Sarah Palin and the Do You Think Shes Qualified? Debacle

Santorum hits Romney on health care (again)
Rick Santorum came out swinging at Mitt Romney this morning in an interview with The Hill -- just one day after he did the same in a chat with the National Journal. Shane D'Aprile: Santorum said the path to the GOP nomination for the Candidate he endorsed in 2008 may be all but blocked in 2012 thanks to the healthcare law Romney signed as Governor of Massachusetts. "I think it's hard to see a path for him given the 'ObamaCare' issue," Santorum said. .... "It's just hard for me to see how he ge...

Pennsylvania 2012: Santorum struggles
Public Policy Polling releases a survey showing Rick Santorum, sputtering in both a 2012 GOP primary and General Election matchup in his home state of Pennsylvania. Santorum only manages 11% in the primary (good for 5th place), and isn't as well-liked as Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin. Meanwhile, Barack Obama beats him in a general election, 48%-40%. Santorum's downfall? Obama beats him by 20% among indies, which isn't a surprise, considering Santorum's -24% fav numbers with that group in the Ke...

Capehart: Sarah Palin fails to lead on gay equality
Sarah Palin is getting some mileage out of retweeting a pro-don't ask, don't tell Repeal message from Tammy Bruce. "I'm focused on economic issues, and you may have noticed I was being quiet about DADT because that's not our most pressing issue," the Openly Gay radio host tweeted Monday. "...But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. [Enough] already -- the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed." So, I guess we're supposed to presum...

Someone high-five Sarah Palin for me--Obama administration admits "mix-up", will remove death panels from new Medicare regulatio
A week ago, word came out that the Obama Administration were planning to install these “Death Panels” in Medicare Regulation. After people critized the administration acknowledging Palin was right about these end-of-life planning, The NY Times reports today that the administration made a “mix-up” and these panels will be removed. No, the mix-up is that it was politically stupid to implement this Regulation. The uproar was palpable. In other words, Palin and Conservatives ...

Top 10 Reasons to Hate Sarah Palin
Palin Derangement Syndrome Hatin’ Palin - Why Palin Provokes the Left’s Fury When Sarah Palin first stepped onto the national stage (in the Hottest red High Heels anyone ever saw) this country was changed forever. It will be remembered in history as the moment Conservative Women stepped onto the grid in a meaningful way. In the same instant, the Left froze in terror and a seething hatred began to build until it could no longer be contained and was unleashed in the most bruta...

Sarah Palin is the Next Nelson Rockefeller?!
The title of this post might seem absurd on its face. After all, politically Sarah Palin and Nelson Rockefeller have absolutely nothing in common. One is an uber-rich liberal New York scion of America’s wealthiest family, the other the Tea Party Queen/Mamma Grizzly from Alaska. Surely there can’t be anything that the two have in common. Can they? Well, I was recently reading David Pietrusza’s very good book: 1960-LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidenci

Santorum slams Palin, Romney
Rick Santorum hits Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney at two of their most vulnerable spots in a new interview with The National Journal. Asked directly if Palin is qualified to be president, Santorum responded: “What does it mean to be qualified to be president? She is born in this country and she’s the right age. Those are the qualifications.” Then he turns to Romney. Santorum, who backed Romney in the 2008 GOP primary over the eventual winner of the party's presidential nominatio...

Santorum knocks Palin, Romney (Daily Caller)
In an interview with National Journal, former Pennsylvania senator and likely GOP Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum shared his feelings on potential rivals Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin. “Let’s put it this way: I’m not waiting for her to decide whether I’m running for president,” Santorum said about Palin. “So, to me, she’s certainly been a net plus to Republican efforts. She was a huge factor in the last election, to me mostly to the good, maybe not ...

Santorum makes 2012 hire in N.H.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will announce his first New Hampshire hire Wednesday, as he continues to weigh a run for president in 2012. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Republican campaign Veteran Mike Biundo will serve as state director for Santorum’s political action committee, America’s Foundation. Biundo boasts stints as adviser, Campaign Manager and grass-roots director for a number of statewide and congressional races, including GOP Rep. Frank Guinta’s 2...

Santorum: Healthcare could sink Romney in 2012
Former Sen. and likely 2012 Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (Pa.), is getting tougher on some of his potential GOP rivals, particularly the man many peg as the early frontrunner in the race -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In an interview with The Hill, Santorum said the path to the GOP nomination for the Candidate he endorsed in 2008 may be all but blocked in 2012 thanks to the healthcare law Romney signed as Governor of Massachusetts. "I think it's hard to see a path f...

Starting Lineup: Showtime For Boehner
Good Wednesday morning and welcome back to the Starting Lineup. Here's what's happening in politics today. Showtime For The GOP: Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will get full attention when he takes the Speaker's gavel in the afternoon. In his remarks, Boehner will emphasize that his chamber is the people's House and will touch on the broad themes of cutting spending and government accountability . Navigating the competing factions within his Caucus will no doubt be difficult to Bo...

More signals Santorum is preparing for a White House run
More signals from Rick Santorum that he's gearing up for a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. A source close to the former senator from Pennsylvania confirms to CNN that later Wednesday Santorum will announced that he's bringing on board one of the top GOP political Strategists in New Hampshire, a state that plays a crucial role in the race for the White House. Santorum will also next week make another visit to the state, which traditionally holds in nation's first primary in t...

Santorum builds in New Hampshire
DiStaso: Mike Biundo, the Veteran Manchester conservative Political Strategist who guided Frank Guinta's campaigns for mayor of the state's largest city and then for the U.S. House, has been tapped as the first pre-presidential primary Staffer by a likely soon-to-be Candidate. Republican former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum later today will formally announce that Biundo, 42, will be th...

