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That's true, and they also have by far the highest number of first generation millionaires per capita.

Are you attributing the "soon to haves" line to Mitch Daniels. Obama said it in his SOTU address.

I'll buy that argument.

Sure, but in all fairness, they weren't exactly living it up. They were living in a basement apartment that was the equivalent of about $300/month in today's prices. Again, I can just start naming off people that I know who's parents pay more than that on college housing for them. And these...

Well stated, but I actually view his privileged history as a positive. I can cited many examples of children who technically didn't inherit the wealth yet, but are certainly riding the coattails of their parents. They didn't or haven't taken the initiative to make their own way in the...

Didn't hurt either that Marco Rubio cut the legs out from under Newt the other day after Newt released an add calling Romney the new Charlie Christ and anti-immigration. Rubio, who is generally completely neutral, took it upon himself to counter that ad and call for Newt to remove it. Newt...

Yeah, there is a pretty fair amount of documented history. People can say a lot of things about Romney, but to suggest that he didn't earn his own way in the world is way off base. Everyone around him testifies to the fact that he was insanely driven and skilled in both school and his career.

Documented inheritance that Romney kept includes; 1) A car as a wedding gift. To be expected since his dad was CEO of American Motors. 2) Help paying for undergrad school expenses, including travel to visit home. 3) Help in purchasing their first home. He and his wife lived in a...

Yes, I think the Dems were just as desperate during the '08 election as the GOP is this time around.

Inherited? Please provide evidence to back up that claim. Everything that I've ever found suggests that beyond an education, he didn't inherit anything from his parents.

I actually think that a big factor in this is desperation in the GOP. Not the candidates, but the voters. They are desperate for something different next fall. This desperation is causing an extreme amount of second guessing. If any candidate even appears weak at all, he is discarded in...

I've never seen nor heard of a presidential election with such dramatically influential debates. We are talking about debates causing 15-30 point swings in this GOP race in mere days. Certainly there were the Lincoln/Douglas debates, but that was a bit of a different situation in that it was...

In the interests of full disclosure, Pelosi today denied that she had any "new" information on Newt, suggesting that her comments were regarding information that is already public. Like I said before. I immediately assumed she was exaggerating, so I didn't take her all that seriously at...

At least $100K would be assumed, as all the other devout Mormon donate 10% regardless of income.

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, he gave about 10% to his church and another 5% to other charities. Nevermind the fact that the Mormon church is very well known for their humanitarian and welfare work throughout the world, even if you eliminate the amount sent to his church, he still donated more...

Exactly, the first knee jerk reaction is much more telling than the prepared response a few weeks later after the candidate has consulted with his advisers and polled focus groups.

All things considered in the above post, my personal opinion is that we need to be a bit careful with regard to the idea that elected officials are there simply to represent the will of the people. It could be argued that the legislative branch is there to simply represent the will of the...

I'm not saying they should. I'm saying that is the reality. But Tsing Tao is getting at the core issue. Are the people electing you to push your own agenda, or are they electing you to represent them? Since we are talking about Romney's evolving positions, we'll consider his most...

The biggest disagreement that I had with it was when he talked about the Buffet Tax rule. He described the tax situation as having just two options. According to his speech, if the rich don't pay more, then: 1) The deficit goes up or 2) Someone else makes up the difference...

A large shift to the right from where he has been for three years. Certainly sounds more like a campaign speech than a state of the union. If he actually implemented all of those ideas during his first three years, his re-election would be a given.