SEN. KELLY AYOTTE gets the spotlight on the Fourth of July from Mitt Romney. Ayotte will be the first vice presidential short-lister to appear publicly with the presumptive Republican nominee during his week-long vacation at his Lake Winnipesaukee retreat. Her appearance also gives Romney the chance to meet with Ayotte privately at his home. – [...]
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TPaw Endorses Romney
“Perry’s support comes mostly from Republicans who support the tea party movement, although he has a statistically insignificant edge among non-tea party Republicans as well,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. – New CNN Poll: Perry on top when it comes to electability Tonight is another debate, this one on CNN from Florida, where Rick [...]
What Happens if Ron Paul Wins the Ames Straw Poll?
Mitt Romney will breathe a sigh of relief, though Politico thinks he’s got to reach the McCain bar. Michele Bachmann better come in second. Tim Pawlenty is toast unless he comes in second, and Newt keeps trying to pay off his debt. As for Rick Perry, he continues to act like Iowa doesn’t matter, while [...]
Romney: ‘I’m not going to eat Barack Obama’s Dog Food
**UPDATED** The problem, said the former Arkansas governor and 2008 Iowa caucus winner, is that Perry’s Saturday kickoff in South Carolina shows disrespect to the Iowa process. “It’s a tactical blunder … The people of Iowa work very hard to make the straw poll the biggest political moment in the summer,” Huckabee said. – Mike [...]
HIT PIECE: Michele Bachmann’s ‘Stress-Induced’ Headaches ‘Incapacitate’
Aw, come on, boys. If John F. Kennedy can do it on all the drugs he chugged, so can Michele Bachmann. The Daily Caller headline is the tell: Stress-related condition ‘incapacitates’ Bachmann; heavy pill use alleged. It cannot possibly be a coincidence that with Rep. Michele Bachmann surging we now are privy to a potentially [...]
TPaw Flatlines, While Everyone Waits for Perry
**UPDATED** Frankly, I wouldn’t even be writing this piece if it wasn’t for Tim Pawlenty falling off the grid, because early polls aren’t very illustrative. It’s just that even after “Meet the Press,” debates and pimping the press, he still can’t get any respect. I don’t know how it gets any worse for TPaw, someone [...]
Obama Reelect & DNC Cream Republicans in Fundraising Quarter
This is going to hit Republican wannabes like a fat two-by-four in the head. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a video posted early Wednesday that it raised more than $47 million and the Democratic National Committee brought in more than $38 million through the end of June, building a foundation for advertising and [...]
Romney Remains the One to Beat, Bachmann a Distant Second
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney raised $18.25 million over the past three months, a sum likely to put him head and shoulders above his rivals for the 2012 Republican nomination in the dash for cash. Romney’s fundraising dwarfs that of his Republican opponents. Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) raised $4.5 million between April 1 and June [...]
Tim Pawlenty on Minnesota Shutdown
**UPDATED** Since nothing else is working for Mr. Pawlenty, after trying neoconservatism, he’s now channeling Newt. From Politico: “I think it was nine days (of shutdown) at that time, and I think we could have gotten a better deal if we had allowed that to continue for a while and the people of Minnesota would [...]
Tim Pawlenty’s Neoconservative Spring
It’s like the ghost of George W. Bush, but with smoother segues. …and so it begins: Now is not the time to retreat from freedom’s rise. [...] Yet at the same time, we know these revolutions can bring to power forces that are neither democratic nor forward-looking. Just as the people of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, [...]
Chris Wallace Forgot He Wasn’t Talking to Sarah Palin
Romney, the national front-runner and a familiar face in Iowa after his 2008 presidential run, attracts support from 23 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers. Bachmann, who will officially kick off her campaign in Iowa on Monday, nearly matches him, with 22 percent. – Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann lead Republican pack Michele Bachmann’s politics are not [...]
Obama’s Afghanistan Pitch Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
ThinkProgress has assembled the following graph showing that if the reductions are carried out as planned, the United States would still have far more troops in Afghanistan than it did when Obama came into office and more than at any point during former president George W. Bush’s administration… – Think Progress At the end of [...]
Romney, T-Paw and Huntsman to Skip Republican Leadership Council Conference
Citing “bad cold,” Huntsman joins Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, who also are not attending. Although he was slated to speak at a major gathering of Republicans taking place in New Orleans this weekend — just days before the official rollout of his presidential campaign — former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman has bowed [...]
AP Breaking News: Jon Huntsman to Announce in New Jersey, June 21
**UPDATED** Seeing Tim Pawlenty fall on his face last night, Jon Huntsman knows there’s room for the anti Romney and he wants to fill it. From the AP: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican who until the spring served as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to China, is running for president, officials said Tuesday. The [...]
Sarah’s Sunset
She’s off the hook. Now she can do her celebrity turn, continue to fascinate her fans, but not be bothered with the business of having to think about governing, something Sarah Palin long ago lost interest in. That is not to say that Ms. Palin will necessarily engage in such a careful analysis when she [...]
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