Gingrich and Santorum heading to South Carolina
Washington (CNN) - Two Republicans increasingly likely to seek the White House in 2012 are returning to South Carolina this month to court key constituencies. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will address the Grand Strand Business Association in Myrtle Beach next Wednesday. Gingrich has made multiple visit in the Palmetto State in recent months, including a well-received appearance at the Spartanburg County GOP's Bronze Elephant Dinner in December. Two days after Gingrich courts busines...

Rick Santorum Making More Moves Towards Presidential Run
It should come as no surprise to many political observers that pro-life former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is interested in making a bid for the Republican nomination for president. In what is believed to be a lead-in to an announcement, CNN reports today that Santorum is announcing he has hired a top Strategist in the early primary state of New Hampshire to help him make inroads with voters. Santorum also has plans to visit New Hampshire, the site of the second biggest battle in the prim...

Santorum staffs New Hampshire strategist
John DiStaso reports on another public step toward a presidential run from Rick Santorum. Mike Biundo, the Veteran Manchester conservative Political Strategist who guided Frank Guinta's campaigns for mayor of the state's largest city and then for the U.S. House, has been tapped as the first pre-presidential primary Staffer by a likely soon-to-be Candidate. .... [Biundo said] "As former Senator Santorum continues to consider a run for president, I am pleased to have the opportunity to play a pa...

Santorum: Health Care Will Sink Romney in 2012
The Hill reports: Former Sen. and likely 2012 Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (Pa.), is getting tougher on some of his potential GOP rivals, particularly the man many peg as the early frontrunner — former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In an interview with The Hill, Santorum said the path to the GOP nomination for the Candidate he endorsed in 2008 may be all but blocked in 2012 thanks to the healthcare law Romney signed as Governor of Massachusetts. “I think it’s h...

CPAC Roster Hints At 2012 Field
With CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, just a few weeks away, I thought it would be prudent to update everyone on confirmed speakers for the event, as well as speakers who have not yet accepted an invitation, as they pertain to potential Candidates.  I don’t know how much we can infer from the CPAC roster, but it is the pre-primary conference so anyone serious about a run should be there. Confirmed: Gov. Mitt Romney Gov. Tim Pawlenty Sen. John Thune Gov. Haley Barbour ...

Santorum's New Friend In Congress
Newly-elected New Hampshire Rep. Frank Guinta doesn't want to endorse anyone in the 2012 Presidential Election yet. But, if nothing else, he knows former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) is putting together a good staff. That's because the New Hampshire Union Leader reported Wednesday that Santorum has hired Mike Biundo to be his New Hampshire state director as Santorum continues to move toward a presidential bid. Biundo was Guinta's primary Strategist in his successful 2010 bid against forme...

Santorum weak on the home front
If Rick Santorum's really going to run for President he'd better hope folks in other states respond more positively to him than the ones in Pennsylvania who know him best. Just finished crunching the numbers on our first poll of 2011, which we'll start rolling out in full tomorrow. For now here's what we found on Santorum: -Only 38% of voters in the state have a favorable opinion of him to 44% with a negative one. His numbers are particularly bad with Independents whose Ratings of him break dow...

Gingrich, Pence, Santorum to South Carolina
A 3-person convoy of '12 hopefuls are headed to South Carolina within the next nine days. CNN's Peter Hamby says Newt Gingrich will speak to the Grand Strand Business Association next Wednesday, while Rick Santorum will hit up an anti-abortion rally in Columbia, two days later. Yesterday, The Politico's Kasie Hunt reported that Mike Pence will keynote a posh gathering of politicos at the prestigious Awakening Conference's black tie dinner, this weekend -- a gig that's set off new speculation h...

2012 Presidential Hopefuls: God Game Is On
ABC News is reporting that Michele Bachmann, Tea Party religious right heroine, wants to run for president. That would mean that, despite some talk from Mitch Daniels about a "truce" in the "Culture Wars," that the Republican presidential primary field will be crowded with Candidates who want to talk about God, the Christian nation, the divinity of the Constitution, and "Judeo-Christian values." The field will be heavy with hardcore culture warriors: aside from Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckab...

Pence to South Carolina
So much for that all-Indiana schedule; Mike Pence seems to be keeping a toe in the national waters, Kasie Hunt reports: Pence joins a parade of other potential GOP 2012 hopefuls who have previously addressed the conference, now held in a key early primary state: Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Jim DeMint and Mitt Romney have all appeared. The conference—which in previous years has been he...

The 2012 "Evangelical Primary"?
I think I better be in Iowa March 7th. Have a look below at the big 2012 presidential event that will take place. The 2012 GOP primary may end up turning in to the “Evangelical Primary”. The GOP race may include Huckabee, Palin, Pence, Thune, Pawlenty, Santorum (OK Catholic but Evangelicals love him), etc. This is from The Des Moines Register: Iowa’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, a leading social conservative group in the leadoff Caucus state, has invited 12 Republican presidentia

George Stephanopoulos: Palin, Huckabee May Delay 2012 Run To Stay On Fox News (VIDEO)
George Stephanopoulos predicted that Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and other potential GOP Candidates for the 2012 Presidential Election may delay their bids so they can continue reaping the benefits of a Fox News platform. Palin is a Fox News contributor, and Huckabee hosts his own show on the network. Speaking on Monday's "Good Morning America," Stephanopoulos posited that they, along with two others, might want to stay on the network for as long as they can, since they will have to end their c...