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Rick Perry's Impressive Campaign War Chest
Tweet Share on Facebook October 5, 2011 Comment (1)Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced today that his campaign has hauled in an impressive and surprising $17 million since entering the race on August 13. The donations come from 22,000 contributors spread across all 50 states, with a slim majority living outside of Texas, the campaign said. Of that haul, $15 million is still unspent, so Perry has a hefty campaign stash headed into the more heated part of the primary season.
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Romney Wins With Christie's 'No'
Tweet Share on Facebook October 5, 2011 Comment (3)The big winner after Chris Christie's decision not to enter the presidential race is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. He is expected by GOP strategists to remain the front runner in the polls as the establishment candidate, with all the more conservative challengers trailing behind him and attempting to tear each other down in the process. All this will become increasingly clear when the GOP presidential debates resume this month.
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Christie Calls It Right
Tweet Share on Facebook October 5, 2011 Comment (2)Republican strategists say that, no matter how strong the New Jersey governor looked in early opinion polls and no matter how many big donors implored him to run for the Republican presidential nomination, the odds were heavily against him. He had three strikes against him:
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GOP Hammers Obama on 'Better Off' Comment
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2011 Comment (1)For more than 30 years, it's been a truism in politics that a president needs to improve economic conditions during his time in office, or he won't be re-elected. It goes back to the 1980 presidential debate in which Republican challenger Ronald Reagan locked up his victory over Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter when he asked Americans if they were better off than they were before Carter took over. Most felt the answer was no, and Carter lost the election.
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Ron Paul Continues His Controversial Comments
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2011 Comment (98)Ron Paul shows no sign of backing off his controversial views, a trait which endears him to his admirers but makes him less acceptable to more orthodox Republicans.
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Obama Plan: Attack GOP Challengers as Out of the Mainstream
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2011 Comment (5)A new memo from President Obama's re-election campaign suggests that the Obama team has decided on some of the key strategies it will use through 2012. One major theme will be arguing that the GOP presidential candidates, especially front runners Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, and Mitt Romney, the former of governor of Massachusetts, have moved far out of the mainstream.
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Liberals Rally in Washington to Pressure Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2011 CommentLiberal activists will be gathering in Washington today for a conference they call "Take Back the American Dream." One goal is to pressure President Obama to move more to the left, and it's quite possible that it will have some effect because Obama is trying to short up his Democratic base, including liberals.
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Herman Cain Shows He's a Big-League Player
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2011 Comment (12)Herman Cain is showing that he can play hardball.
