Santorum’s Campaign Against Himself

Being a political junkie I do spend time checking out the campaigns of any and all candidates I can manage to follow in local, state and federal races. It’s not necessarily the politics I enjoy as much as the campaigns themselves. I enjoy strategizing and predicting where, why and what candidates do or will do [...]

The GOP Debate Gauntlet – Deciding The Nominee Or Face Time For Media Hounds?

As GOP primary voters wind down to the last couple of months before the selection process of a nominee begins there has certainly been no shortage of opportunity for the top polling candidates to get their message out. Is it me or is there a GOP presidential debate every week? For political junkies it is [...]

A Two Horse Race

With the 3rd major Republican primary debate in the books there are 2 candidates whom have begun to distance themselves from the pack. Mitt Romney looked and sounded presidential as he took shots from and at the man who has unseated him as the early polling frontrunner, Texas governor Rick Perry. Perry was the self [...]

The Disadvantage of Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann

The debt. The deficit. The debt ceiling. Default. Social security checks. Medicare payments. Balanced Budgets. Tax increases. Gang of six. Cut, Cap and Balance. Headlines all in the past week. Headlines that, for the most part, the Republican candidates for President have been able to take a stand on without actually having to take a [...]

Is Eric Cantor Out Leading The Leaders?

As debt ceiling talks heat up I have been asking myself, “Self, who is leading the charge with the conservative message?” Speaker of the House John Boehner certainly has been spending a lot of time with the President. What he has been doing however is not making public those discussions. Do Republicans want secret meetings [...]

No Guts….No Glory (A Tribute To Dennis Miller)

With all due respect to Congresswoman Bachmann – Does anyone in the current GOP Presidential field have a pair? For a second it appeared as if former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty did. That was until the debate in New Hampshire where T-Paw turned into T-Aww as he failed to follow up on the opening he [...]

Tim Pawlenty: ” I Would Sign Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan”

On ABC’s “This Week” former Minnesota Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty addressed his stance on the budget changes to privatize Medicare proposed by the House of Representatives and backed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “If the only choices were doing nothing like President Obama is doing and Paul Ryan’s plan, I’d sign it,” [...]

Tim Pawlenty Could Stand To Gain While The Big Names Sit On The Sidelines

The 1st GOP Presidential debate is in the books. There are those who feel it lacked the “Wow” factor that it would have had if the top polling candidates had taken part. With Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin all declining to attend, the field was filled with candidates whose names are [...]

The Revolution WILL Be Televised. Ron Paul Is In.

Texas Rep. and former Presidential candidate Ron Paul will announce tomorrow that he is launching a third bid for the White House. The outspoken Congressman ran for the Presidency as a Libertarian in 1988 and as Republican in 2008 where he gained an almost cult-like following as the only Republican candidate to advocate the ending [...]

Rand Paul Visits South Carolina

Kentucky Senator and TEA Party favorite Rand Paul could be testing the 2012 presidential waters with a trip to South Carolina. The son of Texas Rep., 2008 GOP presidential candidate and possible 2012 candidate Ron Paul, Rand is appeared this afternoon before the College of Charelston’s “Bully Pulpit” series to talk about Libya, his possible [...]

Can The TEA Party Win On A National Level?

With the 2012 GOP field of presidential hopefuls lending numerous rumors and anticipation to it’s constituency the polls seem to be giving early indications that those names who have been there before have the advantage heading into the spring. 2008 candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney have been neck and neck in most polls and [...]

Rick Santorum Goes After Romneycare.

Former Pennsylvania Senator and potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum took a few jabs at former Massachusetts Governor and potential 2012 competitor Mitt Romney and the health care program he implemented in Massachusetts. “I have a lot of concerns about him in this election cycle because of the pre-eminence of health care and the [...]

Ron Paul Called “Horrific” By Dick Morris

Former Clinton adviser turned conservative political pundit Dick Morris called Texas Congressman and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul “horrific” during a radio interview with former Paul campaign economic adviser Peter Schiff. Morris, who was on the show to discuss and promote his new book “Revolt: How to Defeat Obama and Repeal his Socialist [...]

Tim Pawlenty To Make Decision Within 45 Days

Former Minnesota Governor and potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says that an official decision to run or not to run is likely to come within the next 45 days. Pawlenty, who is in Washington meeting with supporters, said he plans to make a decision soon about whether to run for President in 2012. [...]

Fox News Suspends Rick Santorum And Newt Gingrich

As announced by anchor Bret Baier late Wednesday morning, Fox News has ‘suspended it’s contributors arrangements’ with 2012 presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. for the next 60 days while they are in the process of deciding on a 12012 run at the White House. Both, Baier said, “have signaled possible runs for the [...]

Tim Pawlenty Rallies The TEA Party

At a Phoenix summit organized by TEA Party Patriots, normally mild mannered former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty rallied TEA Patry voters to ‘Rise up’ against the current conditions in Washington. “The Constitution wasnt written to limit freedom, it was written to limit government.” “Now it appears President Obama has forgotten what it says. It says [...]