Make his day. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gave Mitt Romney the nod on Fox & Friends. “Today is the day that I’m throwing all of my support behind Mitt Romney for president,”Haley said on FOX & Friends. “What I want was someone who is not part of the chaos that is Washington. What I [...]
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Newt Gingrich Pummeled, but did Romney Surprise Some Iowans?
The polling data I’ve seen over the past two or three days suggests that Newt Gingrich’s momentum has stopped — and has probably reversed itself. The most troubling numbers for Mr. Gingrich are in Iowa, where three recent polls show that his lead — which had been in double-digits just a week ago — has [...]

On Debate Day, Newt Lands $20 Million from Vegas Mogul
Republican nomination for $20 million, please. Who’s getting creamed in the ad wars in Iowa and seeing his polls numbers slide? Answer, of course is Newt Gingrich, who is about to get some much needed financial assistance. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is planning to direct $20 million to an outside group backing Newt Gingrich’s presidential [...]

Why Newt Committed The Cardinal Sin Among Conservatives
We should not expect Gingrich to understand this until he understands that his work for Freddie Mac was not, as he laughably insists, in “the private sector.” – George Will What George Will has done today is focus on Newt Gingrich’s “traditionalism,” which brings back former Speaker Dennis Hastert’s quote about Michele Bachmann. “It had [...]

The Romney as Hillary Headline Finally Appears
WASHINGTON – Oh, what a set up. Thank you Politico. First it was floated on NBC’s First Read, then came Politico. This is my wheel house. Having written the book, quite literally, on what happened (which hits Amazon and Apple tomorrow), there isn’t anyone who can speak to this subject better.
IOWA: Gingrich 22, Ron Paul 21
There has been some major movement in the Republican Presidential race in Iowa over the last week, with what was a 9 point lead for Newt Gingrich now all the way down to a single point. Gingrich is at 22% to 21% for Paul with Mitt Romney at 16%, Michele Bachmann at 11%, Rick Perry [...]
Trump Bails on his own Apprentice Debate
Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will not moderate next month’s GOP debate sponsored by Newsmax. – Trump pulls out of GOP debate The debate was actually scheduled for later this month, not “next month.” Trump cited sheer terror from the Establishment Republican crowd that he might run as an independent. Yeah, that’s it. Showing [...]
Pres. Obama: ‘Our war in Iraq ends this month.’
Meanwhile, interesting tidbit on Pres. Obama in South Carolina in the latest NBC News/Marist poll: In South Carolina — a reliable Republican state in presidential contests — Obama’s approval rating stands at 44 percent, and he holds narrow leads over Romney (45 to 42 percent) and Gingrich (46 to 42 percent). Obama leads both Republicans [...]
One Reason Why Newt is Clocking Romney in the Polls
Romney team demands Newt give back money from Freddie Mac. Gingrich schools him on how it’s done. In the sound bite game, Romney’s an amateur compared to Gingrich.
CBS Poll: 54% Say Pres. Obama Doesn’t Deserve to be Reelected
Just 41 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama has performed his job well enough to be elected to a second term, whereas 54 percent don’t think so. The president’s overall approval rating remains in the mid-40′s, according to a CBS News poll – lower than the approval ratings of Mr. Obama’s four presidential predecessors at [...]
Romney’s $10,000 Bet Trends Worldwide, While Gingrich Flunks History
While Twitter and the press were giddy over Romney’s $10,000 bet-pocalypse line, the serious gaffes of the night went to “historian” Newt Gingrich, who called himself a Reagan conservative, doubling down on his “invented” Palestinian line, which doesn’t come close to Reagan’s views at all. Throughout this period of difficult and time-consuming negotiations, we never [...]
Newt Nibbles the Bait
In a report from Jake Tapper, Newt Gingrich takes the bait and gets down into it a bit on Romney. His ego made him do it. DOMENECH: And, of course, that Contract is one that your primary opponent Mitt Romney did not support. I wanted to ask you a question based on – GINGRICH: That’s [...]
Romney Retools, Starts by Stiffing Trump
The Mitt Romney campaign is making an immediate shift in tactics, a move that is necessary because, as one Republican close the campaign put it, “What they are doing now isn’t working.” – ABC News video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Romney has already begun giving time to Fox News Channel and now he’s decided to [...]
Republicans in a Panic Over Gingrich Nomination
“… I am not supporting Newt. I am not going to vote Newt. I will not support him in any way. .. He is not a nice human being. … He de-humanizes anybody who gets in his way. … The Republicans I talk to say he cannot win the nomination at any cost. He will [...]

Roger Ailes’ FNC Retooling Catches Romney Off Guard
Spotting the reporter, Mr. Romney’s aides sprang into action, asking where he worked and what he was doing there, and then insisting that he not physically approach Mr. Romney before or after he was questioned on television by the attorneys general and Mr. Huckabee. [...] Mr. Gingrich, coming out of the studio after a tough [...]
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