Nov 7, 2012 – The House GOP Should Have Used The September Continuing Resolution To Frame The Election.  … The GOP has not done the same to, e.g., gaff-prone Joe Biden. … The Same Is True For McConnell and Senate GOP Campaign Chief Cornyn.…

Nov 7, 2012 – That does not mean the GOP must offer up amnesty. … past two years the GOP has atrophied into a party of intellectual lightweights in the House and Senate. … That nothing burger was not, per se, Mitt Romney, but the GOP as a whole.…

Nov 16, 2012 – Rasmussen’s surveys had been right in presidential and non-presidential election years, in years before and during/after the rise of … Obama, and had never before overstated GOP turnout. … Presidential vs.…

Dec 18, 2012 – No GOP-controlled House since the institution of the income tax has ever raised rates. … The GOP can always retreat – but it must be to more defensible ground. … But it doesn’t mean the GOP is holding a strong position, either.…

Jan 12, 2011 – The obvious knock on Herman Cain as a presidential candidate is his lack of political experience. … But that won’t be true after the first debate (in June 2011 I think?). … Establishment GOP picks are now suspect rather than shoo-ins.…

Jan 24, 2011 – Both were re-elected; Truman used the GOP as a foil to confront, Eisenhower showed he could cooperate with the Democrats, and Clinton … Whoever the GOP nominates in 2012 will have the ability a presidential candidate usually has to declare some level of independence … Unless Mitt Romney wins the nomination, the GOP will almost certainly run a presidential candidate who can and will mount a full-throated…

May 7, 2014 – appearance on ABC News’ This Week in which he said the investigation into the attack was driven by a “delusional minority” of the GOP … If so, was there a presidential finding that authorized providing weapons to al Qaeda fighters in Syria? … Was the self-absorbed “selfie” Commander-in-Chief really so hotly engaged in debate prep that he couldn’t be bothered as one of his…

Jul 18, 2014 – So Warren’s race was much more contested than Cruz’s or than the presidential race in either state. … The proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the 2016 presidential race is Hillary Clinton. … If you compare them to the roster of Republicans who might be in the Presidential or Vice Presidential mix (by design, this is an overinclusive…

Jan 5, 2013 – The GOP has the weakest defense in the league. … Based on the demographic debacle of the 2012 presidential elections, the GOP can’t afford to lose any more of the booster club. … The GOP has celebrities too.  Use them.  …

Aug 16, 2010 – Democrats are using the social security trust fund to expand big government will have no problem.But this isn’t the only reason the GOP … The Idiocy of Barack Obama’s Mosque Support The Ground Zero Mosque debate may be the first time in all of American history that the … Especially when the president feels a matter is beyond his formal power, this is what the presidential bully pulpit is for.…

Oct 6, 2011 – The economic debate will be October 11th and Perry still does not have an economic plan. … And I won’t even get into the need to improve his debate performances. … Presidential nominee.…

Oct 3, 2011 – And while I’m willing to settle for Mitt Romney, I think even though the GOP typically nominates the guy who has waited in line there … I’ve been muttering to myself since that third debate, “My God. This guy is undefeated?” … And besides, the GOP and Democrats both nominated Senators in 2008 — current Senators no less. Look what happened to them.…

Sep 29, 2011 – He had one of his best fundraising days ever after winning the Fox debate. … Neil Stevens pointed out to me that the Perry debate flub has not been as fatal to him as the Pawlenty debate flub was to him.But it … was still terrible.Perry needs to not lose the next debate.…

Sep 29, 2011 – Yesterday, Herman Cain, a contender for the GOP presidential nomination, announced that he would not support Texas Governor Rick Perry … Barring a deus ex machina type intervention the GOP nominee is going to be either Mitt Romney or Rick Perry. … He’s bought a lot of good will in the GOP and the conservative movement.…

Nov 15, 2011 – implausible candidates, a cry is rising from the implausible and their supporters that the media, not the voters, are choosing the GOP … Michele Bachmann just weighed in on “Debategate,” telling Whispers that the media is trying to pick the Republican presidential winner … Because the media gave her a soapbox in an earlier debate and she marginalized herself.…

Nov 15, 2011 – While You Were Distracted While we’ve all been distracted by the Presidential race, there is other news out there that may give you … Because in this interview, away from sound bites and debate one liners, this guy sounds reasonably conservative. … Is it just Rick Perry who is having disastrous debate performances? They are killing Jon Huntsman with the base.…

Nov 10, 2011 – Believe it or not, Rick Perry had the best damn debate performance of his entire Presidential career last night. … want to let NBC conduct another GOP debate? … If the GOP is going to boycott Univision because of its Marco Rubio family smear, why not boycott NBC’s January debate in Florida because…

Nov 22, 2011 – Once Newt Gingrich finally gained some genuine attention after months of praise of his debate performances, the Republican presidential … Gallup polled 946 Republican and GOP-leaning RVs, MoE 4.…

Nov 29, 2011 – He says this of a GOP Presidential contender who has taken more positions on abortion than Xaviera Hollander assumed in her movie “ … He says this of a GOP Candidate who has pandered to both sides of the ongoing immigration debate more than once.…

Dec 13, 2011 – I’m afraid, however, Rick Perry blew a winning hand with his debate performances. … Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor was not only not conservative but it was disastrous for the State GOP. … There is no way to blame the decimation of the Massachusetts GOP on anyone else.…

Dec 8, 2011 – He was the one Senate candidate in 2010 that both the GOP Establishment and Tea Party agreed on. … If we really want the Senate GOP to turn the corner, we need guys like Ron Johnson at the table. … Mitt Romney flip-flops a grenade into illegal immigration debate. How do I put this?…

Dec 20, 2011 – I have made clear my reasons here.I am, however, continually surprised that anyone in the GOP thinks Mitt Romney is a really viable … In exchange for the Keystone Pipeline, which would probably make the President veto the whole thing anyway, the GOP would go for a … RedState Interview with Jon Huntsman Former Utah Governor and current Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman took the time on Friday…

Jan 3, 2012 – Sixty votes are needed to cut off debate and kill a filibuster, or invoke cloture. … They were filed for non-controversial votes, such as presidential nominations.  … He has spent the majority of time on quorum calls and presidential nominations. …

Jan 3, 2012 – “Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” – Richard Feynman Prior to this year’s Presidential Primaries, I had … To the extent that my opinion matters in picking the next GOP Presidential candidate, my ignoring him worked to his benefit. … Hayhoe got abruptly cashiered because The GOP is overwhelmingly winning the debate on Anthropogenic Global Warming.…

Jan 2, 2012 – Subsequently, all of the Republican candidates refused to participate in a debate on Univision, opting instead for a debate with Univision … Saban wanted to get the Republicans on stage and have a slanted debate with questions sympathetic to illegal immigration — a set up … The GOP might want to start wooing Telemundo not as a GOP alternative, but as an objective news source without Univision’s baggage.…