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 »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to talk about his legal victory yesterday against Obamacare. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy | 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 »
The more I think about it, the more I really wonder if Obama could lose in 2012. Consider what was supposed to be making people support him and his party in 2008: [ ] Lower the seas [ ] Stop the “bailouts” [ ] Free the GTMO prisoners [ ] End the fighting in Iraq [ ] End the fighting Afghanistan [ ] Don’t fly | Read More »
In my Tech at Night series at RedState we’ve been waiting on the FCC to tell us what they intend to do in December about Net Neutrality. Rumors say that the FCC may come to a compromise on the issue. Instead of declaring war on industry and attempting to take over the Internet under Title II, Chairman Julius Genachowski may try to pass a set | Read More »
Texas Governor Rick Perry will be named chairman of the Republican Governors Association when the group gathers in California next week. Perry’s appointment to the RGA won’t be the governor’s first rodeo: He led the same committee in 2008 and had worked in varying capacities for the group in years prior. The Washington-bound move — not the move for which some Republican donors had hoped | Read More »
From the diaries. On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets with Brad Jackson and Anne Sorock, I mentioned witnessing a conversation with Rick Santorum yesterday, without realizing it had been written up in Politico and at CNN. Essentially, Santorum was arguing that outlier 2012 candidates like himself and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson were “true Tea Party candidates”, which he describes as follows: “There | Read More »
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Ben Domenech and Brad Jackson are joined by author, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times to discuss President Obama’s trip to India, the politics of California, and whether Howard Dean will challenge the president in 2012. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and | Read More »
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