Youth In Revolt

Youth In Revolt is a weekly blog summarizing and critiquing the events in the run-up to the 2012 US elections. It covers the social, economic, and political issues affecting the campaigns and assesses the role of the media in American politics.

Author: Nic Carter

Youth In Revolt: Santorum Pulls Out of the Race

It’s over. Rick Santorum, the candidate whose anti-gay views made him the target of one of the more successful internet..

Youth in Revolt: Romney Stumbles Again on Super Tuesday

‘Super Tuesday’ is often a day in which the frontrunner puts the campaign beyond doubt, amassing an insurmountable delegate lead..

Youth in Revolt: The Great Republican Schism of 2012

How did the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Reagan come to this? ‘Caught between a rock and a..

Youth in Revolt: Rick Santorum Wages War on Sex

It’s official. We have a new frontrunner in the Republican race for the presidency. If you’ve lost count, he’s the..

Youth In Revolt: The Threat of New American Exceptionalism

Rick Santorum surged from behind a week ago, winning all three Republican caucuses and throwing open the farcical race for..

Youth In Revolt: Herman Cain ousted for all the wrong reasons

The US presidential race was rid of another pretender to the throne this weekend, as frontrunner Herman Cain suspended his..

Youth In Revolt: Occupy Deconstructed

It has become disturbingly common in this town to hear the Occupy Wall Street and its associated protest movements characterized..