Posts filed under “GOP Primary 2012”
Romney’s Lingering Troubles
Today on This Week (now with George Stephanopolous) George Will phrased the essence of what happened in South Carolina in a simplistic but accurate way. He said, “Mitt Romney’s problem is somehow his Romney-ness… there is something about him that is not connecting.” The populist wing of the republican party wants a game changing candidate. They [...]
Bizarro Election Day #1
When I speak in private and people ask me for handicaps of the different races in the news on I always assign percentages. Recently I had been giving Romney an 85 percent shot of taking the nomination and a 60-70 percent shot at taking the general. Often times after giving these numbers I’m asked why [...]
Picking Apart the Santorum Bounce
The age of Santorum is upon us. Iowa has given rise to the final potential challenger to Romney just in time for New Hampshire. But, will his rise give way to the downfall of Mittens? My prediction, along with many others, is no. Indeed, I stand among those who are convinced that Romney is, at this point, [...]
Iowa Caucuses Live Blog
All day today I’ll be pseudo live blogging about the Iowa Caucuses and the GOP 2012 nomination in general. All times are EST. 2:37 – Romney wins. Changes little, but makes my prediction picture perfect, so I’m happy about that. Good night! 2:10 – Twitter is ablaze with reports about a 14 point margin in [...]
Iowa and Paul’s racism
Two days after New Year’s Day, the Iowa Caucuses begin. This will officially kick off the start of the Republican presidential primary election. Historically, the Iowa Caucuses have received a great deal of attention, but retain questionable substantive importance. Winners arguably gain “momentum,” which is poli-talk for enhanced legitimacy, notability and positive morale among campaign staffers (not to [...]
Saying Goodbye to Herman Cain
Herman Cain has officially “suspended” his bid for the Republican nomination for president. The announcement comes after Cain had been accused of a 13-year affair with a woman he claims was just a long time friend. During Cain’s announcement of his campaign ending, he specifically attributed his leaving the race to the many accusations of [...]
The Threat of Gingrich
I don’t like the most recent poll that shows Newt Gingrich as the front runner (with 28%). The PPP (Public Policy Polling) poll has some funky results that make me question whether they got a good sample of Republicans. For instance, it still has Herman Cain at 25%, which beats Romney at 18%. While the PPP, and [...]
Things That Herman Cain Dosn’t Know
I will try to make this one of the last posts I make on Herman Cain for a while. He is an easy target, but as more news breaks about allegations of sexual harassment he is unquestionably the epicenter of politics right now. The very fact he is being taken serious in this campaign is [...]
Cain v. The Media
In a recent interview with Fox News Herman Cain’s Chief of Staff, Mark Block, stated that Herman Cain’s campaign was considering suing Politico.com. On the scandal, Block said, “we have ran a different kind of campaign and we are not going to play by the rules that the media has established. The fact of the matter [...]
Republican Debate Recap
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