Category: Election 2012

Good News: ObamaWorld Is Now Open For Business!

Posted on by William Teach

That is, if you a tourist coming from another country. If you want to create jobs through something like, say, the Keystone XL pipeline, well, sucks to be you. If you are part of the oil industry, Obama’s EPA will try and stop you. If you are a small business, Obama’s extreme regulations will cause […]

 

Voter ID and Your Kitchen Sink

Posted on by Sarah Durand

A few days ago a friend forwarded me an email she received from MoveOn.org.:  The email was in response to South Carolina’s attempt to change their voting laws, recently struck down by the Department of Justice.:  In a tone of sheer panic, the good people of MoveOn.org begged for money because South Carolina wants to […]

 

Does Mitt Romney’s Romneycare health care plan fund abortion with taxpayer dollars?

Posted on by Wintery Knight

Fred Thompson made the point about Romneycare and abortion during the 2008 campaign, and Politifact: agreed with Fred’s charge against Romney. Excerpt: Fred Thompson’s campaign is trying to take the much-touted health insurance program that Mitt Romney helped create as governor of Massachusetts and turn it into a liability with conservative Republican voters who dominate the […]

 

State Of The GOP Primary Race: Pre-South Carolina Analysis

Posted on by John Hawkins

One day out from the primary, South Carolina is a two man race beween Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll has Gingrich up by 2, the latest Insider Advantage poll has Newt up by 3, and PPP, on its first of three nights of polling on 1/18, had Newt up by […]

 

An Open Letter To Newsweek Magazine

Posted on by Michael Fell

It goes beyond nauseatingly putrid that your once fine magazine has regressed into nothing more than a blatantly obvious propaganda tool of the unconstitutional, anti-American, fringe “progressive” Marxist agenda. On exactly what basis are you so eminently qualified as to make the determination that Patriotic Americans who want our country to follow the original intent […]

 

Breaking: Rick Perry To Suspend Campaign Today

Posted on by William Teach

Via Mediate CNN political analyst Paul Steinhauser is reporting that Texas Governor Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid for the GOP nomination Thursday afternoon, ahead of the South Carolina debate later Thursday night. Steinhauser said that CNN political reporter Peter Hamby has two sources that say Perry will drop out […]

 

Come On, People! Poor Men Do Not Become President

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I have to say, I am getting a bit sick and tired of this nonsensical lament about how rotten it is that those running for president are “rich” people. Stop it right now, America. The fact is that we’ve never really had a poor man as president so talking about it as if it is […]

 

Sarah Palin Sorta Backs Gingrich In South Carolina

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, you can tell I’m not a big Sarah Palin fan anymore, but, putting that aside, I’m not so sure this sorta endorsement will help Gingrich. It may be the equivalent of John McCain endorsing Mitt Romney to Conservatives (CBS News) It wasn’t an endorsement, but Sarah Palin gave Newt Gingrich the next best thing […]

 

Newt & Juan Williams: How It Shows He’d Be The Better Candidate

Posted on by John Hawkins

One of the more intriguing things about the last couple of weeks has been that as Mitt has gotten closer to capturing the nomination, many of the people who’ve been doing everything possible to help him now seem to be having some second thoughts (In the corporate world, this is known as CYA). Take Charles […]

 

Hooray! Obama Plans Yet Another Lazer Like Focus On Jobs And The Economy

Posted on by William Teach

We learn this in a The Hill article which suggests that liberals and leftists will not particularly like the Presidents proposed budget. Fortunately, the Democrat led Senate will never bother to pass it. Anyhow Top White House officials are warning liberal and labor leaders to brace themselves for President Obama’s budget proposal. Gene Sperling, director […]

 

Analysis Of The Myrtle Beach Debate

Posted on by John Hawkins

Fox ran the debate last night and aside from Juan Williams’ race-baiting, the questions were fairly good although it’s disappointing that we can’t ever seem to get any questions about Fast and Furious or the TSA. Additionally, because there were only 5 candidates, the people on the stage had a lot more time to respond. […]

 

Huntsman Staffers Vent About How Much They Don’t Like John Weaver On Twitter (Updated)

Posted on by John Hawkins

The funny thing about Jon Huntsman was that since he was the governor of Utah, he had a fairly conservative record of governance. Although it wasn’t rock-ribbed as say, Rick Perry’s record, he certainly was considerably more conservative than say Mitt Romney. Given the nature of the race, where the field has desperately been searching […]

 

Republican candidates should push incremental pro-life measures

Posted on by Wintery Knight

If Republicans want to stand out from Democrats on social issues, then we have to find ways to make our pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-child positions resonate with the public at large. For example, on the pro-life issue, we should not be focused on outright bans on abortion, but instead on incremental measures to restrict abortion accessibility. […]

 

Romney ‘Shoe Shine’ Photo a Hoax, Left-Wingers Push Story Anyway

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

If you want to see a perfect example of how the left-wing media plans to smear and destroy Mitt Romney should he win the GOP nomination, no better example can be found than the hoax over a photo that lefties every where are trying to sell as evidence of Romney’s “privileged” life. Lefties say the […]

 

