Submitted by swamidave on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 23:31
It is unfortunate that some candidates in the Republican Nomination campaign decided to skip the upcoming Super Tuesday / CNN debate.
Real Clear Politics Link
Based on reports, three of the candidates (Romney, Santorum, and Paul) decided to drop out leading to its cancellation.
Submitted by swamidave on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 23:02
In campaigns, some things (like momentum) are readily seen and tend to become the repetitive chatter heard among the political talking-heads. Repeated often enough, they soon begin getting associated with certain-sounding terms like "inevitablity". Lost among the noise, it the reality that is ignored among the actual results. This reality germinates with perceptions among many that the assumed definitives do not appear to be supported by what one sees.
Submitted by swamidave on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 23:02
For those who have been following, I predicted that Newt Gingrich would win the Republican nomination. Conventional wisdom is telling us that Romney's big win in Florida has all, but cemented his victory in this race.
Possible, yes.......Likely, maybe.....Inevitable, absolutely not!
Romney's victory was strong (double-digits). His campaign is most certainly going to get a immense bump of momentum leading into the February caucus & primary races.
Submitted by swamidave on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 22:21
For those who did not practice the self-abuse of suffering through NBC's Florida Presidential Debate, I humbly offer this update:
Submitted by swamidave on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 22:57
Very early, our kids learn the song "The-Wheels-On-The-Bus-Go-Round-And-Round". For Mitt Romney's campaign, their theme song for the SC GOP Primary became: "The-Wheels-On-Our-Bus-Keeping-Falling-Off"!
Submitted by swamidave on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 23:08
Having just finished CNN's GOP Presidential debate in advance of the SC Primary, a few observations.....
Submitted by swamidave on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 21:47
Organizers planned for a rally that they'd claimed would be the "largest gathering of Occupy protesters so far" - expecting up to 10,000.
A group numbering in the "hundreds" showed up................
See link from Yahoo News.
Submitted by swamidave on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 22:53
After watching this debate in advance of this weekend's SC GOP Primary, here are my thoughts:
Submitted by swamidave on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 22:44
Based on most recent polling from Gallup, the idealogical makeup of Americans has been and continues to be Conservativism. Based on their results as self-reported by respondents, our national makeup is:
Submitted by swamidave on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 22:40
This article first appeared on Nov 12, 2011.
As much of a joke that my tagline (“If you’re thinking it, he’s already said it!“) has been in my years with the blog, I am about to have to add a corollary – “If he says it, you’ll soon be hearing it!”
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