Election 2012 – Page 23 – John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Cleta Mitchell: GOP Super-Lawyer

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston

Without question Tea Partiers are unhappy with the elites of Washington D.C. Yet Cleta Mitchell is one Washingtonian that has became a welcome addition to the campaigns of some high profile Tea Party candidates. Mrs. Mitchell, you see, is the in-demand, bulldog election law attorney that many Tea Party candidates go to when things began […]

Romney Wins CPAC And Maine

Posted on February 12, 2012 by William Teach

A good night for Mitt (Washington Times) Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this year that suggests Mr. Romney retains strong support among self-identified conservatives. […]

Rick Santorum’s Sweep Changes the Race

Posted on February 8, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

As the final Colorado vote counts were coming in late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, confirming that Rick Santorum scored a hat trick against his Republican competitors, it was becoming clear that a sea change is occurring within the GOP race. More than before, it’s now arguable that the inevitability of Mitt Romney’s candidacy is a […]

And It’s Santorum For The Hat Trick

Posted on February 8, 2012 by William Teach

Tuesday night was all Rick (for the non-hockey fans, first, shame on you, and second, a hat trick is scoring 3 goals, after which people throw their hats on the ice. Not easy to score a hat trick) (Washington Post) Rick Santorum had a breakthrough night Tuesday, winning GOP presidential contests in Missouri, Minnesota and […]

Rick Santorum’s Romneycare Smack Down

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston

I think I am an inch away from endorsing Rick Santorum if he keeps this up. I am sure my endorsement will put him over the top, but that aside Santorum has really been standing as the only actual conservative left in the race at this point. His latest triumph occurred in Minnesota where he […]

Obama Leads From Behind, Rationalizes Why He Needs A Super PAC

Posted on February 7, 2012 by William Teach

Can we even term this leading from behind? He may be a “leader”, based on his position he purchased, but leading denotes guiding, directing, showing the way. Interestingly, a synonym of leading is “ruling.” Anyhow (Politico) President Barack Obama – in an act of hypocrisy or necessity, depending on the beholder – has reversed course […]

And The Race Card Rises Again

Posted on February 6, 2012 by William Teach

So, we can see the majority of the elements Democrats will use to attempt to get the Most Incompetent President Ever re-elected. Class warfare led by a rich guy who doesn’t pay his fair share? Check. Redistributive rhetoric led by rich guys who won’t give up their own money? Check. Blaming Congress, half of which […]

Nevada: Romney Wins Big

Posted on February 5, 2012 by William Teach

Not quite as big as some thought, as some were predicting a 50%+ win, but, very close. With 71% reporting as of 7am, we’re looking at Romney – 47.6% Gingrich – 22.7% Santorum – 11.1% Paul – 18.6% And (Politico) Network entrance polling showed Romney accomplished a powerful near sweep of most voter groups, winning […]

The “progressive” War on Christianity

Posted on February 4, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

This past week, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced a decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood. Their decision was based on the fact that to a large measure, the business of Planned Parenthood is abortion. A determination substantiated by a statistical analysis of Planned Parenthood’s services. http://liveaction.org/blog/38-4-of-pp-health-center-income-is-from-abortions/ Planned Parenthood continues to insist that they […]

Dear Romneyites, Reagan Was NOT an Abortion Supporter!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston

One of the things that many Romney supporters are using to explain away their decision to ignore Romney’s many flip flops is Ronald Reagan’s one-time support for abortion and his signing of the Therapeutic Abortion Act as governor of California in 1967. But this comparison is a non sequitur. Reagan’s support of that abortion bill […]

Six Takeaways From Florida

Posted on February 1, 2012 by William Teach

And the results from Florida are (Fox News) Romney received 46 percent of the Florida vote. Gingrich had 32 percent, followed by Rick Santorum with 13 percent and Ron Paul with 7 percent. Romney won all 50 of Florida’s convention delegates. The Politico’s Maggie Haberman, who has done a pretty good job in covering the […]

The State Of The GOP Horserace Post-Florida

Posted on February 1, 2012February 1, 2012 by John Hawkins

Last night, Mitt Romney won a convincing, yet still underwhelming victory in Florida. Even though he had the best organization, outspent Newt 5-to-1, had the media relentlessly shilling for him, and the anti-Mitt vote was split amongst 3 candidates, he still couldn’t crack 50% of the vote. So, yes, Mitt did win a significant victory […]

Bob Beckel, You Are Wrong

Posted on January 31, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

For those who’re unaware of the big dust up stirred by Fl Rep Allen West, here’re the remarks he made at a Lincoln Day Dinner in West Palm Beach Fl: “We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, we need to let […]

And We Are Off And Running In Florida!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by William Teach

What’s it looking like? (PPP) PPP’s tracking of the Florida Republican primary wraps up with Mitt Romney at 39%, Newt Gingrich at 31%, Rick Santorum at 15%, and Ron Paul at 11%. Our three days of tracking found very little movement in the race: Romney was at 39-40% every day, Gingrich was at 31-32% every […]

Green Failures

Posted on January 30, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

Here are a few of the latest companies to join the growing list of “green” “sustainable energy” failures that have been supported by the current Administration’s deficit “stimulus” spending. All this financing has been done using your tax dollars…well, actually tax dollars to be paid in the future by your grandchildren and great grandchildren to […]