Politico Notices That A GOP Win In November Could Mean The End Of ObamaCare

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, since so many liberals and liberal companies have already received waivers, it wouldn’t mean all that much to themselves (Politico) Think the Supreme Court is where the future of President Barack Obama’s health care law will be settled? Think again. The real verdict on the future of Obama’s signature achievement will come in […]

 

Huntsman To End Campaign, Endorse Romney

Posted on by William Teach

Well, this is a surprise, he ran such a great campaign, what with him following the tried and true primary season plan where the candidate panders to independents and moderates….what’s that? They are supposed to pander to the base? Well, darn. Well, at least he went and attacked President Obama….huh? He said in his running […]

 

Are You a Conservative? Welcome to the Majority!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

There has been a lot of lament by the far left in America that the Tea Party has somehow driven the Republican Party to conservative extremes. This, however, is untrue. The truth is, the American public has been trending toward conservative views for more than a decade before the Tea Party even came about. According […]

 

Obama Chic: Now Selling Campaign Gear for the One Percent

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama? Why, he’s the middle class warrior, isn’t he? He’s the veritable man of the people, darn it. He has beer summits and he chows down on burgers and fries just like us reg’lar folks. Gone are the arugula days, the million-dollar vacations and secret Hollywood star-studded Halloween parties…. one out of three ain’t bad, […]

 

Romney Attacked For…Wait, Speaking French?

Posted on by William Teach

Well, this is a strange one (Politico) A new Web ad from Newt Gingrich’s campaign, “The French Connection,” stresses the similarities between Mitt Romney and John Kerry, tying the two Massachusetts politicians together with the fact that both of them speak French. “Just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too,” the ad’s narrator says of […]

 

What Buchanan & Krauthammer Are Getting Wrong About Ron Paul

Posted on by John Hawkins

Both Charles Krauthammer and Pat Buchanan wrote columns this week admitting that Ron Paul won’t win the nomination, but saying he’ll be winning a great moral victory even when he loses. It is easy to understand why the young are attracted to (Paul). There is a consistency here no other candidate can match. Republicans may […]

 

Romney Gets Big Endorsement From Architect Of Arizona’s Immigration Law

Posted on by William Teach

This is a pretty big endorsement, considering that the GOP primary season is heading into South Carolina, a state with a large illegal immigrant population, and which has passed an Arizona type law (Washington Times) Mitt Romney collected the endorsements Wednesday of the architect of Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law, marking the final step on a journey […]

 

Mitt Romney: Did He Create A Hundred Thousand Jobs Or Kill Seven Thousand?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Since Mitt Romney had a mediocre record of job creation as the governor of Massachussetts, he has touted his record of creating jobs at Bain Capital. He’s noted time and time again that he created 100,000 jobs at Bain and has presented this to voters as a core reason why they should vote for him. […]

 

Illinois GOP Follies: Establishment vs Reform in Champagne County

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Illinois is drowning in debt and corruption. The state ranks as the worst state in nearly every category vying only with California for the worst-of rankings. The biggest factor in its downfall is the corrupt Democrat Party. So one would think that the state GOP could make good headway against this corruption. Unfortunately, the establishment […]

 

The Most Superficial Political Analysis Ever: The Candidates Ranked by Their T-Shirt Designs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For months, now, we have all been involved up to our ears in policy debates, discussions of the candidate’s records, and general mud slinging in this Republican primary season. There’s more to come, too. So, let’s take time out to be completely shallow, shall we? Let’s judge the six remaining candidates by the most substantive […]

 

Romney Takes New Hampshire, On To South Carolina

Posted on by William Teach

Not that it was a particularly big surprise that Romney won the Granite State (CNN) Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won a convincing victory in the New Hampshire primary, the second straight triumph for Romney and one that bolsters his front-runner status to take on President Barack Obama in November. All six Republican contenders head […]

 

Mitt Romney: The Bailout King Of American Politics

Posted on by John Hawkins

This should go without saying, but criticizing Mitt Romney is not criticizing “capitalism” or “free enterprise.” Moreover, Mitt’s not the man any conservative should want out in the public arena, defending capitalism or free enterprise as a spokesman on our behalf. Going beyond that, let me note that everything that was done at Bain Capital […]

 

Americans Overwhelmingly Fear An Obama Re-Election

Posted on by William Teach

That’s hard to understand, because he’s done so much for the America! (US News) When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne. Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters aren’t forgetting what they dislike about […]

 

Wait, There Was A Debate Sunday, Too?

Posted on by William Teach

Was anyone else aware of this, other than The Politico’s Maggie Haberman, or, were we all focused on the NFL Playoffs? Fortunately, Maggie was there to provide 6 takeaways 1) For the most part, the attacks on Mitt Romney didn’t stick Romney was under much more forceful attack in Sunday morning’s debate than he was […]

 

Mitt Romney And Bain Capital: Is Mitt This Election Cycle’s Linda McMahon?

Posted on by John Hawkins

It goes without saying that Mitt Romney is an extraordinarily weak front-runner. It’s not hard to see why. Romney’s not a conservative. He flip-flops so much that it’s almost impossible to really know where he stands on any issue. He was a mediocre, unpopular governor in Massachussetts and his signature piece of legislation, Romneycare, was […]