Category: The 2012 Horse Race
Why Chris Christie Will Not Be President in 2013
If you follow conservative politics even a little, you know that NJ Governor Chris Christie is a rock star. Over the past year or so, his name continues to come up as a real contender for the White House in 2012. The only problem is, he’s repeatedly and forcefully said he won’t run. That hasn’t stopped [...]
Bloggers Meet the Cain Train
Herman Cain, who is exploring a run for the White House in 2012, dropped by the CPAC Bloggers’ Row yesterday afternoon to talk to us and take a few questions. I broke out the Flip Cam and got all of his remarks. Some of them are a little bit hard to hear because of ambient [...]
President Obama Calls for the End of Party Politics By Calling for Political Parties
None dare call it Partisanship! White House aides insist the president will not shy away from calls for bipartisan cooperation just because he’s setting up his campaign office. “Just because the president sets up the machinery of ultimately running for reelection does not mean that you’re going to see the president doing a ton of [...]
A Couple Thoughts About the Census
The Census Bureau released the results of the 2010 ennumeration and, from a political point of view, the GOP have to be pretty happy about the direction in which the population is moving. Seven states that voted Republican in the past three Presidential election picked up House seats and five that did not lost seats. [...]
Get to Know Herman Now and Avoid the Rush
Apropos of the end of this Stacy McCain post, let me give you an extended introduction to Herman Cain. You may not have heard of him yet, but I am pretty confident that you’ll have seen and heard quite a bit from him at this time next year. Here’s a relatively short speech he gave [...]
Forgive Me If I Don’t Play the Handicapping Game
National Journal has published its first ranking of the potential Republican 2012 Presidential field. It looks like they’ll be updating this regularly, so, if you’re into that sort of thing, be sure to keep the link handy. I don’t see a lot of sense in ranking the contenders right now. The primaries are about a [...]
The Pledge to America: 21 Pages of Meh
The Congressional Republicans have released their gameplan for 2011 and beyond in a document called the “Pledge to America”. It’s 21 pages of solidly written and occasionally inspirational calls to remember the Constitution and the principles on which the nation was founded as well as a bushel basket full of promises they say they’ll keep [...]
Run ‘Stache Run: John Bolton for Veep?
I don’t know that he’d win, but if John Bolton made a serious run for the 2012 Republican nomination, it would make the race very interesting. Bolton, a sometimes controversial diplomat who served as ambassador to the U.N. from August 2005 through December 2006 for then-President George W. Bush, flirted with the idea of challenging [...]
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