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GOP would be wise to understand nature of Ron Paul?s appeal
2012-01-04 18:41:00 Anticipating Ron Paul finishing ahead of Rick Santorum last night in Iowa, I had outlined a number of posts on the significance of the libertarian Republican’s strength. Despite his third place showing last night, the Texas Republican still has a strong following in the GOP and among unaffiliated voters. Last night in their commentary on ... More About: Freedom , Nature
Santorum?s critique of conservatives echoes Obama?s
2012-01-04 17:07:00 Rick Santorum, David Harsanyi writes, . . . grumbles about too many conservatives believing in unbridled ?personal autonomy? and subscribing to the ?idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do ? that we shouldn?t get involved in the bedroom (and) we shouldn?t get involved in cultural issues.? ... More About: Obama , Conservatives
Time for Romney to Put Forward Bold Economic Plan
2012-01-04 15:36:00 This morning on CNBC, Steve Forbes, who made a bid for the 1996 GOP nomination, offered perhaps the best concise criticism of Mitt Romney (well, except for that of a regular reader V the K, “an opportunistic political windsock, who doesn?t reveal his core but simply responds with robotic talking points“). Forbes called Romney’s economic ... More About: Time , Economic
Romney wins Iowa (by 8 votes), Newt far behind
2012-01-04 14:15:00 With 30,015 votes (6 shy of his tally four years ago), Mitt Romney edged out Rick Santorum by 8 votes to win the Iowa caucuses last night. Seems that late deciders broke for the former Pennsylvania Senator. Ron Paul came in third, roughly 4,000 votes behind the frontrunners. Newt Gingrich who once led polls in ...
Perry Dropping Out?
2012-01-04 06:00:00 Sure sounds like that way from his speech tonight in Iowa — about going back to Texas to reassess. ”With a little prayer and reflection, I am going to decide the best path forward.” Carl Cameron just said it sounds like Rick Perry “might be winnowing himself.”
What explains the Santorum surge?
2012-01-04 04:59:00 As I write this, we not yet know the winner of the Iowa caucuses, but do know that Rick Santorum has done much better than most pundits and bloggers (save perhaps Stacy McCain) predicted. Right now, Rick Santorum holds a lead of 13 votes over Mitt Romney, with Ron Paul in third. Santorum is, as ... More About: Surge
A historical thought on significance of Iowa caucuses
2012-01-04 03:50:00 In 1980, George H.W. Bush edged out Ronald Reagan in the Iowa caucuses 32% to 30%. He lost the nomination to Reagan. Eight years later, after serving seven years as Reagan’s Vice President, H.W. finished third with 19% of the vote behind Bob Dole who snagged 37% of the vote and Pat Robertson who snagged ... More About: America , Thought , Historical , Caucuses
Turnout up big time in Iowa caucuses?
2012-01-04 02:54:00 Michael Barone thinks a high turnout in Waukee, Iowa , “an exurb of Des Moines in Dallas County” means turnout in this “fast-growing area” will be up 20% from 2008. Just another sign of amped up Republican enthusiasm this year: One of the big stories of the 2008 nomination process was the fact that turnout was much ... More About: Time , Caucuses
FoxNews Projects Michele Bachmann to Finish Last
2012-01-04 02:47:00 . . . . of top six candidates in Iowa caucuses. Bummer. More About: Projects
Was Newt In It to Win It When He Entered Presidential Contest?
2012-01-04 02:00:00 Every now and again, I wonder if my former boss (I once interned for then-Congressman Newt Gingrich before he became Speaker of the House) entered the 2012 presidential contest not so much because he thought he could win but because he craved the limelight — and saw his candidacy as a chance to get some ... More About: Contest , Presidential , Random Thoughts
Entering the homestretch of Obama?s re-election effort
2012-01-04 00:00:00 As Glenn Reynolds, who linked this piece might say, “Heh”: Now a prestigious address has fallen to harder times. Its once Top 10 schools are now only in the top tier. Perhaps that is as fitting a place as any in the United States for Barack Obama to begin the final year of his 4-year-long ... More About: Election
Ron Paul win likely today in Iowa(but late-deciders could confound this cal
2012-01-03 22:34:00 As I was preparing a post saying that if I were a betting man, I’d bet on Ron Paul to win the Iowa caucuses today, I received an unusual e-mail, reporting that the “Irish betting company Paddy Power” has determined Mitt Romney to be the favourite for today?s Iowa caucus: ”The former Massachusetts governor is available ... More About: Today
WELCOME TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2012
2012-01-03 16:21:00 Today it begins. Tomorrow we dance. Or something. I’ll be monitoring the Iowa Cauci tonight on Twitter. So please follow me there. All the snarkiness and insults for the price of…well, it’s free! We will leave this posting up throughout the day for your comments as we get close to vote total time. I’m sure ... More About: Presidential , Campaign
Is the 2012 GOP field as weak as it appears?(History suggests there may be
2012-01-03 14:19:00 Back in 1980 as Ronald Reagan began racking up victories in Republican primaries and caucuses, establishment Republicans were in a panic, fearing that by nominating such an extreme conservative, the party faithful were jeopardizing their best chance to unseat a Democratic incumbent since the year before the United States entered the First World War. Indeed, ... More About: History , American History
Seems Obama would rather campaign than govern
2012-01-03 13:32:00 Gotta love this headline on Yahoo!: As the Democrat returns to Washington from his vacation, he’s not talking about putting forward ideas to address this nation’s problems in the last full year of his first (and hopefully last) term so much as he’s getting ready to amp his campaign for reelection: With an eye on ... More About: Change , Obama , Campaign , Hope
Do Democrats not like President Obama?
