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Clinton vs Obama: Which is an easier opponent?
2008-01-09 15:39:00 (image: abcnews) So it’s all tied up, 1 to 1. As I dozed off yesterday evening, only to be awakened at 11pm by the confusing site of a Hillary Clinton victory speech, I realized immediately that the game had completely changed. Obama has the immediate edge as he enters a South Carolina race which features a ... More About: Democrats , General , Linton
It?s McCain!
2008-01-09 14:36:00 (image: washingtonpost) Further along in my “anybody but Romney” quest for the Republican nomination, McCain thankfully wins the New Hampshire primary: McCain: 37% Romney: 32% Huckabee: 11% Giuliani: 9% Paul: 8% Thompson: 1% A few thoughts… Not quite the 9-point lashing Huckabee put on Romney in Iowa, but McCain’s victory was decisive enough hopefully for the pundits to begin ... More About: Fred Thompson , General , Three Amigos
Carolina?s a waitin?
2008-01-08 03:38:00 (image: destination360) George W. won Iowa in 2000. He went on to loose New Hampshire and Michigan shortly after to John McCain. But the old moderate soldier just couldn’t outlast his southern rival once South Carolina had a say in the matter. Sound familiar? New Rasmussen numbers out of South Carolina: Huckabee: 28% McCain: 21% Romney: 15% Thompson: 11% Giuliani: 10% Two significants ... More About: General , Three Amigos
SC SurveyUSA Poll: Huck+17
2008-01-08 03:12:00 SurveyUSA poll just out of South Carolina: Huckabee: 36% Romney: 19% McCain: 17% Thompson: 11% Giuliani: 9% More About: General , Poll
Back On Track
2008-01-08 03:11:00 (image: flickr) Despite establishment attempts to damage his Iowa chances, new Gallup numbers have Huck up nationally again. Huckabee: 25% Giuliani: 20% McCain: 19% Thompson: 12% Romney: 9% Rasmussen also has him up nationally: Huckabee: 20% McCain: 19% Giuliani: 17% Romney: 15% Thompson: 11% More About: General , Mike Huckabee , Back , Track
The Question: Who Beats Obama?
2008-01-05 18:35:00 (image: peakaction) It wasn’t merely a victory, but a 9-point lashing of his opponents in Iowa. He’s stayed neck-and-neck in New Hampshire polls, long before any ramifications of a bounce out of the hawkeye state, and is currently leading in South Carolina. Yes, I believe it likely that Barack Obama will win the Democratic nomination. Every so ... More About: Question , Beats
Nasty Mitt Romney
2008-01-05 15:07:00 (image: laist) Mitt Romney will always be a part of our coveted “Three Amigos ” group, a euphemism we use to refer to the questionable conservatism of Rudy, Mitt, and John, but we need to come up with a new name for Romney’s alter ego (any suggestions can go in the comment box). What did this clown not ... More About: General , Nasty
2 Republican debates this weekend
2008-01-05 13:55:00 (image: nationalgeographic) Saturday-January, 5 7pm Saint Anselm College-Manchester, NH ABC and Facebook jointly host Invites: John McCain, Mike Huckabee , Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson , Ron Paul (Duncan Hunter excluded) Sunday-January, 6 TBA New Hampshire Republican Party-Milford, NH Fox News Channel Invites: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson (Ron Paul/Duncan Hunter excluded). More About: Debates , General
Underestimated: What the skeptics don?t get about Mike Huckabee
2008-01-04 22:37:00 (image: boston.com) Through all the talk radio shows, blogs read, and even conversations with Republican friends, I’ve heard more names thrown the way of Mike Huckabee than I can think of. He’s a Socialist, a right-wing nutball, a bible-thumper, and outright stupid (curiously Ann Coulter of all people had the audacity to say this). Last night’s huge ... More About: General , Skeptics
California: 8 Point Game
2008-01-04 22:20:00 (image: elcivics) So much for Rudy’s big state strategy. Already threatened in this month’s Florida election, here’s a recent Field Poll out of California : Giuliani: 25% Huckabee: 17% More About: General , Game , Three Amigos , Point
David Brooks: The Two Earthquakes
2008-01-04 22:08:00 (image: thinkprogress) David Brooks has an excellent piece at NYTimes.com today. It’s a message to those who would fear a Mike Huckabee candidacy, and speaks of a new coalition boiling about in the Republican Party, apart from the stale old guard. On the Republican side, my message is: Be not afraid. Some people are going to tell ... More About: Earthquakes , General
It?s Not Just Evangelicals
2008-01-04 21:29:00 (image: nytimes) Despite a whopping nine point advantage in last night’s Iowa caucus vote, we’ll continue to hear about the Huckabee phenomenon as merely a propellant of Evangelical Christians. I shouldn’t have to remind conservatives that unlike the Pat Robertson run of 1988, a race many a confused skeptic like to compare to 2008, Huckabee ... More About: General , Evangelicals
Further on ?Farewell and Down with Huckabee?
