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The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas
The calendar is collapsing. Only a week until Christmas! Only a month until the beginning of the Presidential Election! David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns. Yes, the race for the White House is practically under way. Already, there are at least seven Republican presidential primary debates on the schedule. The way this is going, the Republican presidential hopefuls will eventually be on television every single minute. Possibly they can be convinced to do something more entertaini...

Obama In Strong Shape Against Palin for 2012
A new poll released Thursday found President Obama with a big lead over Sarah Palin in the 2012 presidential contest, and with smaller leads over two other presidential contenders, confirming other recent polls showing Obama faring especially well against Palin. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Obama with a 55 percent to 33 percent lead over Palin, and a 47-percent to 40-percent lead over Romney. The survey also found Obama with a 47-percent to 27-percent lead over the relatively un...

GOP 2012 Primary: Populists vs. Managers
National Journal: As the 2012 Republican pre­sidential race begins to coalesce, the field is dividing between Populists and managers. The most prominent Populists are former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The leading manager is Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, although he could face competition from such current governors as Indiana's Mitch Daniels, Mississippi's Haley Barbour, and, conceivably, New Jersey's Chris Christie. Oneti...

The VERY Wide Open 2012 GOP Presidential Race
Despite the persistent myth that the Republican rank-and-file are all patiently waiting to be told by Great Big Grownups which leader to follow in 2012 (you know, a Great Big Grownup Candidate like Mitch Daniels or Haley Barbour or John Thune) there's remarkably little evidence that conservative Activists, the true rulers of the GOP, are converging behind any particular candidate. For a good indication of the landscape, check out the reader poll recently conducted at the highy influential rig...

Who will get away with the Omnibus snow job?
Times are most interesting in DC, while the North of the country is cold but dry, while DC is covered in snow. The snow is in the buildings of the legislative branch as much as it outside. You see we have the unbridled farce of Republicans who eagerly put Earmarks into the Omnibus bill to be voted on, saying they will vote against it. Or at least some of them are doing so. Others seem tone deaf and carrying on as if Nov. 2010 was just like any other election. There is a subtle sorting process go...

GOP Pulse: Slow Walking to 2012
Thune dips his feet in New Hampshire: The Rapid City Journal notes that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is giving a Radio Interview with New Hampshire Radio Station WKXL. "While Iowa is nearby South Dakota and shares many of the same issues, New Hampshire is another ballgame entirely, and it's hard to see why else Thune would be doing in an interview with a New Hampshire Radio Station other than to get himself in front of an important primary state." Gingrich talks up Haley before visit: In an interview...

Obama Leads Palin By 22% In WSJ/NBC Poll
Run, Sarah, run! The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Obama with a 55 percent to 33 percent lead over Palin, and a 47-percent to 40-percent lead over Romney. The survey also found Obama with a 47-percent to 27-percent lead over the relatively unknown South Dakota Senator John Thune. The poll was conducted Dec. 9-13 by Democratic pollster Peter Hart and Republican pollster Bill McInturff among 1,000 adults, and has a 3.1-percent Margin of Error. Sarah Palin is at unfortunate point in Ameri...

Sarah Palin Is Not Popular
We should absolutely continue to expose this grifter as the screechy doofus she is, but with the knowledge that despite what Cable News says, no one likes her all that much. Her Approval Ratings are way low. Her show is failing. Her books sales are shrinking. And now this: The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Obama with a 55 percent to 33 percent lead over Palin, and a 47-percent to 40-percent lead over Romney. The survey also found Obama with a 47-percent to 27-percent lead over the re...

Herman Cain: Im forming an exploratory committee for 2012
I know the basics of his bio — accomplished CEO, talk-radio host, Cancer survivor — but not much more beyond that. Even so, it got my attention a few days ago when he won Red State’s 2012 “tournament,” topping Mike Pence in the semifinal and Palin in the final. Is that because Cain’s a Red State favorite or is the Grassroots support for him out there broader than anyone realizes right now? Either way, the Daily Caller says to get ready. Former Godfathers Piz...

An Iowan on Santorum: 'Very Presidential in Stature'
The closing item in the Morning Jolt mentioned Rick Santorum’s event on a cold night in Davenport, Iowa. A Campaign Spot reader, Meredith, was at last night’s meeting. Her take: LOVE love love The Morning Jolt. It’s the first thing I look for in the a.m. I was there in Davenport last night. I’m looking for a Candidate. I don’t think the “reruns” can beat Obama; they weren’t that popular the first time (i.e. Huckabee and Romney). I am not an offic...

Iowa GOP strong arms presidential candidates into Ames Staw Poll
On Thursday, the Republican Party of Iowa announced that the all-important Ames Straw Poll will be held Aug. 13, 2011. The Straw Poll has traditionally been an early marker to gauge relative support for Republican Presidential Candidates in advance of the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses. The state GOP also announced that they will co-host a debate with Fox News on Aug. 11, just two days before the Straw Poll. The Ames Straw Poll is one of the first events on the nomination calendar that can ma...

Iowa GOP strong arms presidential candidates into Ames Staw Poll
On Thursday, the Republican Party of Iowa announced that the all-important Ames Straw Poll will be held Aug. 13, 2011. The Straw Poll has traditionally been an early marker to gauge relative support for Republican Presidential Candidates in advance of the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses. The state GOP also announced that they will co-host a debate with Fox News on Aug. 11, just two days before the Straw Poll. The Ames Straw Poll is one of the first events on the nomination calendar that can ma...

Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels Put Off Presidential Announcement Until Spring
ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Here are two more clues that the 2012 Presidential Campaign is going to get off to a late start: two potential GOP Candidates acknowledged this week that if they decide to run, they won’t jump in until the spring. “I think the decision has to come at the end of this General Assembly session, if not before. No later than that,” Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told WANE-TV in Ft. Wayne on Wednesday. (The state’s General Assembly sessio

Politics of START, 2012-style
Washington (CNN) - The proposed nuclear arms treaty with Russia, the New START, is now a political football of sorts, entering into the 2012 lexicon. While the bill remains a point of contention between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill where the Senate has yet to vote on the measure, some potential 2012 GOP Presidential Candidates are staking out their positions. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said the treaty is not in America's best interest because while the Russians are allowed...

Romney's opportunistic position on the tax compromise
Your article has been sent. Former Massachusetts Governor and probable 2012 Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney came out against President Obama's tax Compromise today, aligning himself with the more conservative wing of the Republican Party. In a column published in USA Today, Romney criticized the deal for delivering short-term economic stimulus while leaving the long-term health of our economy in doubt. "Uncertainty," Romney explains, "is not a friend of investment, growth and Job Creation." I...

Six out of 10 Americans Say They Would Definitely Not Support Palin for President
While she always ranks in the top tier of potential Candidates in polls looking ahead to the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, surveys of the overall public have not been kind to Sarah Palin's chances of winning the General Election, and a new ABC News/Washington Post poll is no exception. Fifty-nine percent of Americans said they would definitely not support Palin for President in a poll conducted Dec. 9-12. Eight percent said they would definitely back her if she ran and another 31 perc...

Sarah Palin's Double Standard on Double Standards
Sarah Palin's Double Standard on Double Standards Like a broken clock, even Sarah Palin is occasionally right. So it is with her suggestion that the perpetually weepy incoming House Speaker John Boehner is getting a free pass for theatrical water works a woman could never survive politically. As it turns out, the half-term Governor is speaking from experience when she claimed "that's one of those things where a double standard certainly is applied." After all, what she criticized in 2008 as "w...

I celebrate the mans entire catalog
Even the liberal Politico deserves a link for writing something that amuses me this much: No, it’s not just an attention-getting stunt. John Bolton is seriously considering running for president. [....] Editor Rich Lowry said the magazine made Bolton its subject because of his rising profile in conservative circles. “He looms quite large,” Lowry said. “There are so few voices on Foreign Policy [in Republican politics]. John has that expertise, and he’s on Fox, I w...

The Fix: Why Sarah Palin could struggle in 2012
1. Sarah Palin has been making the rounds with more traditional media of late, a development that has people rightly wagering that she may be inching toward a presidential run. The former Alaska Governor, who has built a massive following through Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter seems to now recognize that building a national campaign requires more than starring in a Reality TV show and communicating with her supporters only through tweets and status updates. But as she seek...

An interesting interview
I’m not sure what the rules of “Fair use” say about posting an entire article, so I will simply link it instead. It speaks volumes about the liberal mindset, and also why they can’t stand Sarah Palin PS Perhaps Dana or someone else can find a way to make that link active. Right now you have to copy & paste to get it to work. Sorry about that, but I’m still not familiar with the various ways to make things work in this forum, like pasting pictures, for instance....

Poll: Obama Handily Leads Palin, Romney, Thune
President Obama easily leads three Republican challengers in hypothetical 2012 matchups presented in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. However, Obama's victory against a generic GOP Candidate falls within the poll's Margin of Error. Only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney polled reasonably close to Obama in the head-to-head contests. Forty percent of respondents said they would vote for Romney if he were the Republican nominee, versus 47% who said they would vote for Obama. Against Sen. ...

GOP 2012: Populists vs. Managers
As the 2012 Republican pre sidential race begins to coalesce, the field is dividing between Populists and managers. The most prominent Populists are former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The leading manager is Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, although he could face competition from such current governors as Indiana’s Mitch Daniels, Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, and, conceivably, New Jersey’s Chris Christie. Onetime House Speaker...

2012 Republican Candidates: Still for the Tax Deal, Mostly
What's changed since I broke down the potential 2012 GOP Candidates' stances on the Tax Cut deal? - Gary Johnson came out against it. - Mike Pence told Sean Hannity: "I believe it is a bad deal for Taxpayers that will do little to create jobs, and I cannot support it." Pence previously told Hannity he was Undecided. Pence's opposition is somewhat significant because he's only one of three potential 2012 candidates who gets a vote on this. Ron Paul is for it, and John Thune has been baiting oppo...

Family Research Council's anti-SPLC campaign places bullseye on the backs of Republican leaders
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters Those organizations either named as anti-gay Hate Groups or profiled for their tendency to defame the lgbt community via lies are running scared. On Tuesday morning, they brought out the "big guns" From People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch: . . . FRC announced that it was running this Open Letter [PDF] in both Politico and The Washington Examiner and that the effort had the support of dozens of Republican members of Congress and ...

Cornyn: 'Karl, This Is Not Just About Earmarks!'
Heated exchange! ABC News' Jonathan Karl Probes Senators about Earmarks. President Obama urges the Senate to pass the Tax Cut deal. Thune vs. Romney: Tax Deal or 2012 Battle? Sen. John Thune R-SD., says "it's easy to stand on the sidelines and criticize." ...