Category: Republicans

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 […]

 

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 […]

 

No, Daily Caller, Rush Will Not Back a Candidate in the Primary

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Daily Caller posted an Op Ed calling on Rush Limbaugh to save the GOP by offering a clinching endorsement of one of the non-Romney candidates. The writer was full of reasons and praise for the most listened-to radio talker, but for all the importuning, Rush will never back a primary candidate. The truth is, […]

 

Dear Voters, Vote For Romney, You Idiots. Love, the Establishment GOP

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Apparently, Mitt Romney and his surrogates want you to know that you should not vote your conscience or your principles this primary election. You should vote for Mitt Romney, instead. That is the message from Romney surrogate State Senator Gary Lambert in New Hampshire, anyway. “This is not about picking your favorite, it’s not about […]

 

Eugene Robinson: Extreme Rick Santorum Shouldn’t Be Let Near White House

Posted on by William Teach

One thing that I have missed during the King Obama years has been the truly unhinged lefties being unhinged. They were a lot more fun when Bush was president, but, hey, with the 2012 silly season in full swing, they are coming out of the woodwork (Washington Post) Before there was the Tea Party to […]

 

Poll: Romney Leads Among Likely GOP Primary Voters, Santorum Rising

Posted on by William Teach

But Newt is still hanging in (Rasmussen) Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, coming off his photo finish with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, is now in second place among Republican voters in the race for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken the night after the caucuses, shows […]

 

The NDAA Power Grab

Posted on by Michael Fell

Much is being made about the most recent power grab by the White House. Specifically, Wednesday’s bypassing of the Senate to install three members to the National Labor Relations Board and the appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In order to justify and defend these actions, “progressives” argue that […]

 

Santorum: Can A “Social Issues” Guy Win In An Election About The Economy?

Posted on by William Teach

Now that Rick Santorum has caught fire, coming in second in the Iowa caucuses by a mere 8 votes to Mitt Romney, can he keep that momentum going into New Hampshire and South Carolina? Or, is he the flavor of the week? George Will calls him a “fun candidate“. USA Today says he is within […]

 

Mitt Wins Iowa, Bachmann And Perry Likely To Drop Out

Posted on by William Teach

But, Santorum did exceedingly well (Politico) Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses – a margin that amounted to a tie in the crucial opening act of the 2012 presidential race and propelled the newly reshaped contest to New Hampshire and beyond. After a three-way dead heat for […]

 

Iowa Caucuses Today: What Comes Next?

Posted on by William Teach

It’s finally here, the long, long, long talked about Iowa Caucuses. What comes next? (USA Today) Republican presidential candidates have been warming up for months for tonight’s Iowa caucuses. The results will start a sprint – or a marathon. For more than three decades, the opening contest here in Iowa has narrowed the Republican field […]

 

GOP To Use Obama’s Own Words Against Him For Election 2012

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, doing this will not only upset Democrats because Obama’s words are being used in context, but, will be surely called raaaaacist (ABC News) On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the Republican National Committee is touting an expansive new video database that party operatives say is their most potent weapon for attacking President Obama […]

 

Romney Compares Obama To Kardashians

Posted on by William Teach

Mittens actually has a sense of humor (Quote via Politico) “You know, I’ve been looking at some video clips on YouTube, of president Obama, then candidate Obama, going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I’ve seen since, well, the Kardashian wedding and the promise of ’til […]

 

How Ron Paul Might Win Iowa and STILL Get No Hawkeye Delegates

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

My friend Michael Bates has raised some interesting — if technical — points. He notes that Ron Paul could very will win Iowa but still come away with few or even no Iowa delegates. After looking over Bates’ points, I think he has it right. But one thing he said is really trenchant when he […]

 

New Hampshire “Scientists” Urge GOP Contenders To Embrace Climate Change Hoax

Posted on by William Teach

The Warmists just won’t give up their cultish beliefs, and The Hill is there to run with the story without any fact checking Fifty New Hampshire scientists Thursday called on the Republican presidential candidates to accept the “overwhelming” scientific evidence behind climate change. The scientists issued the joint statement just weeks before the Jan. 10 […]

 

Gallup: GOP Contenders Come Closer To American Views

Posted on by William Teach

Here’s something we all intrinsically know, and knew prior to the 2008 election: Americans are center-right, and the GOP’s viewpoints are closer to their own than what Obama pushes (Gallup) Americans perceive Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul as closest to themselves ideologically, and Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama as furthest away. A USA […]

 

The Elephant Stick

Posted on by Michael Fell

What’s the elephant stick?:  Simply, it’s: a stake driven into the ground to keep a chained baby elephant from escaping captivity.:  The young elephant, small and relatively weak, is: not yet strong enough to pull up: the stake and flee.:  The baby elephant: learns that: when it feels tension on it’s ankle: it’s reached the end of: the chain and: can’t go any: farther.:  […]

 

Newt: Sitting On Couch With Nancy Was “Dumbest Thing….”

