Iowa Caucuses: It’s Still Anyone’s Ballgame

    While Michele Bachmann got all the headlines, the real news from the most recent Des Moines Register survey is that there is still room for additional candidates to join the race. The survey, conducted June 19-22 interviewed 400 likely GOP caucus goers on their preferences for Republican candidates for President. Michele Bachmann deserved the headlines she received.  She is statistically tied with Mitt Romney (Romney | Read More »

    Political Ramifications of today’s economic numbers

    These are dire numbers for the Obama Administration and devastating news for the Obama Administration: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Employment-growth-brakes-rb-325963585.html?x=0&.v=3 Only one President in the last 56 years—Ronald Reagan—has been re-elected with an unemployment rate over six percent and even he faced voters with an economy significantly on the rebound. The unemployment rate is moving in the wrong direction and without a massive turnaround the tides of history are | Read More »

    Winning the Medicare Debate

    Over the past two months, the Medicare reforms contained in Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal have become an important part of the Democratic message and an issue of controversy.  Republicans will need to rebut Democratic mischaracterizations and refocus the debate in a winning way as we move toward 2012. This memo summarizes some recent public opinion and messaging data and our thoughts on how Republican | Read More »


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