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Tea Party Mitt?
Jan 19, 2012The race for the 2012 GOP nomination has been properly characterized as one between two candidates: Mitt Romney and Nott Romney. Some describe it as a rift between the party establishment favoring Romney and the party base looking for someone else. Others say it’s a battle between head and heart, with the pro-Romney forces thinking [...]
Cain Suspends Campaign Shifting GOP Race
Dec 3, 2011A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
Cain condemned the accusations as “false and unproven” but [...]
Tea Party Mitt?
Jan 19, 2012The race for the 2012 GOP nomination has been properly characterized as one between two candidates: Mitt Romney and Nott Romney. Some describe it as a rift between the party establishment favoring Romney and the party base looking for someone else. Others say it’s a battle between head and heart, with the pro-Romney forces thinking [...]
Iowa Caucuses: 7 Takeaways
Jan 4, 2012The 2012 Iowa caucuses were, in the end, a nailbiter.
After months of predictions of a boring race and polls showing Mitt Romney leading, the final race was confusing — and uncalled — down to the wire. The muddled result has a series of effects going forward.
By early morning, Romney had won by eight votes, and a win is [...]
Richard Cordray Nomination: Obama Using Recess Appointment Amid GOP Opposition
Jan 4, 2012In a bold move sure to infuriate Republicans and possibly draw a court challenge, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he will use his executive power to bypass Congress and put Richard Cordray in charge at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The move is a rare instance of the president invoking his authority to override a [...]
Mitt Romney Wins: Iowa Caucus Results 2012
Jan 4, 2012Mitt Romney was projected the winner of Tuesday night’s Iowa caucus.
The former Massachusetts governor emerged victorious over former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) by a razor-thin margin of just eight votes. The final results, announced early Wednesday by the Iowa GOP, showed Romney had 30,015 votes to 30,007 for Santorum.
Despite the victory, Romney was unable to [...]
Michele Bachmann Concedes 2012 GOP Primary Race After Iowa Caucus
Jan 4, 2012After a poor showing in Tuesday night’s Iowa caucus, Michele Bachmann announced that she will be ending her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
The conservative congresswoman from Minnesota addressed the decision at a press conference in Des Moines on Wednesday morning. Bachmann, who ran an Iowa-centric campaign, placed sixth in the state’s 2012 caucus.
“Last night, the people of [...]
Cain Suspends Campaign Shifting GOP Race
Dec 3, 2011A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
Cain condemned the accusations as “false and unproven” but [...]
Cut College Costs to Build Workforce
Dec 2, 2011College tuition has outpaced inflation for nearly three decades. The cost of a degree is now prohibitive for too many Americans. This is a troubling trend that, if left unchecked, will most likely leave the nation unable to meet the growing demand for a highly educated workforce – which is critical [...]
Newt Gingrich Surge Strains His Campaign
Dec 2, 2011As Newt Gingrich returns to Iowa this week for the first time as a top-flight presidential contender, his ragtag political operation suddenly faces an urgent challenge: catching up with the candidate.
Even as Gingrich takes on the status of a national front-runner, he continues to drive his skeletal campaign operation forward with [...]
Jobs Mirage: 315,000 Drop Out Of Workforce, Driving Unemployment Rate To Three-Year Low
Dec 2, 2011Despite a stark drop in the national unemployment rate reported Friday, economists warned it will take decades for the labor market to return to pre-recession employment levels if the economy’s achingly slow growth continues.
The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in November — falling short of economists’ expectations — while the unemployment [...]
The Selling of Health Care Reform (Obamacare)
Dec 1, 2011On Wednesday of this week (November 30th) the Arizona AARP held a town hall meeting in Tucson to talk about the Affordable Care Act. About 100 people heard a representative from the Department of Health and Human Services talk about a long list of things that are in the Affordable Care [...]
Newt Gingrich Compares 2012 Campaign to Walton, Kroc in Politico’s New e-Book ‘The Right Fights back’
Nov 28, 2011Newt Gingrich says the resurrection of his all-but-dead campaign will rank as one of America’s all-time greatest success stories.
“This is like watching Walton or Kroc develop Walmart and McDonald’s,” the cocky Republican says in Politico’s new, much buzzed about e-book about the 2012 race.
The reference to Sam Walton and Ray Kroc – two of America’s [...]
Sunday Alcohol Sales Prove Popular with Most Voters
Nov 9, 2011Georgia’s age-old, all-out ban on buying beer, wine and liquor at shops on Sunday has met its end.
Early poll results had voters in most of the 51 metro Atlanta jurisdictions giving a resounding yes Tuesday to seven days of package sales in referendums, continuing the slow dissolution of a blue law dating [...]
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