Jan 25, 2012 – Codevilla’s analysis is certainly a useful part of the debate, and is another longstanding fault line that laid the groundwork for … Now, I’m a realist – there are limits to how much we could expect even a completely united GOP to bring home as long as Obama is the … As the other presidential contenders have faded by now, in the case of the presidential race I’ll focus at this point on Romney (the…

Feb 1, 2012 – Here’s why I’d be nervous if I were a GOP operative. Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … The Bad Messaging of the Newt Gingrich Super PAC I was surprised to land in Miami today for CNN’s coverage of the Florida Presidential … They need to take Rick Santorum’s attack on Romneycare from the CNN Jacksonville, FL debate and turn it into a commercial.…

Feb 26, 2012 – And the two top contenders for the GOP Presidential nomination are there – Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are pressing the flesh at … As of late last week, Rasmussen showed Romney back in the lead in Michigan, following a rather mediocre debate performance by Santorum…

Feb 23, 2012 – At the CNN GOP debate last night in Arizona, the candidates were asked this question: Since birth control is the latest hot topic … But there’s a simpler way of framing the right answer to this in a debate. … Newt’s approach should be studied by every future GOP campaign.…

Feb 23, 2012 – VA Governor Bob McDonnell Hangs VA GOP Out To Dry ———————————————————————- 1. … Gingrich & The Rick Perry Factor It was the last debate. … Blaine the 1884 presidential election.Please click here for the rest of the post. 5.…

Feb 20, 2012 – The Last Debate? 2. The Stimulus Chart Obama Doesn’t Want You to See 3. … The Last Debate? … in the Republican Presidential Primary season.…

Mar 7, 2012 – s Republican Presidential cycle to the Democrats’ go of it in 2008. … It has to do with a well executed PR strategy to frame a debate on mandating Americans subsidize the sexual habits of women as a war … on women by the GOP.…

Mar 5, 2012 – I had another teachable moment as well: the GOP has yet to realize what a travesty it is to cravenly cave to lefty false narratives … in the GOP.  But, hey, us dames will handle it with our huge sets of brass ovaries. I’ll start, as I’m a giver. … Presidential phone call! Clearly, the President did that because he knows a Useful Idiot when he sees one.…

Mar 13, 2012 – Fred Barnes, who is nothing if not plugged in to the thinking of leading Beltway Republicans, looks at how the Congressional GOP plans … to work with the presidential nominee. . . .Even considering the fact that McConnell has to play coy due to the fact that there’s … Can the GOP beat Barack Obama and run the country the next four years without presidential leadership?…

Mar 23, 2012 – The GOP’s national leadership – including the presidential candidates stumping today in Louisiana – may be uninspiring, but the GOP … through the Louisiana House of a landmark school choice bill (the bill still awaits action from the LA Senate), before proceeding to debate … The vote was 61-42 after nearly 12 hours of debate.…

Mar 21, 2012 – Ten things I want from the eventual GOP nominee. … I want the candidate to stand by the implications of his Vice Presidential choice. … I WANT TO SEE JOE BIDEN WHIMPER LIKE A KICKED PUPPY AT THE END OF THE FIRST (AND SUDDENLY LAST)[*] VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.…

Apr 18, 2012 – In the past week the presidential campaign has been hit by two events that many have termed silly. … Since Mitt Romney has become the presumptive GOP nominee we’ve seen two broad lines of attack opened against him. … Bush impatiently looking at his watch during a debate (he wasn’t the only one doing that, trust me) and George H. W.…

Feb 6, 2014 – political fallout of “Bridgegate” may not be entirely clear just yet – but the lesson it holds for Republicans looking for a 2016 presidential … Nobody should be rushing to pick a 2016 presidential nominee two years before the first primaries. … It’s also important that the party have a real debate on the issues – and a real debate on the issues can only happen if you have more…

Apr 2, 2014 – The best time to put such plans on the table is in a presidential campaign, or when the party holds both Houses of Congress (as it … But with the Senate up for grabs and potential presidential candidates beginning to gear up, Governor Jindal has decided that it’s … love with any one candidate this far ahead of 2016, and given the plethora of potentially attractive candidates and the roiling debate…

Oct 24, 2012 – One of the major reasons why Mitt Romney was able to make such rapid inroads against Barack Obama in their first debate, and why … Of course, it gave Clinton something too – more presidential power. … Instead, besides blaming things on his GOP predecessor, he complains incessantly about GOP obstructionism, knowing full well that he…

Nov 15, 2012 – Allow me just to repeat the title of this post: presidential politics does not-and should not-define conservatism.  … Every cycle many on the right seem to believe the GOP primary and then the general election results define conservatism.  … The problem is that a presidential election is a complex and multifaceted (not to mention constantly changing) process taking place…

Nov 14, 2012 – To go back to one more example from baseball analysis (sabermetrics), this is sort of like the “statheads vs scouts” debate: whether … Nation For the third consecutive presidential election, the RealClearPolitics averages of state polls correctly called nearly all … There was great debate over whether it mattered at all to look at the national polls, since presidential elections are determined on…

Nov 13, 2012 – as applying to undecided and low energy voters in the same way it had to the GOP base. … But in reality, as the first debate faded hundreds of thousands of potential GOP voters still were not motivated to vote for Romney … The 2012 presidential race in Ohio came down to two simple things. Ohioans are not really happy with President Obama.…

Nov 7, 2012 – Let’s not sugarcoat this: last night was a bitter loss for Republicans and conservatives, all the worse because the presidential race … Bush did as a candidate – and while there’s plenty to debate in the Bush legacy, he’s the only Republican to win a presidential election … But as it turned out, the House GOP fared a lot better than the presidential or Senate tickets, losing seats but easily retaining its…

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…