A few things have been going on in my life over the last year or two, most notably that my wife and I welcomed our first baby this past summer. It's been an extraordinary, wonderful, and rewarding time in our lives. (It's been a challenging and exhausting one, too)! Long story short: there's been no time for me to blog, and further -- and quite frankly -- the issues and people dominating the political headlines since the election of President Obama haven't been compelling enough to inspire me to take to the keyboard! With my son now just over 6 months old (and finally sleeping consistently!), and with the political news again capturing my attention, I thought it might be time to try and resuscitate "Bragging Writes". Besides, with 2011's arrival comes the "officially unofficial" beginning of the 2012 presidential campaign. I know that's crazily premature, but it's the reality in today's political world. And premature or not, nothing gets my blood pumping (and thus my fingers typing) more than a presidential campaign!
So with all of that said, today I'm going to "borrow" from one of my former professors at the University of Virginia, the esteemed Dr. Larry Sabato, Professor of Politics at U.Va., director of The U.Va. Center for Politics, best-selling author, and eerily accurate prognosticator of elections. In this morning's "Crystal Ball" piece, Sabato gets the ball rolling by handicapping the potential contenders for the Republican Nomination in 2012.
You can read the entire piece here, and below is the graphic which gives you the short and sweet version:
So take a look, give it a read, and we'll circle back here in a week or so to discuss in a bit more detail. My thanks to Dr. Sabato for the analysis, the above graphic, and most of all, for serving as a catalyst for my return to blogging!
