Tag: Ron Paul
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McConnell Campaign Manager Resigns Amid Investigation Into 2012 Iowa Bribery Scandal
Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.
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Michigan’s Justin Amash Defeats Establishment Backed Challenger
Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.
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Bachmann And Santorum 2016? Dusting Off The GOP Nomination Clown Car
It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.
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A Partisan Divide Over Israel? Not Really.
Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.
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Establishment Victories In Iowa GOP Could Impact 2016 Race
A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.
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Ralph Hall, Oldest Member Of Congress, Defeated In Texas GOP Runoff
The oldest, and one of the longest serving, Members of Congress lost his primary runoff battle in in Texas last night: Seventeen-term Rep. Ralph Hall on Tuesday became the first incumbent to lose renomination this cycle, after the Texas Republican was ousted by former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe in a primary runoff. With 98 percent of…
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Anti-War Republican Beats Back Bush Era Challenger
Congressman Walter Jones beat back a primary challenge from a former Bush aide who attacked him over his foreign policy views.
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Chelsea Clinton Pregnancy Reveals Everything Bad About Political Media
Chelsea Clinton is pregnant, and once again America’s political pundits are making fools of themselves.
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Rand Paul Wins Meaningless Straw Poll For Second Year
The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.
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Nomination Mechanisms and GOP Party Evolution?
Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.
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GOP Looking To Overhaul Primary, Convention Process Ahead Of 2016
Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.
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Rand Paul To Block Yellen Nomination Over Fed Audit Bill
Senator Rand Paul says that he he will block the nomination of Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke as the head of the Federal Reserve Board in order to force a vote on his bill to audit the institution: Sen. Rand Paul said on Tuesday that he plans to place a hold on Janet Yellen’s…
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McConnell Campaign Manager: I’m Holding My Nose Working For Him
Jesse Benton, the campaign manager for Mitch McConnell’s 2014 re-election campaign, isn’t entirely thrilled with his boss: The campaign manager for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell insisted Thursday that he remains “100 percent” committed to his boss’ re-election effort after a recording surfaced suggesting otherwise. Snagging Jesse Benton, a former acolyte of both Ron and…
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Rick Santorum Will Not be the 2016 Republican Nominee
It may be Rick Santorum’s “turn” but he’s too harsh and extreme to win the nomination.
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The Enzi/Cheney Primary, Rand Paul, And The Wider Fight In The GOP
Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.
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Republicans Are Afraid Of Hillary
Reporting from the RNC’s meeting in California, Zeke Miller notes that Republican insiders are dreading the prospect of another Hillary for President campaign: HOLLYWOOD — Republican leaders plotted their party’s political comeback on Thursday with plans to court minority voters and modernize their political operations. But some wondered if one person could make it all…
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Rand Paul Wins Meaningless CPAC Straw Poll
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.
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Donald Trump Will Once Again Speak At CPAC
For some reason, the Conservative Political Action Conference has decided to invite Donald Trump to speak at CPAC: Celebrity mogul Donald Trump will speak at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, a major stomping ground for Republican activists and presidential hopefuls. “I look forward to welcoming him back to the CPAC stage next week,” said…
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New Jersey Lawmakers Legalize Online Gambling
New Jersey is just a Governor’s signature away from becoming the third state in the country to legalize online betting: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill legalizing gambling over the Internet, sending it to Gov. Chris Christie, who has indicated he will sign it quickly. The state…
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Ron Paul Files Trademark Complaint Against His Fans
When Ron Paul ran for the Republican nomination for President the first time in 2008, not many people expected the grassroots movement that grew up around him, which is probably why Paul’s campaign never bothered to secure the domain RonPaul.com back then. Someone else did, though, and they turned it into a site for Ron…
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Tom Harkin Announces He Won’t Seek Re-Election In 2014
The mid-term elections are still more than a year and a half away, with Tom Harkin of Iowa becoming the fourth Senator to make that announcement in just a month: Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin announced Saturday he will not seek re-election in 2014, giving Republicans a shot at picking up his seat. “It’ll be wide-open as…
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Judging The 2012 Preditions
Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.
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Crist’s Choice and the US Party System
What Crist demonstrates about the US party system.
