“I want a candidate who expresses the optimism of America — the shining city on the hill — and actually comes across as believing it, not just catering to me.” Yesterday in the Politico, Jonathan Martin gave a conservatives in the mist take on the 2012 “theme” from the GOP — America ‘in decline’. I think the take is exactly opposite how he characterized it | Read More »
Tonight from 6pm to 8pm ET, I’ll be interviewing Herman Cain about his potential Presidential run. You can listen live at http://wsbradio.com and you too can call in and ask Herman questions. The call in number is 1-800-WSB-TALK.
I’m going to be on with Wolf Blitzer at about 5:10 p.m. to discuss Palin 2012. In the meantime, from the mailbag: From: Bjveraldi@aol.com Subject: Erickson-Lay off Palin Date: January 20, 2011 3:29:47 PM EST To: contact@redstate.com I watched your snarky yuck fest on CNn with Paul” forehead” Begala as you both attacked Sarah Palin. Interesting that you on the Right are so ready and | Read More »
An outside effort by conservative activists around the country is gaining steam. The effort, to get Mike Pence to run for President, is intriguing many old guard conservatives in Washington and activists around the country. The effort is being organized by a group calling itself the “America’s President Committee”. Former Congressman Jim Ryun of Kansas is lending his voice to the cause. With tea party | Read More »
Although it is almost impossible to believe, we are already seeing the first glimpses of the 2012 primaries here at RedState. We have been through one season of contentious primaries before, and although our community has grown, we expect many of the same sorts of issues to crop up. Therefore, this is as good of a time as any to address some of the ways | Read More »
If confession is good for the soul, let me pour out my soul for you. As I stood at the beginning of 2008, I find myself in the same position here as we now begin the very real discussions of who should be the candidate for the GOP in 2012. Let me be clear: I will support the nominee, whoever she or he may be. | Read More »
OK. Rick Perry and Rick Santorum, both struggling to crack 200 votes, are off the list. There are ten names left. Take your pick. Who is your 2012 candidate of choice? Who is your 2012 candidate of choice? Haley Barbour John Bolton Herman Cain Mitch Daniels Newt Gingrich Mike Huckabee Sarah Palin Tim Pawlenty Mike Pence Mitt Romney Free polls from Pollhost.com
Jeb Bush is out of the poll, having been the lowest vote getter. Added in today are both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. They were left out in an oversight and the conspiracy theorists for Newt in particular have put Mo-Rons, those who want more Ron Paul, to shame. So here you go: Who is your 2012 candidate of choice? Haley Barbour John Bolton Herman | Read More »
Here is round 2. I’ve removed both John Thune, who came in last, and David Petraeus, who came in second to last. They both got less than 500 votes out of 19,657 cast. So, with them out, now where do those 868 votes go? Who is your candidate for 2012? Haley Barbour John Bolton Jeb Bush Herman Cain Mitch Daniels Mike Huckabee Sarah Palin Tim | Read More »
UPDATE from Erick: I’ve posted a duplicate for Sunday so yesterday’s link doesn’t break. In the morning I’ll take off the lowest vote getter. ————- Due to a bunch of requests, I’m putting this up this way so you can pick from the full slate of candidates. I have not added people like Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal because they have been fairly adamant that | Read More »
Due to a bunch of requests, I’m putting this up this way so you can pick from the full slate of candidates. I have not added people like Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal because they have been fairly adamant that they are not running and are giving every hint in private that they are not running. Consequently, I’m leaving out an “other” category as well. | Read More »
Ron Brownstein has a very interesting article out today for National Journal about how the field of candidates is shaping up for 2012. He posits that the field is shaping up to be between managers like Mitt Romney and populists like Sarah Palin. I think that is, largely, a false dichotomy, but if you change what he means by “manager” I think he is on | Read More »
It was all for fun, but I am surprised by the results. In our 2012 brackets, Herman Cain reigns supreme as the reader pick for 2012. Now, to be fair, he also has a huge twitter following and microphone to drive people to vote. He garnered 8,900 votes to Governor Sarah Palin’s 8100 votes. Mighty impressive. Herman Cain is the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, | Read More »
We’ve narrowed down the candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination for President of the United States. In Round 1: Tim Pawlenty beat Mitt Romney. Sarah Palin beat Mitch Daniels. Rick Santorum beat Newt Gingrich. Herman Cain beat Donald Trump. Mike Pence beat Mike Huckabee. David Petraeus beat Jeb Bush. John Bolton beat John Thune. Haley Barbour beat Rick Perry. In Round 2: Herman Cain beat | Read More »
We started out with a big pool of candidates. We narrowed them down over the weekend. Now we are left with four candidates. Let’s see how they do. Vote now and this afternoon we’ll settle on the ultimate champion. Update: I’ve been asked to hold over the championship till tomorrow to see just how many votes come in total. You can view round one here | Read More »
Round One is closed. Let’s get to the second round today. Business v. Wild Card Herman Cain David Petraeus Free polls from Pollhost.com John v. Mike John Bolton Mike Pence Free polls from Pollhost.com North vs. South Tim Pawlenty Haley Barbour Free polls from Pollhost.com Other vs. Former Sarah Palin Rick Santorum Free polls from Pollhost.com
Just for a bit of fun and frivolousness for a Friday, let’s start up some brackets for 2012. You vote in each bracket and we’ll just keep narrowing it down over the next few days. The Businessmen Herman Cain Donald Trump Free polls from Pollhost.com The Wild Cards Jeb Bush David Petraeus Free polls from Pollhost.com The Johns John Bolton John Thune | Read More »
One of the very few states in the nation to have a budget surplus right now is Mitch Daniels’ Indiana. As Governor, Daniels actually went into office, raised sales taxes, cut property taxes, fixed his budget problems, then slashed the beejeezus out of tax rates, including the aforementioned sales tax. The state is thriving. He’s an attractive choice to challenge Obama. I think a governor, | Read More »
Tim Pawlenty is on the phone with me now. A few of us were asked to get up early and be on a conference call this morning. We did not know what it was about. Now we know. He is starting a new leadership PAC as he heads out the door of political office. His PAC is going to be called the Freedom First PAC. | Read More »
Well, Nicolle Wallace, Andrew Sullivan, and the left can claim a scalp today. Sarah Palin has been the subject of vicious, vile attacks. Her family and key staff have all been driven to the verge of financial ruin by relentless legal attacks that are routinely thrown out, but still must be offended. Her children are routinely attacked and turned into the butt of late night | Read More »
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