Category Archives: GOP

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

Palin Tells Bachmann To Give It Up

I know many folks are a bit tired of me going after Ron Paul, so, how about some Sarah Palin bashing instead? Via Hot Air comes this quote “As for Michelle Bachmann. She has a lot to offer, also, but I don’t think it is her time this go around. And I believe that unless […]

Iowa Caucuses Today: What Comes Next?

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

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 […]

Can Ron Paul Capture The Youth Vote?

Time wonders Despite his age, there is an air of rock-and-roll around Paul. One supporter even flashed the rock-out-horns sign when asked on Thursday whether he was sold on the candidate: “Hell yeah for Ron Paul!” he said. “The message of liberty is really appealing to younger people,” says Richardson, a heavy-metal fan who got […]

Romney Compares Obama To Kardashians

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 […]

Early Ron Paul Shows That His Newsletters Weren’t Outliers

Now fear, though, the Paulites will go to stages 4, 5, and especially 6 in an attempt to mitigate the disaster inherent in Ron Paul’s writings (CNN) As the newsletters burst into view, first during his 2008 presidential bid and again in recent weeks after he climbed to the front of the Republican race in […]

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

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 […]

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