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2012 Election Tag

Endgame Analysis:  I don't think Romney was mortally wounded, but he did stammer through some key issues such as the release of his tax returns.  Clearly Newt had almost all of and the biggest moments.  Probably Rick Perry's best debate, Santorum was uneven.  Probably Ron...

Operation Counterweight commenced on June 10, 2011: Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics of the Republican insiders are going to leave me completely unexcited about the presidential campaign, and more focused on electing conservatives to Congress as a counterweight to...

When even Rush Limbaugh buys into the "criticising Bain is criticizing capitalism" meme, we have lost as a party.  There is a huge difference between using government powers to impose value judgments (a la Obama) and making value judgments in evaluating a candidate's background. It's over. We've discovered...

Some people in the Republican Party want to follow John McCain's policy of not going after Obama personally: Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday that party surrogates should refrain from personal attacks against President Barack Obama, because such a...

"Teabagger" is the pejorative of choice for left-wing bloggers and an occasional Democratic politician, when trying to vilify supporters of the Tea Party movement.  It is a slang term which describes a sexual act. And it is a term used by Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, as reported...

Obama raised $42 million for his campaign in the third quarter, plus another $27.3 million for the DNC.  Naturally, the top line $70 million joint number is being hyped. These numbers come from an Obama campaign statement, the official FEC report has not yet been released,...

Looking at all the non-Romney candidates last night, I kept thinking, "Miss her yet?"  (Note:  If someone could do the graphic, I'd love to post it.) Particularly after this question and answer: TUMULTY: Congressman Gingrich -- Speaker Gingrich, Medicare is going broke.  Consider the fact that half of...

#OccupyWallStreet is organized agitprop designed to deflect attention from the Obama administration's failings onto "Wall Street,"  although many of the participants don't understand how they are being used.  The Washington Post now is fully aboard Team Obama, doing its best to take down Rick Perry this...

Rick Perry is pushing back against criticism of his debate performances, particularly the Florida debate, by arguing that we should not elect the smoothest debater: "As conservatives we know that values and vision matter. It’s not who is the slickest candidate or the smoothest debater that...

Steve Chapman, a member of the Editorial Board of The Chicago Tribune, Why Obama should withdraw (h/t HeyTammyBruce): When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, his slogan was "Morning in America." For Barack Obama, it's more like midnight in a coal mine. The sputtering economy is about...

The NY-09 and NYV-02 election results were like electroshock therapy for Democrats who worry about party before party leader, and fear a convulsion in 2012 more complete than in 2010. Imagine the election returns coming in Tuesday night as senior Democrats watched in horror, and then imagine Jack...

Obama seems to think that just what this country needs is a big fight over which party is more patriotic. At least that's the fight Obama is picking in his speech today in Detroit and reportedly in his upcoming speech to Congress and budget battle: “We’re going to see if...

From the guy no longer on MSNBC because he was so outrageous they had to tone things down a bit by replacing him with Al Sharpton: These guys in the Obama camp are in for a horrible, rude awakening. Sometime in the next year, they are going to...

Maybe I have not recovered from witnessing the ability of the nation to delude and deceive itself, as happened in 2008. I never understood the attraction in the first place, so I'm not believing that when the recovering deluded and deceived enter the voting booth, they will...

of stories about Obama's demise about which I am skeptical. Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard argues that the media lovefest for Obama has weakened Obama by making him lazy: As a rule, the press is the scourge of presidents. They’re expected to endure unending scrutiny, mistrust,...

Obama's disapproval rating hit a new high in the Gallup daily survey: I would not put too much weight on this.  Yes, it is reflective of a growing discontent. But for reasons which are beyond me, Obama remains personally well-liked.  Don't be complacent, or underestimate his ability...

A ringing endorsement of Rick Perry from Kinky Friedman, with as many laughs per square inch as any endorsement I have ever seen (emphasis mine): I have been quoted as saying that when I die, I am to be cremated, and the ashes are to be thrown in...