Category Archives: Elections

Politico Notices That A GOP Win In November Could Mean The End Of ObamaCare

Of course, since so many liberals and liberal companies have already received waivers, it wouldn’t mean all that much to themselves (Politico) Think the Supreme Court is where the future of President Barack Obama’s health care law will be settled? Think again. The real verdict on the future of Obama’s signature achievement will come in […]

Huntsman To End Campaign, Endorse Romney

Well, this is a surprise, he ran such a great campaign, what with him following the tried and true primary season plan where the candidate panders to independents and moderates….what’s that? They are supposed to pander to the base? Well, darn. Well, at least he went and attacked President Obama….huh? He said in his running […]

Romney Attacked For…Wait, Speaking French?

Well, this is a strange one (Politico) A new Web ad from Newt Gingrich’s campaign, “The French Connection,” stresses the similarities between Mitt Romney and John Kerry, tying the two Massachusetts politicians together with the fact that both of them speak French. “Just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too,” the ad’s narrator says of […]

Romney Gets Big Endorsement From Architect Of Arizona’s Immigration Law

This is a pretty big endorsement, considering that the GOP primary season is heading into South Carolina, a state with a large illegal immigrant population, and which has passed an Arizona type law (Washington Times) Mitt Romney collected the endorsements Wednesday of the architect of Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law, marking the final step on a journey […]

Super Helpful Manager Mitt Romney For President

You read the headline correctly: I staking my little spot in the Right-O-Sphere and endorsing Mitt Romney. Why? Let’s consider something that Jonah Goldberg wrote today that resonated with me …Romney has his faults, but his 2 percent milk personality makes him hard to demonize. He seems more like a super-helpful manager at a rental […]

Romney Takes New Hampshire, On To South Carolina

Not that it was a particularly big surprise that Romney won the Granite State (CNN) Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won a convincing victory in the New Hampshire primary, the second straight triumph for Romney and one that bolsters his front-runner status to take on President Barack Obama in November. All six Republican contenders head […]

Americans Overwhelmingly Fear An Obama Re-Election

That’s hard to understand, because he’s done so much for the America! (US News) When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne. Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters aren’t forgetting what they dislike about […]

Wait, There Was A Debate Sunday, Too?

Was anyone else aware of this, other than The Politico’s Maggie Haberman, or, were we all focused on the NFL Playoffs? Fortunately, Maggie was there to provide 6 takeaways 1) For the most part, the attacks on Mitt Romney didn’t stick Romney was under much more forceful attack in Sunday morning’s debate than he was […]

Poll: Romney Leads Among Likely GOP Primary Voters, Santorum Rising

But Newt is still hanging in (Rasmussen) Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, coming off his photo finish with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, is now in second place among Republican voters in the race for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken the night after the caucuses, shows […]

Santorum: Can A “Social Issues” Guy Win In An Election About The Economy?

Now that Rick Santorum has caught fire, coming in second in the Iowa caucuses by a mere 8 votes to Mitt Romney, can he keep that momentum going into New Hampshire and South Carolina? Or, is he the flavor of the week? George Will calls him a “fun candidate“. USA Today says he is within […]

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