Anyone who spends their time writing, talking or even thinking about political campaigns likes to have a narrative that’s going somewhere. We want Harry Truman whistlestopping across the nation to pull out the slimmest of victories, or Ronald Reagan quipping “there you go again” and sending Jimmy Carter packing. In that spirit, I’d like to lodge a complaint. If the current [...]
Tonight, CNBC is hosting, along with the Michigan Republican Primary, a Republican presidential debate focused on the economy. The debate is hosted by Maria Bartiromo and John Harwood at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. The participants include the now-established GOP candidates: Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman. A series [...]
The media has convinced Herman Cain that he’s important. They’re good at that. Unfortunately, now he’s gone on an interview rampage, showing America just how stupid he is. He’s laid out his brilliant 9-9-9 tax reform plan that will apparently save the economy. It represents a 9% tax on all consumer purchases, a 9% business tax, and a 9% income [...]
On Wednesday, as debt deal talks continued to consume most politicians inside the beltway, the 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls stepped away from politics as usual toward the politics of the future — a Twitter debate. With all of the quoting (read: retweeting), finger-pointing (read: @mentioning) and following (read: following) inherent in any political debate, the Republican contenders and their followers [...]
CNN is live broadcasting the Republican Presidential Debate from Manchester, NH online at http://live.cnn.com and on television. The speakers are Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. 10:00 p.m. Romney’s closing remarks – what he has learned from the NH debate and the NH people – are that the economy will be [...]
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