Archive for the ‘Presidential Race’ Category
Mitt Romney’s “must-have” VP
Who will be the “ideal” Mitt Romney running mate? Will it be a tea party favorite, someone from a swing state, someone who will offer either gender or racial diversity or both? You can forget all that. It has already been decided by . . . Barack Obama.
The president has made it clear that he is running, not against Mitt Romney, but against Paul Ryan’s budget, which Mr. Romney has embraced. Obama and his minions are making the case that if Mr. Romney is smart he will do his best to distance himself from Ryan’s “heartless” approach. Furthermore, they warn that Romney’s biggest mistake would be to make the chairman of the House Budget Committee his running mate.
As in Hamlet, methinks they do protest too much! What they really fear, is a Romney – Ryan ticket. It would be the Democrats’ worst nightmare! Read the rest of this entry »
No Laughing Matter
President Obama is trying to shore up the youth vote, one of his most reliable voting blocs in the 2008 election. He is visiting colleges campuses in swing states and appeared with late night comedy host Jimmy Fallon in the wee hours Wednesday.
There isn’t as much laughter now from the college set and just being a cool dude who loves basketball isn’t going to be enough to impress the 18-29 crowd this time around. Many of those voters have grown too weary looking for work to be swayed by his youthful appearance or empty promises about “hope and change” because most have neither. Read the rest of this entry »
Is it too late for Newt to Bow out Gracefully?
Practically speaking, the four-man GOP presidential contest has come down to a two-man race. Mitt Romney looks like the eventual winner, but Rick Santorum still has an outside chance. Ron Paul is running to promote his ideas, which is all well and good, but Newt Gingrich is done. Only an egotistical, narcissist would not know that it is time to leave the stage. Then again, the above description describes Gingrich perfectly.
Newt’s latest far-flung theory has him combining forces with Rick Santorum (who doesn’t want his help) to deny the evil Darth Vader, a.k.a. Mitt Romney, the nomination which, in Newt speech, would save “western civilization” as we know it. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Romney can’t Connect
A neighbor recently asked me whom I was supporting for the GOP presidential nomination. He was surprised that I hadn’t decided to support Mitt Romney. Frankly, I had a hard time explaining my indecision even though I have serious problems with the other candidates.
Gingrich, though a great idea man, blew it when he became Speaker of the House. He squandered the Republican revolution he led and punished conservatives who stood by their principles. Then, there are his serial moral failings.
Ron Paul is right on economic and constitutional issues, but his positions on foreign policy scare me to death.
Santorum is a good man even though he often went along to get along with George W. Bush when Bush was increasing the size of government and spending us into oblivion. My biggest problem with Santorum, however, is that he has never run a business. Read the rest of this entry »
Murphy Brown in Combat Boots
Twenty years ago, Vice President Dan Quayle stepped on a liberal landmine by stating the obvious: The (then) extremely popular television show “Murphy Brown” was sending the wrong message to teenage girls about single motherhood.
Murphy Brown was doing quite well. She made single motherhood look glamours and easy but most single mothers and their children are likely to live in poverty and die in poverty.
Last week, presidential candidate Rick Santorum confronted another dangerous liberal myth, G.I. Jane. There is a reason this Demi Moore flick bombed at the box office and nearly ended her career. Even Hollywood fantasies must have a hint of truth. Read the rest of this entry »
