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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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2012 Candidates

January’s Done, Marching Towards March

by dfunzy February 1, 2012

Yup, January is done and America is marching towards March. Where are we on this first day of February? Four GOP dudes are still standing. In first place, with two wins, New Hampshire and Florida, and smiling, and looking, and talking, and being, as fresh as he can be, but still acting, like he’s auditioning [...]

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Perry and Huntsman are Gone, Santorum is Next

by Erik the Red January 19, 2012

In the wake of this week’s South Carolina GOP debate, we see that Rick Perry has mercifully bowed out, endorsing Gingrich on his way. John Huntsman has done the same. My prediction is that, despite his success in Iowa, Rick Santorum is soon to follow. We all know what this means: A three-legged race of [...]

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Is Mitt the Most ‘Presidential’?

by Erik the Red January 14, 2012

What is it, these days, that we look for in a president? In 2004, I remember hearing some Europeans expressing their desire for a Kerry presidency due mostly to the fact that he looked “more presidential” than Bush. Uh….okay. I guess what they mean by that is that he is taller, has the squarer jaw, comes [...]

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I don’t understand the GOP strategy

by Jerry Mandered January 12, 2012

The 2012 presidential election will center on three issues: The economy Health care reform Crony Capitalism [NOTE: I have not included Foreign Policy in this analysis because Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have a nearly identical foreign policy] Mittens Romney is being declared the presumptive GOP nominee already. If he ends up the nominee, Obama [...]

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Who will win in New Hampshire?

by Jerry Mandered January 9, 2012

Trends in politics can turn on a dime. And things appear to be turning in New Hampshire in preparation for the 2012 GOP primary. With these twists and turns, the “Big Mo” seems to be favoring John Huntsman. With this in mind, following are my predictions for the New Hampshire 2012 GOP Presidential Primary: Mitt [...]

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Going into Iowa and What Do We See?

by dfunzy January 1, 2012

The three front runners for the GOP nomination, this early in the game, are Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. According to Public Policy Poling newest poll in Iowa, Ron Paul has 24%, Mitt Romney, 20%, Newt Gingrich, 13%. In New Hampshire, Romney has 36%, Ron Paul, 21%; Newt Gingrich, 13%. And as candidates, [...]

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Obama is Our National Crisis

by little tboca December 29, 2011

Only in his dreams could Obama make a statement that he’s the fourth greatest President comparing himself to FDR, Johnson and Lincoln. Each of these Presidents faced a National crisis – Obama is our National crisis. For starters when FDR took office, the unemployment rate was over 22% and dropped to 17% – he was [...]

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A case study in the art of analysis

by Jerry Mandered December 20, 2011

The Associated Press posted a story about how the hacker group, Anonymous, is threatening the Iowa Caucus process and the state GOP’s reaction, Iowa GOP worried by hacker threat to caucus vote. First, a little background: in the past week, Ron Paul pulled in to the lead while Newt Gingrich’s support collapsed in several polls. [...]

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The Newt Gingrich Circus (A Re-Published Work)

by Erik the Red December 15, 2011

Update: I wrote this piece almost exactly 2 years ago. However, now that Gingrich is supposedly leading the GOP gang of presidential hopefuls, I thought there was no better time to re-publish the article as a blatant reminder to any people out there who may think that this man is somehow worthy of the nomination. [...]

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Obama’s No Jobs Plan

by little tboca December 15, 2011

Jobs Are Shovel Ready by little tboca Certainly hasn’t been the best week for Americans, especially the unemployed – Obama stopped the Keystone Pipeline in its tracks, conveniently putting any decision on the pipeline off until 2013. Of course he’s already been told by Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister that Canada won’t wait on [...]

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