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Rick Santorum, Family Values Candidate and Pro Wrestling Advocate? – The Daily Beast
Rick Santorum was a lawyer for professional wrestling. It sounds like a surreal plot of political pulp fiction, but it’s true. Back in the late 1980s, the family-values candidate played a central role in deregulating professional wrestling in Pennsylvania as … Continue reading
Why has GOP turnout taken a dive? – CNN.com
Beneath Rick Santorum’s stunning three-state sweep on Tuesday stands another stubborn sign of dissatisfaction with the status quo: Republican turnout is down. I’m talking embarrassingly, disturbingly, hey-don’t-you-know-it’s-an-election-year bad. It is a sign of a serious enthusiasm gap among the rank … Continue reading
Newt’s Two-Man-Race Narrative Collapses After Santorum Victories – The Daily Beast
This is the story of Newt and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It is a tale of two caucus states where Newt was schooled by Rick Santorum in the ways of social-conservative voters and one state where … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Shows Obama Messaging Is Weak – The Daily Beast
“Killed bin Laden. Saved GM.” That’s a Dirty Harry–style slogan for Obama 2012—direct, unflinching, and unsentimental, no poetry or promises. It’s all about results. It can be remembered in a bar, and it fits on a bumper sticker.
Ron Paul’s Plan to Mess Up Mitt Romney – The Daily Beast
Money, momentum and Mormons: these three factors gave Mitt Romney a convincing win in Saturday’s Nevada caucus. Mr. Romney was long expected to roll to victory in a state where he captured 51 percent of the vote four years ago. The … Continue reading
Romney’s Gaffe About the ‘Very Poor’ Shows Him Courting the Middle Class – The Daily Beast
As if to prove the point that this nomination race is far from over, Mitt Romney took to the airwaves Wednesday morning and promptly stepped on his lip. The occasion was a post-Florida victory lap interview with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. … Continue reading
Romney Ramps Up Attack Ads Against Gingrich to Unprecedented Levels – The Daily Beast
No, it’s not your imagination. Things are uglier than ever in the Sunshine State. A staggering 92 percent of the political ads run in Florida over the last week of the campaign have been negative.
American Way: Florida Battle of Strip Malls and Swamps May Decide Republican Nomination Contest – The Telegraph
Much of Florida is swampland covered by strip-malls – and in a similar attempt to impose order over chaos, Mitt Romney is blanketing the Sunshine State this weekend with negative advertisements bashing his chief rival Newt Gingrich. Romney, the establishment … Continue reading
What Happened to Romney, the ‘Inevitable’ Candidate?
Newt Gingrich has pulled a Double Lazarus, coming back from the dead twice in this campaign to win decisively in South Carolina. Exit polls showed a broad and deep victory in this conservative state, with Newt winning tea partiers and … Continue reading
Religious-Right Leaders Say Santorum, But Voters Flock to Gingrich – The Daily Beast
Just last week, Rick Santorum received a much-vaunted endorsement representing the collective wisdom of more than 100 conservative evangelical leaders ranging from Tony Perkins to James Dobson to Gary Bauer. Where their benediction fell, their flocks were sure to go—or … Continue reading
Three Things to Watch in South Carolina Primary
All presidential primaries matter, but some matter more than most. South Carolina has voted for the eventual winner of the Republican nomination since 1980. And for the conservative candidates looking to stop the inevitability narrative that has surrounded Mitt Romney’s … Continue reading
Stop Stereotyping South Carolina – CNN.com
We’re in the thick of the South Carolina Republican Primary, and all the ugly old stereotypes are being deployed as shorthand for one very beautiful state. You know, the characterization of South Carolina as a swamp of sleazy politics and … Continue reading
How ‘5 Things to Watch’ Turned Out – CNN.com
In the run-up to the New Hampshire primary, I wrote a column on the five things to look at while the votes came in. Now we’ve got the results, and here’s how it played out: • Romney’s benchmark — Mitt … Continue reading
Evangelicals at the Crossroads in South Carolina – The Daily Beast
Two Mormons, two Catholics, and two Protestants walk into a South Carolina church asking for votes. No, it’s not a bad joke—it’s the current state of play in the pivotal South Carolina Republican primary. It’s an unprecedented situation and a … Continue reading
Romney Ready for Prime Time After New Hampshire Primary – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney scored a strong victory Tuesday night in New Hampshire, just exceeding John McCain’s 2008 vote total of 37 percent and beating third-place finisher Jon Huntsman by 20 points.
New Hampshire – All About the Independents
New Hampshire is all about the independents. And that’s why it’s the best test of general election electability. While Iowa’s caucuses are disproportionately dominated by social conservatives, in New Hampshire’s open primary, independents can vote — and they make up … Continue reading
Five things to watch in New Hampshire – CNN.com
Game day is here — the New Hampshire primary is under way. Here are five things to look for that could determine the election outcome and the shape of the GOP field going forward:
Jon Huntsman Earns His Applause at Sunday’s N.H. Debate – The Daily Beast
Jon Huntsman had his best debate right on time—two days before New Hampshire votes. And Mitt Romney had his worst debate Sunday morning, finally coming under sustained and substantive fire from his competitors, as well as the debate moderator, Meet … Continue reading
Strengthening Job Market Lifts Economy, Obama’s Reelection Hopes – The Daily Beast
The U.S. economy is showing new signs of growth—and that’s great news for the country as well as President Obama’s reelection effort. Friday morning, it was announced that the economy added 200,000 jobs in December, lowering the unemployment rate to … Continue reading
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Rick Santorum’s One Good Idea: No Corporate Taxes for U.S. Manufacturers – The Daily Beast
There’s a lot not to like about Rick Santorum on the social-issues front. He’s an anti-abortion absolutist, no fan of gay rights, and possesses politics so influenced by faith that even contraception remains controversial in his mind. But Rick Santorum … Continue reading