This election cycle has really exposed a problem the GOP has with dealing with the media. We started seeing it with Herman Cain, who is the only one to blame for his own campaign’s demise with his handling of the questions of inappropriate conduce while head of the National Restaurant Association. Instead of coming clean, […]
There has been a lot of questions about Mitt Romney’s income taxes and we finally got one answer: Q: What’s the effective rate you’ve been paying? ROMNEY: What’s the effective rate I’ve been paying? It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything, because my last ten years, I’ve, my income comes overwhelmingly from […]
As I have been saying for months now, the GOP’s biggest problem this year is going to be energizing the base. It seems like that problem is now starting to show: A new national poll from CNN shows two conflicting points of data. First, President Barack Obama remains vulnerable in a match-up with former Massachusetts […]
Blogging over at the Plumline, Jonathan Bernstein brings up a very interesting question: As Pema Levy reports in a nice item, the message among neutral Republicans over the weekend was simple: It’s time to shut down GOP WH 2012 before somebody gets hurt – in particular, the “somebody” being the very likely but ever-vulnerable Republican […]
Now this is really interesting: Wouldn’t it be great if a Republican presidential candidate could just buy the support of just about every major conservative talk show host in America? Well, it may not be as far-fetched as you may think. Clear Channel owns more radio stations (850) than anyone else in the United States. […]
I guess Santorum’s strong showing in Iowa helped them decide: After a two day meeting at a ranch outside of Houston a group of 150 Christian leaders, business leaders and conservative activists have coalesced behind Rick Santorum. Friday night surrogates from every GOP campaign (except that of Jon Huntsman) attended the meeting and made the […]
Just now in: A federal judge has ruled against four GOP presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia’s March 6 primary ballot: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. It’s pretty uncommon for the courts to get involved in primaries […]
If these numbers are correct, then it signifies a problem for the GOP this year – lack of enthusiasm: When you eliminate independents and Democrats from the 2008 equation, actual registered Republicans made up 61 percent of the roughly 239,000 votes cast in the GOP primary, putting the turnout among Republicans at around 145,790. But […]
Mitt Romney’s win in New Hampshire last night was a given the pundit world has talked about for months. Interesting enough though many are calling this the end game and now saying Romney is the nominee. I wouldn’t count on that quiet yet. Romney has constantly polled best in New Hampshire of all 50 states. […]
From Gallup: The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year, although the 40% who did so is the highest Gallup has measured, by one percentage point. More Americans continue to identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%. This year will be even more […]