Pace in Afghanistan, Record Low Pace in Iraq

By Eric Ostermeier on June 14, 2009
As President Barack Obama approaches the 5-month mark of his administration, his political supporters, especially those on the liberal end of the ideological spectrum, are faced with reconciling the President's campaign promises on the military, national security, and the country's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the policies he has...

U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan on Record Pace in 2009

By Eric Ostermeier on March 16, 2009
Although Barack Obama only devoted 2 of the 280 sentences in his late February Address before a Joint Session of Congress on the War in Afghanistan, the U.S. attempt to bring greater stability to a historically unstable region of the world is starting to once again take center stage in...

Live blog: McCollum Talk on Afghanistan and Pakistan

By Eric Ostermeier on April 9, 2007
12:00 pm. Representative McCollum's (MN-04) speech today is entitled, "American Foreign Policy: A Focus On Afghanistan." McCollum is a new member to the House Appropriations Committee and is the Senior Democratic Whip. McCollum just returned from a visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan. 12:10 pm. Congressmen from both sides of the...



Political Crumbs

Governor vs. Governor vs. Governor

May 16, 2012

The last election cycle saw five ex-governors attempt to win back their old jobs, with success stories in California (Jerry Brown), Iowa (Terry Branstad), and Oregon (John Kitzhaber). But in 1904, the State of Wisconsin saw three governors on the general election ballot: two-term Republican incumbent Robert La Follette, former two-term Democratic Governor William Peck (elected in 1890 and 1892), and former two-term Republican Governor Edward Scofield (elected in 1896 and 1898). La Follette - with Teddy Roosevelt at the top of the ticket winning the presidency - cruised to an 11.3-point victory over Peck with 50.5 percent of the vote. Scofield ran a distant fourth on the National Republican ticket with just 2.7 percent - also losing to Social Democrat William Arnold who received 5.5 percent, but beating Prohibition and Socialist Labor candidates.


A Vote for No One

May 9, 2012

More than 50,000 North Carolina residents who voted in the Tuesday's Republican presidential primary opted for 'no preference' on their ballot, or 5.2 percent. That marks the second highest percentage of those who have done so in the 40 years of the modern primary era, behind the 9.8 percent who indicated no preference during George H.W. Bush's rout over Pat Buchanan in the state twenty years ago in 1992. In 2008, 4.0 percent were likewise noncommittal, with 1.7 percent voting no preference in 2000, 3.8 percent in 1996, 1.0 percent in 1988, 2.7 percent in 1980, and 1.7 percent in 1976.


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