Tag Archives: GOP

Sensing weakness, Karl Rove’s critics pounce

Posted on February 21st, 2013

By MAGGIE HABERMAN      POLITICO For the first time in a dozen years, Karl Rove’s critics smell blood. After his electoral wipeout in November — and motivated by years of resentment that’s spilling over — Rove’s credibility within his own party is at an all-time low. His ability to sell donors on his new endeavor, the [...]

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New Mexico’s Latina Gov. Susana Martinez makes waves in the GOP

Posted on January 13th, 2013

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez chides fellow Republicans for estranging Latinos, but she has angered some herself By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times   SANTA FE, N.M. — In 2010, New Mexico’s Susana Martinez made history, being elected the nation’s first Latina governor. Since November, she’s made waves, criticizing Mitt Romney for the harsh [...]

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Henninger: Obama’s Ruinous Course

Posted on December 6th, 2012

    Where in his career did Barack Obama ever learn the art of the political deal? Nowhere.     A wise judge once wrote in dissent that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Let us now extend that wisdom to presidential elections. Barack Obama says his election victory is a mandate to pursue [...]

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Elected, but Still Campaigning

Posted on November 27th, 2012

  Obama Steps Up Effort to Rally Support for Fiscal Plan, Will Meet With CEOs     WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is ramping up the White House’s postelection effort to generate public support for his preferred package of tax increases and spending cuts. Mr. Obama, while standing firm on his viewpoint during talks with Republicans, called [...]

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The GOP Turnout Myth

Posted on November 23rd, 2012

  To win future elections, Republicans will need more than better get-out-the-vote software.   By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL To win the next presidential race, the GOP will have to understand what went wrong in 2012. To do that, they’ve got to come to grips with what did, and did not, happen with turnout. Even as [...]

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Senor rips GOP officials on about-face

Posted on November 22nd, 2012

By KEVIN ROBILLARD   A top adviser to Mitt Romney’s failed presidential campaign on Wednesday slammed Republican officials for turning on their standard-bearer after angling for Cabinet posts only a few days earlier.   “It is stunning,” former Romney campaign official Dan Senor said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”   “The Friday night before the election, [...]

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GOP’s ‘Blame Romney’ Faction Needs To Take A Hard Look In The Mirror

Posted on November 19th, 2012

By: Douglas Mackinnon It is all at once funny, pathetic and quite dangerous to watch the Republican establishment and leadership run around pointing fingers of blame at Mitt Romney and his team for his loss when they themselves cheer-leaded and ensured his selection. If anyone wants to understand why conservatives, libertarians and members of the [...]

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The Party’s Problem

Posted on November 14th, 2012

From the forthcoming issue of NATIONAL REVIEW     The first thing conservatives should understand about the electoral catastrophe that just befell us — and it was a catastrophe — is that any explanation of it that centers on Mitt Romney is mistaken.   Much of the discussion of the race among conservatives has made [...]

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The GOP’s Cold Comfort

Posted on November 13th, 2012

  Denial is no consolation — it’s time for clear-eyed reassessment. By: Rich Lowry No sooner had the electoral thundercloud arrived last Tuesday than some Republicans began searching it for a silver lining. It is an understandable impulse after a defeat to want to minimize its magnitude and rationalize away its causes. But there are [...]

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Democrats face ‘fight of our lives’ to win Florida

Posted on October 23rd, 2012

By JONATHAN MARTIN and JAMES HOHMANN | 10/22/12 4:24 AM EDT BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida Republicans are feeling increasingly optimistic that Mitt Romney will carry the biggest of swing-state prizes, and for good reason — he’s narrowly leading in most every poll here and President Barack Obama is under 50 percent in the same [...]

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