Texas political mega-donors
So-called mega donors have been called the gatekeepers of American politics. A handful of wealthy habitual givers have so much money to offer that candidates need their financial blessing to succeed. According to a recent analysis by the Center for .
Former Iowa Caucuses Winner Mike Huckabee to Skip.
���I appreciate the Iowa GOP for recognizing the need for some reforms, but playing to win in the straw poll still requires a heavy concentration of staff and financial resources,��� Huckabee wrote. ���After consulting. out of the straw poll. The former Fox News host also said the straw poll would ���weaken��� conservative candidates competing in Iowa, who typically enter the straw poll, and instead ���further empower the Washington ruling class and their hand-picked candidates.���.
Texas congressmans Obamacare math gets embarrassing
A national lawmaker from Texas guided colleagues through some faulty arithmetic to level a heavy but wildly inaccurate blow against the federal healthcare system. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) told the House of .
June 1-30, 2007 - Politics1 - American Politics, Elections.
NEW HAMPSHIRE #2: Governor John Lynch (D) signed a law this week that gives Secretary of State Bill Gardner virtually unfettered discretion to set the states Presidential primary date, along with the candidate filing period, absentee... the field next January. Unlike the GOP, the Dems have no significant mid-summer straw poll in Iowa that may force someone from the race prematurely. Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 06.25.07 | Permalink |. FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE.
Ron Pauls ���money bomb���? ��� Cafferty File - CNN.com Blogs
He is not higher in polls because he is not supported by the Republican Party management - the wealthy, corporate types, the defense, oil and gas industries, etc. He seems.. The reason Ron Paul is such a powerful force on the internet, is because the internet isnt controlled and censored, like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and other mainstream media outlets are.. First of all, Ron Pauls straw poll numbers and online poll numbers are higher than any other candidate.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 2016 campaign launches illustrate vastly different media.
According to Mr. Shirley, in November 1979 Ronald Reagan unofficially announced his candidacy to millions of Americans in an interview with an unfriendly Tom Brokaw on NBCs ���Today��� show in New York, and then made the official announcement at a ritzy.
Sunburn - The morning read of whats hot in Florida politics - May 28
But Brecht Heuchan, who is helping Lets Get Together put together the event, said the summit is different from party events in the past ��� because it includes no straw poll and is not a rally. It is more focused on one issue,.. Fox News and CNN.
2012 Presidential Candidates List | Who Will Run For.
Age: 54. Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa On the Issues: Bachmann on the Issues Recent Experience: U.S. House of Representatives Party Affiliation: Republican Candidate Religion: Luthern Education: Winona State University, Oral Roberts University, College of William and Mary Law School. On June 24, 2009, Barbour was elected the new chairman of the Republican Governors Association, following the resignation of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as its leader.
Fictional TV characters are more popular than Obama, poll finds
In the eyes of Americans, Barack Obama doesnt stand a chance against merciless politician Frank Underwood. The ���House of Cards��� star (played by Kevin Spacey) and current TV president is more popular than the sitting president, according to a silly.
10 Right-Wingers Who Got Election 2012 Hilariously Wrong.
1. Michael Barone. You almost get the sense that Michael Barone, a relatively fact-based analyst, drew the short straw for this one.. 2008 exit poll. But just about every indicator suggests that Republicans are more enthusiastic about voting -- and about their candidate -- than they were in 2008, and Democrats are less so.. Noonan, who appeared to be fighting back tears when Fox News called Ohio, brought her own unique brand of navel-gazing to this WSJ column:.
Drinking Liberally ��� Seattle | HorsesAss.Org
Another week, another batch of G.O.P. Presidential candidate announcements to ponder... ���we will give him a trial for jury, and then after we convict him, he should be hung by the neck until dead���... Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll. Obummer hates Fox News. Valerie Jarrett already showed us that with her boycott that fell flat! Obummer looks at the opposition as the enemy. This is especially true of Fox News, because they tell the truth about Obummer policies��.
Ripping Off Larry Platts Pants - The Daily Beast
Theres the increasingly desperate effort of the Iowa Republican Party to preserve its quadrennial exercise in extortion known as the Iowa Straw Poll. (Carroll County GOP. In the wake of Watergate, campaign finance reforms provided public funds for major party candidates, while others had to wait until after the election to see if they had won enough votes to qualify for public money. First, the. The Duggars Fox News Interview Was an Unholy Disaster. At various��.
Iowa GOP officials cancel straw poll after candidate snubs
Republican Party officials in Iowa have voted to cancel the decades-old Iowa Straw Poll, amid waning interest from GOP presidential candidates. Jeff Kaufmann, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowas State Central Committee, said in a statement: I.
Rand Pauls kinder, gentler libertarianism
���Rand is much more founded in the real world than his dad was when he was a candidate,��� Barr continued. ���Rand understands that if you want to win a national election as a libertarian ��� that is with a small l ��� you have to appeal to a lot of Republicans.
Mike Huckabee says he will skip the Iowa straw poll
���I appreciate the Iowa GOP for recognizing the need for some reforms, but playing to win in the straw poll still requires a heavy concentration of staff and financial resources,��� Huckabee wrote. ���After. The former Fox News host also said the straw.