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Iowa’s Governor Calls For An End To The Ames Straw Poll
The Governor of Iowa thinks the Ames Straw Poll should be ended, but he really ought to go further than that.
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Republicans Could Have Done A Lot Worse Than Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.
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Herman Cain: Time For A Third Party
Herman Cain has an idea: Herman Cain, the former presidential candidate who still has a robust following via his popular talk radio program and speaking tours, today suggested the most clear step to open civil war: Secession. Appearing on Bryan Fischer’s radio program this afternoon, Cain called for a large faction of Republican Party leaders to desert the…
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The Cult Of Barack Obama’s Presidency
Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.
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Military Donates Essentially No Money to Candidates
The Center for Responsive Politics touts “Overwhelming Support for Obama” among military donors. The numbers show something more interesting: those associated with the military don’t give money to political campaigns.
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The Beginning Of The End Of Polling?
The response rates for opinion polling of all types has become incredibly low.
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Was Mitt Romney The Best Candidate The GOP Had This Year?
Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.
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Rand Paul Offers An Alternate Path On Foreign Policy For The GOP
Senator Rand Paul suggests the GOP may want to reconsider its foreign policy aggressiveness.
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Gary Johnson: Spoiler?
The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.
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Mitt Romney Officially The Republican Nominee For President
It’s official.
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Lots of People do not Understand Parties, Conventions, or Presidentialism
Mark Levin provides the latest example.
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Compromise Apparently Reached On GOP Delegate Rules Changes
The changes to the delegate allocation rules for Republican Presidential elections which James Joyner and myself have written about over the past several days have, as James noted, stirred up no small degree of controversy. Ron Paul supporters have ended up in an alliance of convenience with conservatives and Tea Party groups who see the…
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Why Ron Paul Isn’t Speaking At The Republican Convention
Many of Ron Paul’s supporters are upset about the fact that he wasn’t given a speaking slot at the Republican convention. As it turns out, the reason for that was really quite simple: Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks vetted…
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Romney Rules Change
Mitt Romney’s forces won a rules change that will allow future nominees to have more say over their conventions. While this strikes me as a no-brainer, some conservative activists are up in arms.
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GOP To Change Rules For 2016 Primaries And Beyond
The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.
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Republican Convention To Break Tradition, Nominate Romney On Monday
The Republican National Convention will apparently be breaking with tradition by holding its nominating event, the roll call of the states, on Monday rather than the third day of the convention as usually occurs: Mitt Romney’s quest to formally win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination is coming two days earlier than expected. Mr. Romney will be elevated…
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Ron Paul Supporters And RNC Reach Truce On Convention Disputes
It looks like Ron Paul supporters and the RNC have come to an agreement that will prevent any embarrassing moments at the upcoming convention: Tampa, Florida (CNN) - A stand off between Ron Paul supporters and the Republican National Committee over convention delegates appears to be easing, and both sides are close to announcing a deal that could help avoid…
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GOP Platform Committee Rejects Endorsement Of Civil Unions
The effort to put a plank supporting civil unions for same-sex couples in the GOP platform has been soundly rejected: TAMPA, Florida — The GOP platform committee overwhelmingly voted down an effort to include recognitions of civil unions in the party’s manifesto. The measure, offered by Rhode Island delegate Barbara Fenton and seconded by Connecticut’s Themis…
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A Presidential Election Without Veterans
For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.
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Republicans Begin To Set Convention Speakers
With the Republican National Convention a mere three weeks away, the party is beginning to announce the names of the people who will be speaking to the gathered crowd. Yesterday, for example, we learned of a trio of female Republicans along with a group of present and former Governors: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,…
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Photos Of The Day: Ron Paul Supporters Greet Romney In Poland
Mitt Romney arrived in Poland this morning, and CBS News reporter Bonny Kapp shared this photo on Twitter of Romney staffers trying to block a Ron Paul sign as Romney walked through Gdanask: Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray shares another photo: You never know where you’ll find a Paul supporter, apparently.
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Alex Jones is Nuts
Radio talk show host, and conspiracy-theory promoter, Alex Jones has an especially remarkable theory concerning the Aurora, Colorado massacre: it was planned by the Obama administration (along with Fast and Furious and the Gabriel Giffords shooting) as a plot to let the UN take our guns away. Here’s the video clip: One the one hand,…