2008-01-04 20:58:00 In further noting to our readers that Lee and I may have “political differences” over Governor Huckabee , as apparent in his “Farewell and Down with Huckabee” post, know that a subject this trivial hasn’t caused, in any way, some tiff between us, or promoted his absence from the site. I merely wanted to publically ... More About: General
Farewell and Down with Huckabee
2008-01-04 20:31:00 Hello friends, Lee here. I must apologize for my absence from PP lately, as I’ve been a little preoccupied with the paying life. Things are likely to get more consuming in that respect in coming months, so I’m going to formally disengage from Postpolitical and turn it over to Jason full-time from here on. But spurring ... More About: General , Farewell , Huckabee
Come on ol? buddy? it?s time.
2008-01-04 14:00:00 (image: observer) Fred Thompson’s a great guy, but it’s time for him to go. I’ve watched all the media coverage this morning, and it seems his campaign actually thinks last night’s distant 3rd place showing in the Iowa caucus was one to celebrate. It wasn’t. Let’s break this down. Thompson, the supposed “conservative alternative”, received just 13% ... More About: General , Time , Buddy
Top Ten Reasons I Dislike Mitt Romney
2008-01-02 03:06:00 (image: mcclatchydc) #10: He’s too polished. With every carefully scripted word uttered from his Ken Doll-like lips, you get the feel of an insincere chairman type, presenting his company employees with cuts to their benefits (all designed to be positive improvements in your life of course). Yeah, he sounds good, but you know it’s all bull. #9: ... More About: General , Mitt Romney , Three Amigos , Reasons , Romney
Two New Huck Ads
2007-12-31 22:16:00 I’m still working on finding the mysterious attack ad created in response to Mitt Romney’s campaign. It was created for this week, almost unveiled at an “enough is enough” press conference this morning in Iowa, but then taken off the air at the last minute by Huckabee’s choice to not run a negative campaign. For ... More About: General
The Duo: Huckabee/McCain Would Make a Great Ticket
2007-12-31 06:19:00 Just a little late night statement before bed… I think Mike Huckabee and John McCain would make an excellent ticket together. It strikes me as interesting just how much these two men need each other, beyond their bi-state mutual tag team against Mitt Romney right now. Place the ticket in any order, one compliments the ... More About: General , Great , Three Amigos , Make , Ticket
Huck on Meet The Press
2007-12-31 05:36:00 Going into this Sunday’s interview on Meet The Press , I’m sure other Mike Huckabee fans, like myself, were curious to see how the governor would fair against Tim Russert’s tough journalism, namely on the subject of foreign policy which has been a soft spot for his campaign lately. Any recent candidate on MTP has suffered nothing ... More About: General , The Press , Meet The Press
Huh?
2007-12-31 04:02:00 (image: abcnews) OK… Can anyone out there who once supported Fred Thompson please do the rest of the conservatives a favor and throw their support to a guy that might actually win the nomination, like Mike Huckabee or John McCain, in the hope that the two fakes, Rudy and Romney, won’t get it? Here are some new ... More About: General
What do these men have in common?