Surprise! Democrats Take Secret Cash After Bashing GOP For Same

Posted on January 28, 2012 by William Teach

The Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel and Alexander Burns are surely going to earn an expletive laden call from the White House for publishing this story (Politico) Democrats have seized on Republicans as the party of unlimited secret money. The only problem: so are Democrats. In recent days, Obama released an ad blasting “secretive oil billionaires” […]

Narcissistic (And Incompetent) President Wants Second Term “Badly”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by William Teach

Quite obviously, there has to be a bit of narcissism in any person who wants to run for the presidency. Yet, with Barack Obama, everything seems to be all about himself. Does anyone get the feeling that Obama wants to be president to help anyone, to be a good steward of the United States as […]

Analysis Of The Republican Jacksonville, Florida Debate

Posted on January 27, 2012January 27, 2012 by John Hawkins

So, we have our last debate for awhile. This one was moderated by Wolf Blitzer and as per usual, the debate started out with lots of fighting and then moved on from there into a relatively mediocre group of questions. 3) Newt Gingrich: If I absolutely had to split Mitt and Newt apart here, I’d […]

Why obama is Toast

Posted on January 26, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

This just in from the Associated Press: The Commerce Department said Thursday new-home sales fell last month to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 307,000. The pace is less than half the 700,000 that economists say must be sold in a healthy economy. About 302,000 homes were sold last year. That’s […]

Gingrich Sorta Calls For Amnesty For Some Illegals

Posted on January 26, 2012 by William Teach

This apparently caused a bit of a kerfuffle (Washington Times) Fighting to curry favor with Florida’s large pool of Hispanic voters, Newt Gingrich on Wednesday called for a guest-worker program for most illegal immigrants, but his campaign could not say whether those people would be on a path to citizenship – the key question in […]

State of the Union or Wishful Thinking?

Posted on January 25, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

The 2012 State of the Union address has come and gone with little change in the White House’s view of the world. This is unfortunate. America needs viable solutions, not more wishful thinking. Most disturbing is the continued, steadfast insistence that doubling America’s corporate tax rate will somehow create middle class jobs. After repeated failures […]

Chicago Sun-Times Shows White Flag: No More Political Endorsements

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston

The Chicago Sun Times has received your message loud and clear, dear readers. As much as admitting that they are biased and they know it, the long-time Windy City staple has decided that hence forth it will no longer endorse candidates for political office. In a Sunday editorial, the 71-year-old paper announced its new policy […]

Obama SOTU 2012: An America Built To Last Like A Chevy Volt

Posted on January 25, 2012 by William Teach

OK, I’ll admit, I only watched about 5 minutes of Obama’s SOTU speech. I’d been watching the NJ Devils lose in OT, and inadvertently hit the recall button on the remote, which took me to Fox News. A few minutes in, I decided that I really didn’t want to attend an Obama campaign speech, so, […]

The Conservative Reaction To Obama’s State Of The Union Speech Last Night

Posted on January 25, 2012January 25, 2012 by John Hawkins

Obama’s speech last night was a tedious laundry list of trivial programs mixed in with class warfare. It was a dull uninspiring speech from a failed President, made even more agonizing by the fact that at one time, people were comparing Obama’s human Hallmark card speeches from in 2008 to Reagan. If Obama started mimicking […]

Mitt Romney’s Bold Endorsement Of Marco Rubio After Charlie Crist Had Already Lost

Posted on January 25, 2012January 25, 2012 by John Hawkins

I really hate to say this because I’m a big Marco Rubio fan, but Marco is being really dishonest in his defense of Mitt Romney. We’re late to this, but Sen. Marco Rubio, the favorite of the GOP base who defeated Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist in a race for a Florida Senate seat last year, […]

Surprise! Obama Doesn’t Want The 2012 Election To Be About His Own Incompetence

Posted on January 24, 2012 by William Teach

And you will never guess whose playbook he will use (Fox News) As President Obama prepares to rev up his re-election drive with his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, he and his aides have already begun framing the fall contest as a “choice” election, not a simple up-or-down referendum on his own […]

Analysis Of Last Night’s GOP Debate From Florida

Posted on January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by John Hawkins

Last night may have been the single worst debate yet. The first 30 minutes was almost nothing but tedious bickering that Brian Williams engineered, the questions were extraordinarily bad, and the audience wasn’t supposed to make any noise. It was VERY dull, hit very few important issues, and was very badly done. 4) Ron Paul […]

Angry Newt?

Posted on January 23, 2012December 30, 2012 by Michael Fell

A consensus seems to have been reached across the network/cable/dish television sphere that Newt Gingrich’s unexpected success in the South Carolina primary was due to his being angry at and telling off members of the “elite media” during the two South Carolina GOP Debates. The “elite media”? What the heck is the “elite media”? Does […]

Surging Gingrich Is A Master Of Disguise Or Something

Posted on January 23, 2012 by William Teach

So says The Politico The surging Newt Gingrich has mastered debates – and disguise. The debate part is clear: The former Speaker of the House comes to play and owns the stage with an uncanny capacity to connect with the grievances of conservative voters. The disguise part is clear, too. Gingrich has used his debate […]

South Carolina Primary: Newt’s The Big Winner, Romney And Paul Losers

Posted on January 22, 2012 by William Teach

He not only pulled it out, he did so in spectacular fashion (MSNBC) Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination as the race now heads to Florida and beyond. The results mark the […]