Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: How Ruy Teixeira Got it Wrong on ‘Swing Vote’

When one gets a laughably bad review of a book that one has spent two years working on, the immediate reaction is—he’s a jerk, he didn’t like my book; so what—a lot of other people did. But in the case of Ruy Teixeira’s New Republic review of my book, The Swing Vote, a closer examination makes clear he has an agenda, and it has nothing to do with reviewing a book. In the purported review he lists a string of falsehoods, and claims swing voters are a myth on par with the unicorn, which begged for a rebuttal.
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Why Congress May Be Done for the Year

The American people think Congress is broken and judging by its track record that assessment is accurate. The average House and Senate member now sides with their party about 90 percent of the time, according to a recent Congressional Quarterly study, a level of lockstep agreement that reflects the most profound partisan polarization in Congress in 100 years. Now, with Democrats trying to hold onto their majority in the Senate and Republicans trying to win it as the election draws closer, the chance that legislative comity might improve is close to vanishing.
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Rick Santorum’s Last Stand?

It was a slightly tired-looking and sounding Rick Santorum who greeted supporters at an American Legion post in Westerville, on Columbus’ north side Monday afternoon. His voice a bit hoarse, Santorum began by setting the stakes for Ohio’s role on Super Tuesday, “It’s always make or break here.” Polling has shown Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of Santorum in Ohio among GOP primary voters and a loss here could mean the end of the road for Santorum, whose long-short presidential bid has gone further than he may have dared to dream, but is now foundering from a lack of resources. Romney has spent $12 million on negative TV ads in Ohio, compared to Santorum’s less than $1 million, the candidate said.
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