2007-12-30 18:37:00 1. Governors of geographically electable states. 2. No foreign policy experience as candidates for president. 3. All three either attempted to, or did raise taxes, during their tenures as governor. 4. Controversial support surrounded their candidacies. 5. They were underestimated. Just four days away from the first official state contest, the Iowa caucuses, Republicans have a choice to make on ... More About: General , Mike Huckabee , Three Amigos , Common
Truce Candidate?
2007-12-29 05:09:00 (image: johnmccain.com) Sure, he kinda sucks on some issues, but is John McCain shaping up to be the truce candidate for the Republican Party? It sure seems that way if you listen to chat circles of late. Let’s explore the pros and cons of McCain. Cons: Voted against the Bush tax cuts, McCain-Feingold, pro-amnesty for illegals, tends ... More About: General , Three Amigos , Candidate
Don?t worry? It?s cool.
2007-12-29 04:38:00 For those of you worried about Mike Huckabee’s lack of foreign policy experience, the guys at RedState have obtained photographic evidence that Huckabee once stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. It’s cool… RedState Story More About: General , Cool , Worry
On God and Politics
2007-12-28 23:02:00 (image: rondicianni.com) Politics has been awash with themes of Christmas this year, undoubtedly those primary candidates vying for the largest base of celebrating Christians in places like Iowa and New Hampshire. We have Mike Huckabee’s “floating cross” ad, though he claims it’s only a bookshelf, and others less worthy of praise like Rudy Giuliani’s “fruitcake ad”, ... More About: Religion , Christianity , History , General
I may boycott Bill Bennett?s morning show
2007-12-28 16:00:00 (image: mikechurch) Enough with the line in the sand politics! Bill Bennett was discussing the primary race this morning when I heard him make a disturbing comment. Next week, in the lead up to the Iowa caucuses, Bennett will host the Republican presidential candidates for a discussion on his morning show. The problem? He isn’t inviting Governor ... More About: Show , Morning , Boycott
The Definition of Experience
2007-12-28 03:40:00 (image: nytimes) The world had problems long before the day Benazir Bhutto was killed. Back in the 2000 presidential race, I remember a common campaign term called “gravitas”. I’m still not quite sure of its definition, but we were all guessing as to whether a young governor from Texas had any or not. I guess ... More About: General , Pakistan , Mike Huckabee , Bush administration , Experience
Christmas Bounce?
2007-12-28 03:01:00 (image: time.com) Just one week away from the Iowa caucuses, Mike Huckabee may have received some promising news from a new Times/Bloomberg poll. According to new numbers, Huckabee has taken a commanding 14 point lead over rival Mitt Romney. While Huckabee’s marginal lead in Iowa has swayed between 3 and 14 points respectively in most major ... More About: Christmas , General , Three Amigos , Bounce
Standstill
2007-12-27 21:40:00 (image: abcnews) Today’s Rasmussen numbers are showing a trend, that national support for Republican candidates is at a standstill. Since before the Christmas holiday, GOP poll rankings haven’t changed much, suggesting that non-Iowa residents may be waiting to see results from the Iowa contest to pick the man who looks like a winner. Huckabee: 20% Giuliani: 18% McCain: 14% Romney: ... More About: Fred Thompson , General , Three Amigos
Fox: Huckabee has strong lead in Oklahoma
2007-12-27 17:23:00 (image: okhouse) A new Fox poll out today has Mike Huckabee commanding a sharp lead in Oklahoma . Huckabee: 29% McCain: 17% Giuliani: 11% Romney: 9% Thompson: 8% An interesting fact about these southern state polls continues to be the lagging interest in Mitt Romney. The rise of Mike Huckabee rules out the myth that southern voters are rejecting the former Massachusetts governor ... More About: Tom Tancredo , General , Strong
North Carolina: Clinton beats Romney, Looses to Huck
More articles from this author:2007-12-27 16:39:00 (image: 22ndnorthcarolina) While state polls for the general elections cannot be accurately predicted this early, if today’s Rasmussen poll out of North Carolina is an example of anything, it’s that Mitt Romney plays incredibly weak in the American south. Adding to another recent poll which showed Romney loosing to Hillary Clinton in Texas, yes… Texas, Clinton is ... More About: General , Mike Huckabee , Three Amigos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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