January 2nd, 2012
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ICYMI: GOP’s Election Battle Plan: Use Obama’s Own Words Against Him
Excerpts from The Washington Post By Peter Wallsten January 1, 2012 “With Republican voters in Iowa set to finally begin picking a nominee to challenge President Obama, GOP officials in Washington are quietly and methodically finishing what operatives are calling ‘the book’ — 500 pages of Obama quotes and video links that will form [...]
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chairman Sharon Day New Year’s Message
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chairman Sharon Day released the following New Year’s message: “Today the world welcomes 2012, and as we in America mark the beginning of a new year, we also enter an election year—undoubtedly one of the most consequential election years in recent history,” said RNC Chairman [...]
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Issues the Call to the 2012 Republican National Convention
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus issues the Call to the 2012 Republican National Convention: “On behalf of the Republican National Committee, I am proud to officially issue the Call to the 2012 Convention. The Call is an invitation to the Republican voters of America to participate in our Party’s process [...]
Would Mitt Romney’s Cozy Relationship with Wall Street Make Him a Good President?
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Mitt Romney’s Wall Street experience, his cozy relationship with them now, and whether or not that would make him a good President. We’re brought to you [...]
Annnnnd now VA AG Cuccinelli is *not* backing changing the primary ballot.
Interesting; and a pretty strong reversal from Saturday’s statement. “I obviously feel very strongly that Virginia needs to change its ballot access requirements for our statewide elections,” Cuccinelli said in a statement. “However, after working through different scenarios with Republican and Democratic leaders to attempt to make changes in time for the 2012 presidential election, [...]
Duelling narratives on Iowa ground game?
If you want to really appreciate the chaotic nature of the pre-caucus environment in Iowa right now, contemplate the two stories below (both via Hot Air Headlines): People reading the New York Times are being told, effectively, that the ground game race is effectively between the technocratic Mitt Romney and the plucky Rick Santorum (with [...]
For All of Santorum’s Traditionalism Rhetoric
Universal Health Services, on whose board he sat until he left in June of this year, runs a PRIDE Institute in Minnesota. It’s the “nation’s first and leading provider of mental health service to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.” Ironically, given Santorum’s strong comments on “homosexual acts,” according to the PRIDE Institute, its [...]
Honest Question
For you Santorum supporters (and everyone else please be kind in this thread), I have a real and honest question for you. Rick Santorum was last in politics in 2006 when he lost his re-election bid by 18 percentage points. Yes it was a bad year for the GOP, but it was also the most [...]
Will Obama be a Debt Man Walking in 2012?
2011 was a disastrous year for our debt. Yes, the Republican Congress prevented Obama from passing his budget, which would have added $1.6 trillion in new deficit spending. Instead, they passed a budget that added an additional $1.3 trillion to the national debt. Overall, federal outlays in FY 2011 (which ended September 30) were $141 [...]
