Romney Aims His First Ad at His Rival-in-Chief

    After visiting New Hampshire for thed first ime in two years, President Barack Obama tried to energize supporters andto  look-like like a hands-on leader and advocate for the middle-class, by pushing a proposal to extend a payroll tax break.   Speaking in a high school gymnasium, the President taunted Republicans by saying ”Don’t be a Grinch. Don’t vote to raise [...]

Romney Picks Up Major Endorsement from New Hampshire Senator Kellly Ayotte

    Freshman United States Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire has endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. Given the influence that Ayotte sholuld have as the states only incumbent Republican U.S. Senator, the endorsement is important, but it is not critical. In the 2008 primary and caucus cycle, then Senator Judd Gregg [...]

Rush Hits Newt Again

Six months ago, I wrote an article about Newt Gingrich’s attempt to clarify his views on healthcare.  Newt had gotten himself in trouble when it came out that in 1993 Newt agreed with the Heritage Foundation on an insurance mandate.  At the time, Newt said that he felt there should be a law that made [...]

White House 2012′s Morning Memo: Friday’s Election News Briefing for 11/11/11

  This morning’s White House 2012 Morning Memo briefs you on  Rick Perry’s top ten list from his appearance on Letterman, Herman Cain’s defamation representation, opinions on whether he just beginning to take a hit on all the accusations, a New Hampshire presidential candidate forum, Romney’s plans for Iowa, Occupy protesters crashing a Bachmann event, and a few other tidbits [...]

Trunkline 2012: Monday Mentions from The Republican Presidential Race – 11/07/11

  On today’s campaign trail, Gloria Allred stages a press conference to attack Herman Cain with the first woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, Romney visits Iowa, Senator Jim DeMint discusses his endorsement in the Republican race for President, Star Parker supports Rick Santrorum, Huntsman waits to become the next flavort of the week, and. Michele Bachmann tries to [...]

Trunkline 2012: Saturday Political News in Review and the Cinema Politico Movie of the Week 11/05/11

Saturdays edition of Trunkline reveals standout performances at Iowa’s Reagan Day Dinner, Scott Brown delivery of the weekly republican radio address, Mark Levin’s rousing Defending the Dream speech at the AFP conference, the top 10 Joe Bidenisms, Romney’s plan to cut $500 billion from the federal budget, and this week’s Cinema Politico Saturday night movie feature. Watch the [...]

Wednesday’s Wit and Words from the Campaign Trail, 11/02/11

Luck of the draw in New Hampshire positions some better than others, Herman Cain  accuses Perry of leaking Cain’s sexual harassment charges while a third woman joins the chorus of accusers,  Romney starts working New Hampshire, Cain  tops South Carolina poll,  Rick Santorum pushes hard as he heads begins to make his presence well known in Iowa, and White House [...]

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, [...]

New State Poll Results Signal that Mitt Romney’s Campaign is Doing Everything Right

  While several new national polls show Herman Cain besting Mitt Romney in several states such as Ohio and Arizona, new CNN/Time/ORC polls released late Wednesday, shows that Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads all his Republican rivals in each of the four states to be holding the first four nominating contests in 2012 race for the Republican nomination. In Iowa, the [...]

Wednesday’s Wit and Words from the Campaign Trail, 10/26/11

New Fox News poll places Cain on top, King Barack makes his school loan bailout official, Perry picks up prominent endorsement, will skip debates, and plays politics with Confederate history, Herman Cain shows strength in individual states, Newt begins to see more money come his way, Acorn is back, and a discussion of how well Mitt Romney can ultimately [...]

Trunkline 2012: Tuesday Tidbits From The Republican Presidential Race – 10/25/11

Perry puts proposal on the table, Reince Priebus penalizes pushy states, Newt builds a firewall in South Carolina, Mitt gets flack for flipping before he flops on Ohio’s SB2, Barry beats Herman, Joe wants to investigate why reporters ask him questions and Fred Karger wonders about Marcus Bachmann………….all that and more in today’s tales from  [...]

A Dismal Fight for Relevance

The GOP Presidential debate in Las Vegas highlighted not only some of the candidates’ fight for relevance, but the fight for relevance for many voters in the nation. Nevada joined the growing number of States moving up their primary election. The voters in many States have felt as though their votes did not matter. Key [...]

Presidential Candidates Vow To Boycott Nevada Presidential Caucus

    A number of Republican presidential candidates have taken sides with New Hampshire and are making an attempt to force Nevada into rescheduling its mid-January caucus date. New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner announced that he is willing to schedule the first in the nation primary in early December if it will avoid squeezing the Granite Stat’es primary [...]

Welcome to the top, Herman Cain

The most recent debate is over, and Herman Cain is discovering what Rick Perry felt like when he was the front runner.  The way the debate went, there was clear recognition of Cain, Romney and Perry as front runners.  The other candidates almost seemed to be helping in the vetting process as though they were [...]

The Field Is Set: And Herman Cain Could Win

Sarah Palin has now announced she will not be running.  It appears the 2012 GOP Primary is ready to kick off.  So you heard it here first: barring a major disqualifying gaffe, Herman Cain will win the 2012 primary.  Here’s why. Ok, seriously.  No one knows at this point how this  is going to go [...]

Is Cain Trying in Iowa?

No, if you believe his now former Iowa director Tina Goff and Kevin Hall who was in charge of coordinating for the Iowa straw poll in just over a month.  Jim Zeiler has also left the Iowa staff and Cain lost his New Hampshire director earlier this week.  When it comes to managing a campaign, [...]

Believe it or not…Ron Paul could win

Ron Paul is notorious for stacking and winning straw polls.  So his latest victory at the Republican Leadership Conference comes as no big surprise.  In fact, national front runner Mitt Romney came in fourth behind Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann and John Huntsman, if that tells you anything. But this time around it just may be [...]