Haley Barbour Not Running For President in 2012

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  April 25th at 03:51 PM  | 

If there is one thing we should have learned from the 2008 primary and general elections, to say nothing of 1996, it’s that being a good presidential candidate on paper is useless; you have to want it – want it badly enough to hire a serious staff, badly enough to trim a few positions and hard edges to fit the various demands of the primary | Read More »

Scott Brown, Ron Paul, The CPAC Straw Poll and 2012

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  February 22nd at 06:45 PM  | 

Let’s talk just a little about the 2012 presidential election. I’d like to make three related points: (1) Nobody should be touting Scott Brown as a 2012 presidential candidate. (2) The GOP is going to be picking from a bench that is short on candidates with the experience we need. (3) It’s a good thing that Ron Paul won the “straw poll” of 2012 candidates | Read More »