Tag: Tim Pawlenty
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Mitch Daniels Gets The Worst Job In Politics
Mitch Daniels got the unenviable task of responding to the State Of The Union Address last night.
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New Hampshire Still Romney Country, But Who Comes In Second?
Barring a disaster, Mitt Romney is going to win the New Hampshire Primary, but who comes in second is still up in the air.
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Mitt Romney Walks Away Unscathed From Yet Another Debate
Watching last night’s debate, you would have been surprised to learn that Mitt Romney has any real opponents in the Republican race.
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Michele Bachmann’s Epic Collapse
Executive summary: She’s a kook unfit to serve as dog catcher, much less leader of the free world.
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Iowa’s First Place Status
Has Iowa “blown its special claim as the first state” in the nomination process? No, it never had any special claim in the first place.
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Republicans Clash At The (Thankfully) Final Debate Of 2011
The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.
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Newt Gingrich’s Improbable Rise
So, how did we get to the point where a fat, condescending, serial adulterer who left office in disgrace twelve years ago is the latest challenger for the conservative mantle?
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Is the Media Sexist? Or Just Banal?
Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.
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Media Coverage for Minor Candidates
CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.
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George Will Flip Flopped On Mitt Romney Flip-Flops
The venerable conservative columnist once endorsed Romney as a “good option for the Right” but now calls him “the pretzel candidate”
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Will Jon Huntsman Get A Second Look, Or Even A First, From Conservatives?
Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?
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What Does Will Want?
What exactly does George Will want out of the GOP?
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George Will Slams Mitt Romney, And The Right
George Will reminds conservatives to look in the mirror if the prospect of a President Romney dismays them.
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Are Pundits Underestimating Herman Cain?
Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?
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Romney Plays It Safe In Ohio On Public Union Ballot Issue, But Is It Too Safe?
Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.
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Mitt Romney’s Immigration Problem
Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.
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Regrets, He’s Had A Few
Tim Pawlenty seems to be looking over the two months that have elapsed since he dropped out of the Presidential race and wondering what might have been: ST. PAUL, Minn.—Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might have stayed in the Republican presidential race longer had he known it would be this volatile. Pawlenty reflected…
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Michele Bachmann Blames Obama For Arab Spring
Michele Bachmann has a rather bizarre view of the protests which swept the Arab world starting in January, and which so far have led to the downfall of three dictators: Michele Bachmann condemned the Arab Spring and blamed President Obama for allowing it to happen by “showing weakness” and by compromising the United States’ relationship…
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Does A Bad (Or Good) Debate Performance Prove Anything?
Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?
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Tim Pawlenty Endorses Mitt Romney
A month after dropping out of the Presidential race after a disappointing performance at the Ames Straw Poll, former Minnesota Governor Mitt Romney has endorsed Tim Pawlenty: Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney for president Monday, praising his onetime rival for his “leadership ability” and the “depth and scope of [his] private-sector experience.” “I believe…
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Pawlenty and the Pundit’s Fallacy
America’s pundits have never met anyone who didn’t think Tim Pawlenty would be a good nominee.
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Does Ron Paul’s Strong Showing In Ames Matter? No
Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.
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Tim Pawlenty Dropping Out Of GOP Race For President
Tim Pawlenty is out, to nobody’s surprise.
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Michele Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll, Ron Paul A Close Second
A good day for Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry. A bad day for everyone else.
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Rick Perry Announces Candidacy For Presidency
While most of the Republican field was at the Iowa State Fair, Rick Perry was in South Carolina shaking up the field.
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Ames Matters, But What If Ron Paul Wins?
Time for the spinning of the straw poll results to begin.
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Pawlenty Hints He May Drop Out If He Performs Poorly In Ames Straw Poll
It may just be an acknowledgment of reality, but Tim Pawlenty seems to be suggesting publicly that he may not be in the 2012 race very much longer: Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) admitted Friday he’ll have to “reassess” the direction of his campaign if he finishes poorly in Saturday’s Iowa straw poll. Pawlenty…
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Republicans Clash In Most Energetic, Combative Debate So Far
Last night’s debate was definitely more combative than previous renditions.
