CPAC’s Conservative Message

Despite Romney’s strawpoll win, the anti-establishment message of CPAC came through loud and clear from various speakers.  Alan West, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, and even at times the Presidential candidates: the only way we can truly be free is by reclaiming the role of the church and community from the Federal Government. For [...]

A Populist CPAC, but where are the ideas?

 Meeting Donald Rumsfeld today, the man who knows his knowns from his unknowns, he saw my media badge saying WhiteHouse12 and asked me “You’re from the White House?” I explained I was not, and we are a website covering the election, but I can’t be sure whether he was disappointed or not. Being an election [...]

View Marco Rubio’s CPAC 2012 Speech in its Entirety

   As one of the opening speakers at the 2012 CPAC event, Florida Senator Marco Rubio demonstrated why he is the future of the G.O.P. and the nation.  He offered a speech that marked with a wonderful mix of  humor, sharp criticism and hard facts that highlighted the differences between the left and right and the exceptionalism [...]

Obama Raised Taxes on Buffet’s Secretary!

Populism Gone Wrong Last night, Warren Buffet’s secretary occupied  a place of honor as an invited guest of the Obama’s to the State of the Union address.  She got to sit with the First Lady, sort of like the Iraqi woman who was invited by Bush and showed off her ink stained finger for voting.  [...]

Trunkline 2012: Tuesday Tidbits From The Republican Presidential Race – 11/01/11

    Newt gets one endorsement while others begin to contemplate doing the same, Iowa voters discuss the caucus process, Perry begins campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire but through recorded television spots, Romney and Cain tied in Florida, Herman Cain gives Politico hit piece legs, GOP presidential candidates chime in on South Carolina immigration laws, [...]

Perry Polls Well in Florida

A recent Florida Times Union poll has Rick Perry up by 9 in Florida.  Florida will be a key early state in the primary and of course could be the key to the Presidency in the 2012 general.  How solid is Perry’s lead?  As solid as the opinion of a 20 year old. Perry took [...]

Marco Rubio Saves Former First Lady Nancy Reagan in Fall

  On Tuesday at the Reagan Library, before Senator Marco Rubio delivered a powerful speech on the role of government in our lives, he escorted former First Lady Nancy Reagan down a long aisle in between the packed to capacity audience.  Along the way, the First Lady, frail and walking with a cane, misstepped and was falling until [...]

From the Reagan Library, Marco Rubio Delivers a Powerful Speech on the Role of Government in our Lives

   On Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio was the featured speaker at the Reagan Library.   His topic of discussion was the role of government in our lives. The speech was both factual and inspirational.  It also demonstrated why Marco Rubio is considered to be one of the brightest stars of the G.O.P..  I am of [...]

See Marco Rubio’s Speech at the Reagan Library Live

See Marco Rubio’s live streaming webcast from the Reagan Library. The topic of  of discussion is the role that should pay in our lives. Clickthe image below to see it live :

McDonnell, Christie, and Rubio Make Romney’s Short List for Being Palinized

    At a private $1,200 per plate fundraiser in the home of Virginia State Senator Jeff McWaters, Mitt Romney declared that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio are on his short list of possible running mates. The remark was essentially an innocuous statement of the obvious. For [...]

Rudy: Fresh Candidate or Romney Clone?

Some are convinced that Rudy is ready to step into the 2012 primary.  But is Rudy going to bring something fresh to this race?  Or will he simply join the race as one more fiscal conservative who will turn off social conservatives and join McCain as one more perfect GOP candidate who goes down to [...]

Will 2012 Ruin 2016?

In 1996, after Democrat President Bill Clinton had embarked on a regime so liberal that he swept Newt Gingrich and Republicans into power in 1994, it seemed for Republicans that it was Bob Dole’s time. However, with Republicans being frowned upon for shutting down the government and Clinton getting credit for reigning in spending, Bob [...]

Republican Presidential Contenders React To President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Under an atmosphere that frowned upon the slightest hint of disagreement much more than in State of the Unions gone by, many potential Republican candidates for President had reactions to the Presidents address whichshowed that they were not timid in their desire to make clearwhere theyparted ways withthe President. The often abrasive John Bolton who [...]

Romney and Rubio Make Republican Ripples Across the Pond

   The United Kingdom pays close attention the politics of the United States and the piece offered here by the U.K.’s Telegraph, is a good indication of just how astute our conservative friends from the other side of the pond are when it comes to the existing American political atmosphere. Some of the most notable [...]

Marco Rubio Gets the National Spotlight

         This past Saturday, Republicans used Marco Rubio to respond to the President’s weekly radio address. The move was one  which took advantage of gaining some earned of “free” media for what is one of the mosthotly contested Senate races in 2010, while at the same time providing the opposing opinion to the one offered [...]