Category: Election 2012

George Washington Said to Avoid ‘Entangling Alliances’… Or Did He?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I have been interested these days to hear the left citing George Washington, the father of our country, to support their ideas against the GOP and their hope that Obama will pull out of the Middle East. Specifically they have been citing Washington’s farewell address where he supposedly warned Americans against getting involved with foreign […]

 

The Crack Of Doom For Grassroots Conservatives In The 2012 Race

Posted on by John Hawkins

Mitt Romney has been dominating New Hampshire and although nothing’s written in stone, he seems highly likely to win that state. After Rick Perry’s poor debate performance, where conservatives found out he was way off the reservation on illegal immigration, Romney has taken off in Iowa, too. Iowa: Romney 21%, Bachmann 15%, Perry 14%, Paul […]

 

Ron Paul: NOT a Serious Candidate

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Ron Paul is not serious about running for president nor is he a serious candidate even were he to be so inclined. But serious or no, he is a horrible candidate regardless. Now, there may have been a time a decade or so ago when Ron Paul really thought he had a shot at being […]

 

Debate Analysis: Winners And Losers Of The Fox/Google Debate

Posted on by John Hawkins

The Fox/Google Debate covered a lot of old ground, spent too much time focused on Romney and Perry, and there weren’t a lot of great lines delivered. In other words, it wasn’t a particularly exciting debate. Winner — Mitt Romney He was consistently good, sharp, funny, and he won his exchanges with Perry. Although the […]

 

If Rick Perry Wants To Be The GOP Nominee, He’s Going To Have To….

Posted on by John Hawkins

Rick Perry’s numbers skyrocketed when he entered the race, but predictably, after the media and the other candidates hammered him relentlessly, his numbers started to drop. The good news for Perry is that he’s still in first place. If the election were today, he’d win Iowa, he’d win South Carolina, and he’d go on to […]

 

Texas Redistricting: Forget About ‘Justice,’ Obama’s DOJ is ALL About Politics

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama’s Department Of Justice claims that Texas redistricting is somehow “unfair” because Democrats have lost power. Therefore the DOJ is going to take the state to court over its new map. Yet, in Illinois, the Democrats have decimated Republican districts and slighted several Hispanic districts, yet the DOJ has turned a blind eye to pleas […]

 

Shockingly, Obama’s Deficit Reduction Plan Reads Like A Bone To His Hard Left Base

Posted on by William Teach

When you have one of the his biggest cheerleaders at The Politico, Carrie Budoff Brown, positioning the plan as such…. President Barack Obama will release a plan Monday to cut the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, drawing half the savings from new tax revenue and sparing Medicare recipients from having to […]

 

A Report: Herman Cain and Rick Santorum In Myrtle Beach

Posted on by John Hawkins

On Saturday morning at 8 AM, Herman Cain rolled into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was a little hard to get an exact crowd count since there were people eating breakfast in the restaurant, too, but I’d estimate there were about 100 people there. Not too shabby for Myrtle Beach at that time of day. […]

 

CA Dem Operative Embezzles Millions in Campaign $$, Dems Go Back to Donors For More

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Imagine if you are a high dollar donor to California Democrats. Imagine you just found out that all the cash you donated was stolen by one of the state party’s top operatives. Well, if you really are a donor, you don’t have to imagine. It is real. This week Kinde Durkee, a longtime California Democrat […]

 

Good Thing Obama’s Jobs Bill Isn’t About His Election

Posted on by William Teach

That was Wednesday, a tweet from Obama’s official 2012 campaign Twitter account. But, remember, his jobs bill isn’t about him getting re-elected. But, if you love him, you’ll help him pass the bill. Which is kinda weird on its own Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted “I […]

 

Incompetence: Obama Even Loses the Name of His Jobs Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Texas Representative Louie Gohmert is a genius. He’s absconded with the name of Obama’s jobs bill — the American Jobs Act of 2011 –and used it for his own tax-cutting bill. Is it a Republican dirty trick? How can Gohmert do this? Because Obama is either incompetent or cynical. Here is the thing, either Obama […]

 

The Romney-Perry-Palin Dynamics Of The 2012 GOP Race

Posted on by John Hawkins

The GOP is, for the moment, still a two person battle between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney and barring a Palin entry into the race, for someone else to move up, either Perry or Romney will probably have to collapse. Yet, almost EVERYONE seems to be piling on Perry and ignoring Romney. Why? Simple. All […]

 

Tea Party Debate Analysis: Who Won? Who Lost?

