Author: Dick Morris

Obama’s entire claim that the economy is reviving is based on phony numbers and rigged statistics. Nothing is more misleading than the recent administration claim that the economy added over 200,000 jobs during each of the past three months and that unemployment is stable at 8.3 percent. Dr. John Hussman of the Hussman Fund says […]

If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to seal President Obama’s fate, all he has to do is to attack Iran. It is clear from Obama’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee speech that the president will continue to talk about diplomacy and sanctions for the remainder of his term and will take no military action […]

This column is being written on Super Tuesday. We — as of yet — do not know the outcome of the 10-state matchup, but let’s assume that Mitt Romney wins the bulk of the caucuses and primaries. Give Newt Gingrich Georgia. Give Rick Santorum Oklahoma and Tennessee. Assume they split Ohio. Since it’s proportional representation, […]

If Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich split the remaining primaries and caucuses — even if Romney wins most of them — we will not have a nominee until the summer and may not have one until the convention in late August. In that case, kiss our chances of beating Obama goodbye! With a […]

The best way to win in politics is to choose the right opponent. When your opponent is making a strong effort to get one particular candidate nominated to be his adversary in the general election, it’s worth paying attention. Clearly, in Michigan — where Democrats could and did vote in the Republican primary — there […]

Did Mitt Romney eke out a victory in Michigan? No. He actually won by a hefty margin. Did he lose blue-collar voters, showing weakness in that key sector? No. He carried them quite nicely. So why don’t the results reflect this? Because the primary was invaded by Democrats who largely voted for Rick Santorum. Had […]

I hate to quote the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but the chickens have come home to roost for President Barack Obama as higher oil and gasoline prices swamp his re-election bid. Count the chickens: Obama has refused to impose tough sanctions on Iran until two months ago, increasing the likelihood of an Israeli attack. Already speculation […]

In last night’s debate, Mitt Romney showed how he has grown through this contest and has developed into a presidential figure. By contrast, Rick Santorum’s performance was distinctly congressional. I found myself agreeing with Santorum but willing to follow Romney. In sync with Rick but trusting Mitt. Santorum’s replies were pedantic, tactical, and detailed. No […]

What would the race for president look like should Rick Santorum win the Republican nomination? His candidacy would do a lot to put social issues into play. While he would rev up the base of social conservatives who might be left cold by a Mitt Romney candidacy, President Barack Obama would welcome the distraction from […]

President Barack Obama, faced with no recovery from the recession as he enters an election year, has come up with a handy political gimmick: Fake the statistics The economic data which portend recovery are totally and completely inventions of Obama’s political operation. The reality is that no recovery is taking place! Economist James Fitzgibbon of […]

President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are entering negotiations over — or seeking ratification of — five treaties that could radically limit our national sovereignty and the reach of our democratic institutions. Particularly scary is that treaties, once signed and ratified, have the same status as constitutional law and cannot be altered or eclipsed by […]

Here’s the reason Mitt Romney won in Florida: Women turned against Newt Gingrich. In the primary on Tuesday, Romney carried men by only 5 points, according to the Fox News exit poll, while he won women by 52-28 — a 24-point margin! Did women turn against Gingrich because of his personal baggage or the interview […]

Mitt Romney’s sudden surge in Florida reflects a basic fear voters have of nominating former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Despite his obvious brilliance, creative ideas and stimulating turns of phrase, they worry that he will come across as too strident to voters and will cost the Republican Party the presidency. Women, in particular, worry that his […]

For students of American politics, following the way the Mitt Romney campaign played Newt Gingrich in Florida is a lesson to learn and to keep. Romney’s people must have realized that Newt does best when he is positive. His bold ideas, clear vision, revolutionary insights, and extraordinary perspectives resonate with voters and win him millions […]

If Mitt Romney wins in Florida, he will likely sweep the month of February and have a clear path to the nomination. Romney’s people have doubtless been using their influence at the state level to line up friendly states for February caucuses and primaries. Now he is in a position to sweep the table if […]

