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Tampa GOP Presidential Debate

by Phantom Ace ( 260 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Open thread, Republican Party at September 12th, 2011 - 8:00 pm

Tonight’s CNN/Tea Party debate is in Tampa. This is a thread to discuss the debate. Rumors are that Michele Bachmann is planning to go after Rick Perry. Expect fireworks tonight!

Gingrich Finance Team quits

by Phantom Ace ( 4 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, Republican Party at June 21st, 2011 - 3:43 pm

Newth Gingrich’s joke of a candidacy keeps getting funnier. Now his finance team has given up on the washed up former House Speaker.

ATLANTA — The top fundraisers for Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign have abandoned his struggling bid amid anemic fundraising and heavy spending. 

Campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond is confirming to The Associated Press that fundraising director Jody Thomas and fundraising consultant Mary Heitman have left the team.

It’s a warp Newt, give it up!

(Hat Tip: Iron Fist)

CNN Presidential Debate Recap and the Obama Magic is gone

by Phantom Ace ( 79 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Economy, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, unemployment at June 14th, 2011 - 11:30 am

CNN hosted a debate for the 2012 Republican Presidential candidates last night. My observation was that they are building up Mitt Romney. Clearly the Progressive elites know that Barack Hussein Obama is a failure. They want a Republican whom they can use as a straw man against Obama. Plus if Romney wins, they know he’s not a Conservative and will not change much economically from Obama. There will be some foreign policy changes in regard to Israel, but not much else would change. He received soft ball questions all night. The key moment was when Romney downplayed the threat of Sharia law in the country, despite the fact it’s been used in some criminal cases. He also said he welcomes all faiths. Despite the fact that Islam is a totalitarian political ideology like Nazism and Communism. Imagine Reagan saying that Communism isn’t a threat and he welcomes all ideologies? Nope, because he had principles, unlike Mitt Romney.  Clearly CNN had a Pro-Romney agenda last night.

CNN went after Herman Cain and were giving him hard questions. He would answers and the host John King would twist his answer. Cain had to correct him a few times. Clearly they went after Herman Cain because he’s a proud black man who isn’t a mental slave to the left. CNN had an agenda against Herman Cain.

Ron Paul was Ron Paul. Although I agreed with many of the things he’s said, he’s still crazy!

Newt Gingrich got it right on Islam. He rightfully compared it to Communism and Nazism. During the Coldwar and WWII we didn’t coddle these two ideologies like we coddle Islam. He was right about the importance of a space program as well, but Newt is washed up and yesterday’s news like Charles Johnson.

Tim Pawlenty was boring and lame. He chickened out from going after Mitt Romney on Romneycare. This shows he would be a Bush-like Republican, scared to fight back. No thanks, we had that for 8 years. Turning the other cheek gave us Barack Hussein Obama.

Rick Santorum was sharp, but he’s damaged goods and his stance on preventing abortions for rape victims is sick.

Michele Bachmann was the surprise of the debate. She had a clear command of the issues and was quick on her feet. I was a skeptic of hers, but she was really impressive. If Bachmann keeps up the sharpness and knowledge of the issues, she will be very formidable. Clearly, she has a bright future in politics ahead of her. I would not be shocked if she runs for either the Minnesota Senate or Governorship.

Overall, it was an interesting debate, but CNN had a clear agenda to help Mitt Romney.

Update: Meanwhile Barack Hussein Obama was in Miami. He had a fundraiser in a 2,200 seat concert hall. Only 980 people showed up!

MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.

There was the same old soundtrack – including “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, the president’s 2008 anthem — the enthusiastic organizers and the abundant appeals for supporters to rally behind President Obama.

The one missing element? Overflowing crowds.

Granted, it was a fundraiser, not a free rally. But the empty seats were hard to miss.

The top level of the 2,200-seat concert hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts was entirely empty, as were the seats along the side of the second and third levels.

The magic is clearly gone and the fact the media is now reporting the low turnout for the Obama event indicates the cocoon is crumbling. 

Obama also might be realizing the game is up for him. He said his family would be OK with one term.

Asked about his family’s reaction to his wanting another term, Obama said: “Michelle and the kids are wonderful in that if I said, `You know, guys, I want to do something different,’ They’d be fine. They’re not invested in daddy being president or my husband being president.”

Do us a favor President Hussein and make your family happy. Don’t run for re-election please.

WSJ/NBC Poll has Trump surging into 2nd place

by Phantom Ace ( 28 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2012, Headlines, Republican Party at April 6th, 2011 - 9:16 pm

Donald Trump appears to be connecting with Republican primary voters. A new WSJ/NBC poll of Republican voters have the Queens, NY native at 17% nationally tied with Mike Huckabee and behind Mitt Romney at 21%.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the early front-runner in the largely unformed race for the Republican nomination for president, but real estate magnate Donald Trump may be a surprise contender, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

Among Republican primary voters, Mr. Romney captured the support of 21% in a broad, nine-candidate field. Mr. Trump was tied for second with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, with 17%. House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 11%, just ahead of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s 10%. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered a strong contender by political handicappers, remains largely unknown, with just 6% support. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 5%, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 3%, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour with just 1%.

This shows dissatisfaction with the current field. Trump is discussing issues that many mainstream Republicans are ignoring. If he runs, he is not to be dismissed easily. Clearly Trump is connecting with rank and file Republicans. The other potential candidates Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Mitch Daniels, Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich who speak in 20 year old talking points.

Donald Trump discusses issues that people are concerned about. China’s manipulation, The stranglehold of OPEC, the leaching of our Military by so called allies and interventions not based on National interests. Trump is speaking to the concerns of the people. Like him or not, his message is resonating.

Update: Here is a great article by American Thinker on why Trump in 2012 is exactly what the GOP needs.

Untill, our world, the real world, is far from perfect.  Given current political realities, Trump may be just what Republican voters need at the moment.

As Trump himself has noted, if not for pervasive voter disenchantment with President George W. Bush, we wouldn’t now have President Barack. H. Obama.  In 2008, voters in both major parties and everywhere in between had grown weary of Bush’s “compassionate conservatism.”  Of course, being but a euphemism for ever larger government — that is, exactly that thing against which Republican campaign rhetoric rails — it was neither compassionate nor conservative, as conservatives understand these concepts.  The Republican Party claimed to have learned this lesson, but beyond vague references to “spending,” no GOP 2012 hopeful has so much as explicitly repudiated Bush “conservatism,” much less specified the respects in which their governance will differ from that of the last Republican president.

Trump, in glaring contrast, has already indicated the willingness, the eagerness even, to make it abundantly clear to both the party and the nation how and why he will be no Bush Republican.   This the party faithful and — more importantly, to hear the Republicans tell it — the independents and “moderates” regarding whom the politicians from both parties spare no occasion to woo both need and deserve to know.

Trump represents a clean break with the the last 20 years of the Rockefeller Compassionate Conservatism. The GOP will once again be the party it was in the era of Reagan, it will mean business on both economics and national interests.