Archive for gop nomination

Heroes & Goats

Feb 09, 2012 Comments Off by

Part of the reason that people enjoy watching sporting events is because the outcome is clear cut.  One team wins, another loses.  Outcomes aren’t usually so black and white in any other area of life.  That being said, my problem with sporting events is that …

baltimore ravens, billy cundiff, bobby thomson, brian williams, brooklyn dodgers pitcher, buffalo bills, buffalo fans, chicago cubs, community organizer, Democrats, electability, election, electorate, florida marlins, Gingrich, gop nomination, Headline, John King, kyle williams, leo durocher, Media bias, moises alou, new york, new york giants, News and Opinion, Newt Gingrich, nfc playoffs, ny giants, Obama Administration, president of the united states, ralph branca, scott norwood, september 11 2001, south carolina, super bowl Read more

Parker a maybe for 9, McClung won’t seek rematch, Giffords to endorse

Feb 09, 2012 Comments Off by

‘Tis the season for decisions to be made on congressional races, and here are a few stories on that front.

Vernon Parker considers run for new congressional Dist. 9 seat

Paradise Valley Councilman Vernon Parker says he is considering foregoing his current run for Town Council …

Arizona Elected Officials, Ben Quayle, Congressional District 6, congressional races, constitution of the united states, democratic party, democratic party chairman, District 2, district 9, doug mckee, election, Election 2012, Featured, Gabrielle Gifford, Gabrielle Giffords, Glendale, gop nomination, grijalva, Headline, Jeff Rogers, mcclung, News and Opinion, paradise valley, Phoenix, Pima County, Rep. Ben Quayle, Rep. David Schweikert, Republican, ruth mcclung, Trent Franks, U.S. Rep. Read more

The perfect post-debate advice for Gingrich

Jan 24, 2012 Comments Off by

Political predictions are often hard to make. Even people who are smart, savvy, and informed make them and then turn out to be wrong. We rarely go back and check, but it’s true even of the finest pundits.

Similarly, when pundits give advice about what a …

Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2012, barack obama campaign, Barack Obama for president, brokered convention, cal thomas, caucus, congressional democrats, conservative congress, conservative principles, Conservatives, debate performance, Debates, Democrats, Election 2012, entitlement programs, Featured, general election, Gingrich, gop campaign, gop candidate, GOP candidates, gop chairman, GOP debate, gop field, gop leaders, gop nomination, gop nominee, GOP presidential candidates, gop presidential debate, gop primaries, GOP primary, gop race, GOP registration, gop victories, gop voters, Headline, inevitability, infrastructure, jobless rate, Jobs, massachusetts governor, News and Opinion, Newt Gingrich, nomination, Nominee, obama campaign, parallel universe, political predictions, Predictions, presidential campaign, presidential campaign season, Presidential campaigns, Presidential candidates, Presidential election, presidential election results, presidential elections, presidential nomination, presidential nominee, Presidential primary, presidential race, punditocracy, republican candidate, republican candidate for president, republican candidates, republican caucus, republican caucuses, republican challenger, republican challengers, republican debate, republican nomination, republican nominee, republican philosophy, republican plan, republican president, republican presidential candidate, republican presidential candidates, republican presidential debates, Republican primary, Republican primary candidates, republican vote, republican voters, Republicans, senate majority leader, senate majority leader harry reid, size of government, Welfare state Read more

Start thinking Gingrich?

Jan 23, 2012 Comments Off

Yesterday, I called your attention to analysis suggesting that in spite of Gingrich’s rather resounding victory in South Carolina, the race is still Romney’s to lose. I offered a potential counter-analysis that this race has, since the beginning, been all about Romney vs. a series …

Read more

Romney debate win followup: Some Romney electoral strengths

Jan 08, 2012 Comments Off

In the previous post, we talked about the trend of opinion that Romney won the debate last night. The trend is not uniform, of course, but it is strong. Some of the recognition of Romney’s strength is enthusiastic; in other cases, it is …

Read more

Observer consensus: Romney wins debate

Jan 08, 2012 Comments Off

In scanning conservative new media this morning, the consensus appears to be fairly clear. There are differing opinions on who came in second and how the others did generally, but a lot of the opinions in the conservative punditocracy appear to agree that Romney came …

Read more