Posted on by John Hawkins

Although it’s a bit strange to have CNN running a “Tea Party debate,” it did…and all in all, CNN did well, although there were some flaws. Could someone ask about Operation Fast and Furious? How about spending a little more time on illegal immigration since it’s an area where there are some real differences? Did […]

 

Herman Cain Sends Out The Best Press Release I’ve Seen In Years

Posted on by John Hawkins

Most candidate press releases are filler that aren’t worth sending out or receiving. Every once in a while, the release says something memorable or includes some useful facts or figures that at least make it worth reading. But then, every once in a blue moon, a candidate sends out a press release that can best […]

 

Gov. Benzene: Huntsman a ‘Green’ Phony

Posted on by Robert Stacy McCain

For weeks, I’ve been mystified and irritated by the media’s love affair with Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who joined the Obama administration just about the time most conservatives were joining the Tea Party movement. Why the hell is this guy — “Governor Asterisk,” an irrelevant distraction, a Charlie Crist clone who represents no […]

 

Obama Hypocrisy: From ‘Talking to Each Other in a Way That Heals,’ to Dismissing ‘Kabuki Theater’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama is nothing less than a hypocrite on his admonitions over public discourse and the latest example of this truth lies in his refusal to condemn the violence-tinged language of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa not to mention his similar silence on the obscene rhetoric of many of the leading members of the Congressional Black […]

 

Rockford Tea Party Calls for Resignation of Teamsters President

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

After Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa incited violence against Republicans as he introduced President Obama at Monday’s rally in Detroit, at least one organization called for Hoffa to resign over his intemperate and violent rhetoric. The Rockford Tea Party of northern Illinois made the call for Hoffa to resign. Here is what Hoffa’s ignorant rhetoric sounded: […]

 

Rick Perry Did A Townhall In Conway, SC….And I Missed All Of It

Posted on by John Hawkins

Congressman Tim Scott invited Rick Perry to a Townhall in Conway, SC. The event was held at Horry Georgetown Technical College, which I was unfamiliar with. Unfortunately, I had some GPS issues and instead of getting there 20 minutes early as I’d planned, I arrived at 10:00 AM on the dot. That was right when […]

 

Has Sarah Palin Worn Out Her GOP Presidential Welcome?

Posted on by William Teach

It’s a good question, and ABC News’ Rick Klein posits that yes, she is wearing out the GOP’s welcome mat If it’s possible to wear out your welcome in politics, you can wear out your welcome mat, too. Sarah Palin’s protracted flirtations with a presidential run took her to Iowa this weekend. She attacked President […]

 

Could She Keep Her $2 Gas Promise?

Posted on by Dennis Avery

CHURCHVILLE, VA–Michelle Bachmann recently promised that, if elected President, she would get gasoline prices back down to $2 per gallon, She reminded us that gas was $1.79 when President Obama took office. Was this foolish campaign-speak? Probably not. An administration really dedicated to producing more U.S. energy could quickly make lots of progress–and probably encourage […]

 

Mo Dowd Wonders If Obama Is One And Done

Posted on by William Teach

Virtually every other NY Times columnist is still full of Obama Love, mostly refusing to criticize Mr. Obama. Maureen Dowd, though, seemed to lose patience with him a while ago, and rips him to shreds: One and Done? ONE day during the 2008 campaign, as Barack Obama read the foreboding news of the mounting economic […]

 

Newt Gingrich’s Illinois Fundraiser

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As I sit down to craft this report I just this moment returned from a fundraiser for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich held in a small town called Lake Barrington in the western suburbs of Chicago. It was a nice, congenial scene unfortunately held on one of Chicago’s hottest evenings with temperatures reaching […]

 

Apparently, Illegal Immigration Is A Super Duper Major Big GOP Issue For 2012

Posted on by William Teach

It’s hard to know where the Washington Post is going with this story. It’s so typical for the liberal media to have some sort of agenda, especially when it comes to political news. Is it meant to indicate that Republican voters are not concerned about the economy as much as illegal immigration? Is it meant […]

 

Perry, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, & Paul: A No-Holds-Barred Analysis Of How The GOP Horse Race Is Shaping Up

Posted on by John Hawkins

(Before you read this, do keep in mind that I have not endorsed anyone and I’m not going to pull any punches. So if you can’t stand the idea of someone saying something negative about your favorite candidate, you should probably stop now.) Right off the bat, it’s worth noting that this is a better […]

 

The Keys To The White House: Is Obama Unbeatable?

Posted on by John Hawkins

This story about the 13 keys to the presidency has been getting some play. Lichtman developed his 13 Keys in 1981. They test the performance of the party that holds the presidency. If six or more of the 13 keys go against the party in power, then the opposing party wins.“The keys have figured into […]

 

Is Rick Perry Dumb, Or Misunderestimated?

Posted on by William Teach

That’s the question that The Politico’s Jonathan Martin asks in a long (5 web pages), top page story about Perry, with the catchy title “Is Ricky Perry Dumb?” We’re still waiting for his other pieces “Is Maxine Waters Insane?” and “Is Obama a complete failure?” Also “How do we know Obama’s brilliant when we’ve never […]

 

Obama: The Kingpin of Broken Promises

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, let’s get the ball rolling on another broken promise from The One, Barack Hussein Obama, shall we? I mean, every time we think we are done chronicling his broken promises we have to do a reset. He’s had so many gutter balls on this that it is hard to keep them straight. His record […]