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Perry Pushes Bachmann Into Fourth Place In New Poll
Rick Perry’s entry into the race could quickly turn the 2012 GOP fight into a two man race.
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Politico: Rick Perry To Announce 2012 Plans Saturday, Upstaging Ames Straw Poll
If this turns out to be true, then it strikes me as a pretty masterful piece of political gamesmanship: Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to make clear that he’s running for president, POLITICO has learned. According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any…
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Bachmann, Romney, Paul At The Top In New Iowa Poll
Scott Rasmussen’s first poll of Iowa GOP Caucus goers has some interesting results: In the Iowa caucus race for the Republican presidential nomination, five candidates are in double digits, and many voters are open to changing their mind before caucus day arrives. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Iowa’s Likely Caucus Participants shows that…
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Super Tuesday Won’t Be So Super In 2012
The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.
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Bowing To Pressure, Tim Pawlenty Signs Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge
On Tuesday, Tim Pawlenty’s campaign said that he would not be signing the National Organization for Marriage’s candidates pledge, at which point NOM launched a campaign to pressure him to change his mind: Tim Pawlenty is taking heat from the National Organization for Marriage for not signing the group’s pledge to oppose efforts to legalize…
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Tim Pawlenty Hoping For Turnaround From Ames Straw Poll
Tim Pawlenty’s Presidential campaign has essentially made the Ames Straw Poll a make-or-break event for the candidate: If former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R) campaign is going to rebound, the candidate’s betting it begins next weekend at the Ames, Iowa straw poll. Pawlenty hasn’t called the influential gathering of Iowans a make-or-break moment for his…
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You Want to Talk about Something Broken in our Politics?
I got your broken right here: the presidential nomination process.
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Tim Pawlenty Pulls Ames Ads, Shifts to GOTV
Tim Pawlenty is rethinking his campaign strategy.
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Can Jon Huntsman Revive the Party of Reagan?
Condi Rice’s speechwriter thinks Huntsman can appeal to the Tea Party.
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Mitt Romney’s Frontrunner Status In Danger If Rick Perry Enters The Race
If Mitt Romney looked in the rear view mirror he might just see Rick Perry gaining on him.
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Pawlenty-Bachmann War Heats Up
The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.
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Tim Pawlenty In Hot Water Over Use Of “Miracle On Ice” Footage
A new Tim Pawlenty television ad is raising copyright issues rather than, as intended, bringing back memories of the 80s.
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Romney, Bachmann Lead GOP Race In New NBC/WSJ Poll
The Michele Bachmann surge continues, and the fortunes of candidates such as Tim Pawlenty and Herman Cain continue to falter: Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has stormed into second place among Republican primary voters in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains the front-runner, according to a new…
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Public Policy Polling Drops Tim Pawlenty From Statewide General Election Polling
This is most assuredly a bad sign for Team T-Paw: As a result of Tim Pawlenty’s poor performance in its latest national poll, Public Policy Polling will no longer include the former Minnesota governor on the list of candidates whom it polls in a direct match-up against President Barack Obama in state polls. Pawlenty will…
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Erick Erickson Is Putting Party Before Country
How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.
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The Debt Kamikazes
Via John Avlon at the Daily Beast: GOP’s Debt Kamikazes Michele Bachmann believes it’s all a hoax. Tim Pawlenty told an Iowa crowd, “I hope and pray and believe they should not raise the debt ceiling.” Ron Paul based his first presidential ad on a call to not raise the debt ceiling, proclaiming “No Deals.” …
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Mitt Romney Slams Family Leader Marriage Pledge
Mitt Romney is distancing himself from the Family Leader Marriage Pledge quite emphatically: Mitt Romney is further distancing himself from the GOP’s religious right base in Iowa, by refusing to sign a social conservative group’s controversial “Marriage Vow” pledge — with his campaign going the extra mile by excoriating the pledge itself. (…) As the…