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.…

Jan 2, 2012 – There are 2,286 delegates awarded in the GOP primaries and caucuses; the nomination thus requires wrapping up 1,143 delegates. … President, the polling and anecdotal evidence is quite clear that Mitt Romney is the preferred choice of only about a quarter of the GOP … the GOP’s failures in the 1996-2000 period, Santorum bears those of 2006, a more recent loss when he – as a member of the Senate GOP…

Dec 30, 2011 – I have probably run the gamut with most of the rest of the GOP electorate in terms of at least considering voting for everyone in the … Bachmann and Santorum), but I have come back around full circle to where I started this primary season: no more legislators as Presidential … Perry’s campaign failed to appreciate the damage done by a few mediocre debate performances.…

Dec 29, 2011 – We even had a few moments earlier this month when it looked like some of the GOP presidential candidates would actually take part in … a debate that Trump moderated.…

May 9, 2011 – The GOP would yet again have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Please click here for the rest of the post. 4. … Craig Becker is a Natural Fit in a Socialist Administration The other night in the Luntz panel after the Fox debate, Luntz seemed … A week ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a big story about major hedge fund managers jumping to the GOP from Barack Obama.…

May 5, 2011 – The first GOP debate in South Carolina of the presidential election cycle taking place in South Carolina won’t be a game-changer … Even though the “big names” are boycotting too busy to attend the debate (which is a likely mistake, given the opportunity to opine … Obama re-lubricates his 2008 OFA machine, determined to win re-election on the back of Osama Bin-Laden’s quickly-disposed of corpse, GOP…

May 17, 2011 – The list of some (but probably not all) of the potential candidates for the GOP Presidential nomination reads as follows: Palin, Bachman … every nasty criticism that can be delivered and still stand there and debate. … The only way to get a real conservative nominated for the GOP Presidential slot is to expose all the fake ones to the public for castigation…

May 12, 2011 – He looked even more tongue-tied than he did during the 2004 Presidential Election. … The Senator came to debate a Denialist and wound up having to hug the tree harder than his GOP opponent. … Tim Pawlenty did just that before the first GOP debate.…

Apr 10, 2011 – side — the Democrats — believed they had the upper hand, and the other — the GOP — agreed. … win, the House GOP … re-elected the same group. … The House GOP just put a giant KICK ME sign on its collective rear.…