Posted on by William Teach

Unfortunately, he doesn’t walk back his globull warming beliefs, and, more importantly, his belief in legislation and regulation to “stop” globull warming (Huffington Post) Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was pressed again Tuesday on one of the ghosts of his political past, when a notorious advertisement on climate change featuring him alongside then-Speaker […]

 

Univision Puts a Hit on Senator ‘Scarface’ Rubio

Posted on by Javier Manjarres

by: Javier Manjarres (Via The Shark Tank) The Spanish language Television network Univision has taken a deep dive into the dirty pool with a hit piece on Senator Marco Rubio that reveals the past arrest and conviction of Rubio’s brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia- back when Rubio was all of sixteen years old in 1987. Perhaps the producers […]

 

Allen West, The Liberal Media’s Boogeyman

Posted on by Javier Manjarres

By: Javier Manjarres : As the liberal media continues to swim laps in their cesspool of hate and bigotry, it can be said that we can always rely on the liberal media to bring us much needed humor with their : rantings against conservative candidates and public figures like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh and Allen West. […]

 

Ron Paul’s Dissembling About His Newsletters

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Famed opposition researcher Andrew Kaczynksi has dug up the ultimate video proof that Ron Paul is a liar with his current claims that he had no knowledge about those racist newsletters that carried his name for so many decades. Ron Paul has lately claimed that he had no idea that his newsletters were filled with […]

 

RON PAUL2012!!!!!11!!!! Storms Out Of CNN Interview Over Pesky Questions

Posted on by William Teach

In the back of your minds, Paulites, imagine how this would look were Ron Paul to become the GOP presidential nominee, and he was asked these same questions during, say, a debate? (Mediate) Ron Paul walked out of an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger following a heated exchange over the controversy regarding racist newsletters sent […]

 

Ron Paul: Conspiracy Nut, Anti-Semite

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last year Ron Paul said that the CIA perpetrated a coup over the United States. “There’s been a coup, have you heard? It’s the CIA coup. They’re in businesses, in drug businesses.” That fits in as just another part of the wacky world of Ron Paul that has spanned decades of denigrating blacks, assigning all […]

 

Stop Online Piracy Act Committee Vote Put Off Till Wednesday

Posted on by William Teach

If you aren’t familiar with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), here’s a basic premise (NBC Bay Area) It could require Internet providers to monitor customers’ traffic and block websites suspected of copyright infringement. I’d recommend reading that entire article, and this one, and even watching the video at ZDNet (it’s about 20 minutes long). […]

 

Supposedly, If Paul Wins Iowa, GOP Will Take The Gloves Off

Posted on by William Teach

According to the latest polls, Paul leads with 23% in Iowa, Mitt at 20%, Newt at 14%, and, well, the others aren’t really mattering much. This brings Timothy P. Carney at the Washington Examiner to say that the GOP will take the gloves off if he does win The Republican presidential primary has become a […]

 

Des Moines Register Backs Mitt: Sobriety, Wisdom and Judgment

Posted on by William Teach

This is a pretty big deal for Mitt Romney with the Iowa caucuses coming up, in a state that has historically been rather socially conservative (Des Moines Register) Sobriety, wisdom and judgment. Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in […]

 

What If Ron Paul Wins The GOP Nomination?

Posted on by William Teach

Yesterday, Ed Morrissey asked the question “Can Ron Paul Win?” The article include quite a bit of information about Ron Paul, none of it good. Ed brought up the racist articles published in Ron Paul’s newsletter (also check Flopping Aces for the old original info). Paul supporters will say “that’s old news”, and “he didn’t […]

 

If Andrew Sullivan Is Endorsing Ron Paul, We Know Paul Is The Wrong Choice

Posted on by William Teach

It’s been quite a long time since I’ve seen anything by Excitable Andy linked at Memeorandum. Since his move to The Daily Beast from The Atlantic he has been pretty much ignored, as well as ignored by the right-o-sphere. If he’s been writing about Sarah Palin’s womb, no one’s playing anymore. But, he jumped up […]

 

House Passes Payroll Tax Extension And Others

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, the Democrat controlled Senate has said they would kill it and Obama has said he will veto it. Before reading it, of course (Washington Post) Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax […]

 

Is The RNC Relevant?

Posted on by Michael Fell

The current White House occupant: spewed so many lies: during his taxpayer funded December 6th campaign stop in Osawatomie Kansas that: I had to turn: his speech: off before screaming objections to his rubbish filled remarks: destroyed my vocal cords. When: speaking: of Conservative economic policy…and I quote: “But here’s the problem::  It doesn’t work.:  It has never worked.:  It didn’t work when […]

 

Help Stop The High Cost of Federal Regulations

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

(The House of Representatives is voting on this bill today…) One of the reasons that our economic recovery has been so slow is that the Obama administration has opened a continuous avalanche of regulations affecting jobs, hampering businesses, and costing all of us billions in lost revenue, taxation, and waste. But there is a bill […]