The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For June 10, 2011
For the 2012 field of GOP hopefuls, this week was looking like a quiet week of advancing strategies and firing generic shots at the White House over the bad economy, with only some simmering internecine rivalries cropping up here and there to add. In related news, Pew put a poll in the field that measured whether Americans would favor a gay candidate over an adulterer candidate, and hooray, respondents said they were more likely to support the gay candidate.
Social conservatives seeking far-right dream candidate to.
In secret straw polls and exclusive meetings from Iowa to California, the leaders are weighing the relative appeal and liabilities of potential standard-bearers like Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Gov... If Fox and Rush and Beck (I guess he is still raving on tv) and the GOP louts werent shining them on about these topics day in and day out, they would not give a shit about any of it, except maybe on Sunday, in the case of the.. How can those meanies snub (0+ / 0-).
Will The Jews Let Ron Paul Win? | Real Jew News
The Headline article points out that even though Ron Paul was a close second to Michelle Bachman in a recent Republican straw poll, yet on FOX News Sunday, host Chris Wallace totally ignored the virtual tie and instead reported: ���Theres a top tier.. So maybe the Jews have concluded that the Americans have cottoned on to their doings and so the only way to get a desired candidate through is by transmitting the impression that the (Jewish) media are against him.
Texas Secretary of State visits Mexico in message of collaboration
The official visit, the first Cascos has taken to any country, is the most symbolic move Abbott has made so far toward strengthening relations with Mexico. The Lone Star State and Mexico, which share a 1,250-mile border, long have had a unique.
NH Primary: Pre-Election Polls Wildly Different Than Results.
This election was regarded as do-or-die for Clinton, after most in the media had already written her off after her thumpin in Iowa. But Tim Russert just agreed with Brokaw and Matthews that this was the most stunning upset��.
tax group snubs paul; gods congressional candidate
NEW HAMPSHIRE: A new WHDH-TV/Suffolk University poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters shows Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton (or Al Gore) leading in the state. Lets start with the GOP, because that picture is��.
Presidential Race 2016: Both Democrats and Republicans.
For almost a year, The Associated Press has been tracking movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. They are. I truly wont make my mind up until after the 2014 elections. But I havent been shy in saying were thinking about it.��� ��� March 9, Fox News. Perry: ���Id be fibbing to you if I told you I knew what Im going to be doing.������ May, in Iowa. Says hell decide in January... Canceled October 2013 visit because of government shutdown.
Sarah Palins Not Good, Very Bad Year - 2011 in Review.
Sarah fired up the bus one more time to make a surprise trip to Iowa State Fair. Surely this was a sign of something. Oh right, all kinds of press would be there for the Republican debate and straw poll! A projected Labor Day��.
Mitts qualms about GOP field driving potential run
The famed Iowa Straw Poll is just eight months away and the fundraising hurdles and logistical challenges for candidates starting from scratch are steep indeed. If Romney doesnt see another candidate who he thinks is ready to compete, hes ready to run.
John Boehner, Mitch McConnell skip CPAC, underscore tensions between GOP.
It marks the first time in years that Mr. McConnell will skip the CPAC gathering, a year after the Kentucky Republican made headlines by holding aloft a gun during his speech. Mr. Boehner last spoke at CPAC in 2010, months before the tea party helped.
NRA snubs Chris Christie, Rand Paul
The National Rifle Associations annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee, will feature about a dozen potential Republican presidential candidates, but two prominent names will be absent in the Music City. Neither Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky nor New .
RNC Autopsy Is Latest Stop On The GOPs Cycle Of Grieving
The ne plus ultra of Election Night reality-denying was, of course, Karl Roves famous outburst at the Fox News Channel, who he felt was making a big mistake calling the state of Ohio for Obama.. But the meme stuck long enough for Chris Christie to be extravagantly snubbed by CPAC organizers, who apparently felt that Donald Trump was a better figure to represent the GOPs future than a Republican governor carrying sky-high approval ratings in a traditionally��.
Inside the Univision-Clinton network
The initiative between the Clintons and Univision last year provoked a sharp response from the Republican National Committee, which accused the network of promoting Hillary Clinton ahead of her presidential campaign. The RNC, which has tussled with the .
���The nuts hated him���: How the Bush dynasty ��� and its evolution ��� explains.
Indeed, the modern Republican Partys evolution can be traced along the branches of the Bush family tree, as the ambitions of Bush men compelled a perpetual repositioning to appeal to the partys activist base. Once a Northeastern.. Despite his.
Iowa GOP Debate Tonight, 2 Candidates Snubbed
While the Iowa Straw Poll is anything but democratic, sponsors should at least follow their own published guidelines and not change the rules at the last second to accommodate some secret agenda.. Karger released the following statement to campaign officials: ���I am a declared Republican candidate for President of the United States who meets all of the requirements to participate in the Fox News Debate on August 11, 2011 in Ames Iowa. Your criteria states:
Obama Wont Meet Netanyahu During Israeli Leaders March Visit
The White House said it wasnt consulted on Boehners invitation and until the new date was set on Thursday, officials said they hadnt discussed an Obama-Netanyahu meeting with the Israeli government. ���We do not see heads of state or candidates in.
Netanyahu speech divides Dems
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday delivered a blistering rebuke of President Obamas Iran strategy, warning in an address to Congress that the nuclear disarmament talks would ���all but guarantee��� a march to war. The fiery takedown of .