2012-01-03 00:27:00 Finding “a lot of 1980 in the 2012 presidential election,” Peggy Noonan opined on Friday that The incumbent looks smaller than previous sitting presidents, as did Jimmy Carter. His efforts in the Oval Office have not been generally understood as successful. There’s a broad sense it hasn’t worked. And Democrats don’t like him, as they ... More About: President , Change , Obama , Hope
A (Yellow) Feather in Mitt Romney?s Cap
2012-01-02 23:28:00 Although he has been occasionally replaced, Mitt Romeny still maintains his frontrunner status in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. And yet a certain segment of the conservative electorate remains skeptical of the former Massachusetts governor’s commitment to cutting spending. Well, here’s one piece of evidence that he plans to go after politically popular ... More About: Mitt Romney , Yellow
Is the 2012 GOP field as weak as it appears?(History suggests there may be
2012-01-02 14:19:00 Back in 1980 as Ronald Reagan began racking up victories in Republican primaries and caucuses, establishment Republicans were in a panic, fearing that by nominating such an extreme conservative, the party faithful were jeopardizing their best chance to unseat a Democratic incumbent since the year before the United States entered the First World War. Indeed, ... More About: History , American History
Not many reasons to vote for Obama this time around
2012-01-02 06:32:00 In a front page article yesterday, Mark L. Andler of the New York Time s reported that President Obama is heading into his re-election campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation in 2012 because of Republican hostility toward his agenda. Andler fails to ... More About: Change , Vote , Hope
Happy New Year. . .
2012-01-01 06:30:00 . . . to all our readers! More About: Holidays , New Year , Happy , Happy New Year
Ten year boom in government expansion?!?!
2011-12-31 22:00:00 Just caught this in a piece Megan McArdle penned on the growth in Washington, D.C. (that had Glenn linked on Instapundit): In the next few years, it’s reasonable to expect that the ten year boom in government expansion will come to an end. Does that mean that the DC housing-and-retail boom ends with it? Will ... More About: America , Government
Slow Blogging/Economics Bleg
2011-12-30 18:18:00 I apologize for not blogging as much as I normally do, even as much as I would like, but am now on a vacation with my family in Florida and when the choice comes down to reading/writing about politics and spending time with my siblings or nibblings, well, I prefer the latter. You could kind ... More About: Economy , Economics , Family , Blogging
The GOP presidential field & ?this extraordinary moment?
2011-12-28 07:36:00 In a comment to my post on the possibility of a Ron Paul victory in Iowa, our reader davinci expressed his grudging backing of a certain candidate: I was undecided for much of the year, then went with Gingrich for about a month. But as a history prof, he should know better than to pressure and ... More About: Presidential , Moment
On wealth & happiness
2011-12-28 00:54:00 After visiting a college classmate recovering from surgery in her northern California home, I had a nice (long) breakfast with a high school classmate who lived in the neighboring town. As we caught up on our lives since those difficult days of adolescence, we shared stories about lessons learned and classmates encountered in the years ... More About: Wealth , Random Thoughts , Happiness
972 days (since Democratic Senate passed a budget)
2011-12-28 00:18:00 Every time your Democratic friends and interlocutors accuse the House Republicans of being an obstructionist “do-nothing” chamber of Congress , remind them of this fact: as of today, December 27, 2011, it has been 972 days since Senate Democrats passed a a budget. And during that nearly three-year period, the president’s party enjoyed a supermajority in ... More About: Media Bias , Budget
Obama to ask for another hike in debt limit
2011-12-27 20:01:00 Every now and again, you’ll run into an Obama supporter who will insist that the Democrat has not raised government spending. Now, not even five months after the conclusion of the debt ceiling negotiations this summer, The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government’s ... More About: Debt
Could Ron Paul win Iowa?
2011-12-27 19:48:00 Ever since Newt Gingrich started slumping in the polls, a number of pundits and bloggers have been wondering if Ron Paul might end up winning the Iowa cauci. He has a dedicated base of supporters. And currently leads in the RealClear Politics average: Dedicated supporters are more likely to show up on a cold winter night ... More About: Freedom
Obama marked down
2011-12-27 04:30:00 Welcome Instapundit Readers!! Seems Obama memorabilia is on clearance. Even at the Food Mart near Lost Hills, California off I-5, these “collectors’” plates hadn’t been selling well until today — when they had many travelers journeying between the two deep blue metropolitan areas of the (once-)Golden State: Thanks Glenn for linking so quickly! More About: Change , Hope
WaPo runs Solyndra story on day after Christmas
2011-12-26 18:00:00 The left-leaning daily in our nation’s capital is finally reporting on an Obama administration scandal, but do wonder if they are doing so deliberately on a day when most people aren’t paying much attention to the news. At least they do report how “infused” the green technology program was “at every level“: Meant to create ... More About: Christmas , Story , Media Bias
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
More articles from this author:2011-12-25 21:39:00 Saxby — the original PatriotPooch — wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas from South Carolina. Good tidings for all. And a very special Merry Christmas to our men and women in the US Armed Forces who have recently come home from Iraq. God Bless you and your families. John (PatriotPartner) & I also wish you ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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