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Perry Serves Up Red Meat to Conservatives
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 CommentTexas Gov. Rick Perry brought his red meat to the Values Voter Summit, offering up scalding rhetoric about President Obama, along with some underhand blasts at his chief rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Santorum At Home With Values Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 Comment (2)Former Pennyslvania Sen. Rick Santorum is in familiar, friendly territory as the first GOP presidential candidate to speak at the 2011 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. Wellknown as one of the true-blue social conservatives in the race where economic populism is all the rage, Santorum is aiming for the warmer, more uplifting brand of religious conservatism which served former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee so well in 2008.
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Romney Channels Bush on Foreign Policy
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 Comment (5)Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney chose the 10th anniversary of the Bush administration's post-9/11 Afghanistan invasion to deliver the first major foreign policy speech of his 2012 campaign. With Romney hoping to set himself apart from President Obama, his speech was almost as much of a reminder of President George W. Bush's policies as the anniversary itself.
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Democrats See Obama's Jobs Bill as Rallying Point
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 Comment (1)President Obama's job-creation bill has been a turning point, Democratic strategists say. They argue that the measure draws a sharp contrast to GOP proposals to pull back from federal activism in strengthening the economy, and it has energized the Democratic party and the president himself.
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Obama Advisers Predict a Campaign of Stark Contrasts
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 CommentPresident Obama's political advisers say one reason for their confidence that he will be re-elected next year is that the Republican field is so weak and Obama will be very effective in defining the eventual Republican nominee in harsh and negative ways.
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Romney Insiders Say Steady Eddy Campaign Is Working
Tweet Share on Facebook October 7, 2011 Comment (1)Strategists for Mitt Romney say he is prepared for a long, hard slog to the Republican presidential nomination if that's what it takes to win.
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Obama Trying to Tap Anti-Washington Anger
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (1)A combative President Obama threw down the gantlet to congressional Republicans this morning, challenging them to pass his $447 billion job-creation bill and accept his other ideas for strengthening the economy or "the American people will run them out of town."
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Palin Will Campaign From the Sidelines
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (3)Now that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has decided not to run for president, strategists of both parties expect her to continue to play a role in conservative politics from the sidelines.
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Employment Is Job One, but Foreign Policy Could Boost Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 CommentJobs will be the No. 1 issue this presidential election season, but with turmoil in the Middle East, a rising power in China, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, those hoping to be commander-in-chief will have to prove their foreign policy know-how. Or, at the very least, show voters that they've got friends with foreign policy experience
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Obama, Democrats Plan to Tie GOP to Wall Street
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (357)The burgeoning of populist protests in New York and other cities shows that resentment over the economy is growing, and Democratic strategists are moving aggressively to show that President Obama and his party are taking steps to solve the problem while Republicans are standing in the way.