All the male commentators and pundits got it wrong! Marianne Gingrich’s sorrowful remembrances of her marriage to Newt Gingrich have indeed arisen to bite the former speaker’s candidacy. Both the Rasmussen and the Monmouth University Polls show Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Gingrich in Florida. After the former speaker opened the primary with a 9-point […]

Everybody was expecting a quick knockout in the GOP nominating contest this year. After a year of debating, it appeared that Mitt Romney would sweep the table after winning New Hampshire and seeming to win Iowa. Now, people are looking to see if Newt Gingrich can K.O. Romney, winning Florida after his stunning upset in […]

The imposter who wallowed in negative ads; attacked capitalism at Bain Capital; and hemmed and hawed when asked about his role at Freddie Mac is gone. The real Newt Gingrich has returned! The former speaker was in his glory during Monday night’s GOP debate in South Carolina. Inspired and egged on by a conservative crowd […]

Two facts emerge from the New Hampshire Primary with ominous implications for the GOP in 2012: — Pat Caddell reports that there were 25,000 fewer votes in the New Hampshire Republican Primary this year than in 2008, even though there was a Democratic contest between Obama and Hillary to siphon votes away from the GOP […]

According to the latest Rasmussen Poll, 21 percent of Democrats have abandoned the Party since Obama’s election as president. That’s more than one in five. While most have become Independents, identification with the Republican Party has also risen not only since 2008 but also even since the GOP’s 2010 victory. Rasmussen, which tracks voters’ party […]

Eight votes don’t mean much, but even had Mitt Romney lost out to Rick Santorum, he would still have emerged as the big winner last night. He didn’t lock up the nomination, but he acquired a key strategic advantage. To beat Romney, you’ve got to get him one-on-one and win all the non-Romney votes out […]

All along, the Tea Party voters have yet to get behind a single candidate. They still aren’t united, but in Iowa, there is evidence that Rick Santorum may be surging ahead. In the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) telephone poll of 23,000 supporters nationally, Newt Gingrich led with 31 percent of the vote, followed by Michele […]

In politics, as on the battlefield, the odds are so much tilted toward the attackers that those who would survive must advance in stealth. Precision-guided munitions have long dominated combat. If they can see you, they can shoot you down. Only stealth aircraft has a decent chance at survival. Similarly, the anti-incumbent bias in our […]

In his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama offered a keen insight into his 2012 re-election strategy. It takes some decoding, but his underlying strategic goals emerge. He said: “The question next year is going to be — and then this is how a democracy is supposed to work — do they see a more compelling […]

On Tuesday, President Obama went to a small town in Kansas to lay out his basic campaign theme for the coming election: a commitment to “fairness.” In Obama’s America, we all are dependent on the government, closely regulated, heavily taxed … and poor. He boldly proclaims that rugged individualism doesn’t work and neither do tax […]

He doesn’t have the money. He doesn’t have the organization. But boy, does Newt Gingrich have a breadth, depth and intensity of support out there. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this since I watched Barack Obama take the Democratic Party by storm in 2008. But Gingrich is no Obama. He is far from […]

As the first caucuses and primaries approach, Rasmussen has Newt Gingrich opening up a very significant lead over Mitt Romney (38-17 percent) among primary voters nationally. But at the same time, Republicans tend to feel that Romney is the more electable of the two. Asked in the Fox News poll of mid-November who would have […]

The conventional wisdom is that the GOP nomination race has boiled down to Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Not so fast! A contest limited to these two men would leave two key Republican constituencies unsatisfied. And unsatisfied voters tend to stray. Particularly in Iowa. While Romney is the strong favorite among the financial and political […]

To understand the Republican presidential race, grasp first that the party is one of ideas. One is born into the Democratic Party. If you are black or Latino or poor or gay or become a single mother, your partisan identity is often spoken for. But you become a member of the Republican Party by agreeing […]

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan must recuse herself from deciding on the constitutionality of the Obamacare law, now slated to reach the Supreme Court early next year. She won’t do it without pressure. Please sign our petition demanding her recusal. We’ll send it to your representatives in Congress and to each of the Justices of […]