Posts tagged “Rick Perry”
Fact Check? Anybody?
As the New Hampshire Primary inches closer and another round of Republican debates have come to an end, the news media has invariably published a barrage of ”Fact Check” articles that seek to discern fact from fiction when it comes to the claims of the Republican candidates. One glaringly false claim that has been left out by most [...]
The New Normal?
Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly makes a really good point about how accustomed the political news media has become to accepting the GOP candidates charges that President Obama is “un-American”: The idea that a leading major-party presidential candidate would throw around such rhetoric was, up until very recently, madness. The idea that such a candidate would [...]
Donald Trump, Home Alone Once More
Suddenly, Donald Trump‘s brief cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York has taken on a whole new meaning… CBS News (12/8/2011 1:40 p.m.): The planned Donald Trump-moderated Republican presidential debate seems to be turning into a bust. Rick Perry’s campaign indicated Thursday that the Texas governor will not participate, saying he will be focused [...]
Distinguishing Fact From Fiction
As the hours passed by today, I just couldn’t stop thinking about the madness that must exist in the Washington Times newsroom that would compel them to publish a whacko conspiracy by an anonymous source “who is friends with the Cain campaign” asserting that Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago – of all people – was [...]
A Complete Mess
The Cain camp’s handling of the allegations of sexual harassment have been downright bad. Since the release of the Politico piece that broke the story of the allegations, the messages coming from the Cain campaign have been contradictory and unconvincing. Most recently they have taken to blaming the Perry campaign for releasing the information that led to the Politico story. [...]
Hackery and Hyperbole
With the GOP primary underway, the candidates are all attacking Obama for the condition that the United States is in. Romney in particular is exceptionally good at answering questions in a way that is negative towards only the president and blames him. There is no question that the United States has some tremendous problems. These [...]
Rick Perry does it Bush Style
Having fallen to third place behind Herman Cain in multiple election polls, Rick Perry has had to adjust his approach to winning the hearts and minds of Republican voters. One interesting way he’s decided to do this is by raising his profile as a good ol’ boy. Taking one out of the George W. Bush [...]
Republican Debate Recap
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Herman Cain – The man with the rhymeable name
The Perry camp is scrambling. His stumble during the last GOP debate made big headlines, and the ground quickly shifted underneath the feet of the GOP primary. Who else but Herman Cain found himself in the spotlight after presumably scooping up many of those fleeing from the Perry camp. This surge of support to Cain [...]
Rick Perry, not good enough for the conservative base
As the Republican presidential race drags on into the fall, the Perry campaign is beginning to lose support among the conservative base. I say this mostly because of poor reception Rick Perry received during the Fox News/Google Debate after he displayed a seemingly tolerant, un-hawkish posture during a question about illegal immigration. Responding to a [...]