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Values Voter Summit: Should Top GOPers Share Stage With Anti-Muslim Extremist?
By David Corn - Politics DailyImagine if someone had publicly said any of the following: - Jews should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military; - Inbreeding has caused Jews to become stupid; - No more synagogues should be built in the United States; - Jews should be expelled from the United States. Would such a person be invited to speak at a major conservative Christian gathering? And would prominent Republican lawmakers and GOP presidential candidates agree to share the stage with this extremist? Not at all. There would be righteous indignation by the buckets, loads of denunciations, and loud calls for a boycott. ...
Haley Barbour's No-Regrets Style: Edith Piaf with a Mississippi Accent
By Walter Shapiro - Politics Daily"The name Mod Squad was not a reference to the 1960s TV show . . . but an acronym for 'Merchants of Death.' Since they were the chief spokespeople for the tobacco, alcohol and firearms industries, it seemed to fit." -- "Thank You for Smoking," by Christopher Buckley On my way to a Wednesday reporters' breakfast with two-term Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, I remembered that passage from one of the great comic novels about the malleable ethics of Washington. Three years after the Buckley satire was published in 1994, Barbour -- then a tobacco lobbyist -- snuck a $50-billion tax ...
Can Mitt Romney Outrun Sarah Palin? Handicapping the 2012 GOP Horse Race
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn Saturday, May 1, the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby, some 20 thoroughbreds will run for the roses in the most famous and important race in the sport. That race of 3-year-old colts (and one filly) will be won in just over two minutes. Meanwhile, another exciting horse race – the race to win the GOP presidential nomination – is gearing up. It, too, has a large field, but this race is a marathon that takes four years to complete. Now, the time has come to begin handicapping the 2012 primary race. This list represents a snapshot of a moment in time, with fluid odds and a ...
Huckabee Moving to Florida -- a Prelude to Another Presidential Run?
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyMike Huckabee and his wife, Janet, are headed to the beach. The couple is moving from Arkansas to a rental condo in the Florida panhandle. The former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate has moved his voter registration, and Janet Huckabee has already obtained a driver's license in the Sunshine State and signed a Declaration of Domicile. Does that mean: Goodbye, Razorbacks; hello, Mickey Mouse? Perhaps more to the point, does it mean: Hello, 2012 presidential bid? ...
Mike Huckabee Says CPAC is Too Libertarian, Not Relevant
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said on Fox News that he didn't attend this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) because it had become dominated by libertarians and was far less relevant since the Tea Party movement began, Politico reports. Confirming at least one part of Huckabee's analysis, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), known for his outspoken libertarian views, carried the CPAC straw poll with 31 percent. Mitt Romney came in second with 22 percent, while Huckabee made only a single-digit showing. But Huckabee, who has often ...
First Lady Thinks Doubts About Her Have Eased
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 21) - Michelle Obama wears blinders, of sorts. That helps her to see the real America. As the first lady put it in an interview Saturday, the people she's met and the causes she's taken up have put her in touch with a side of the country far removed from the tempest of attack politics and nasty commentary, which she tries her best to shut out. "Most of America isn't like that and they're tired of that," she said. "You know, they want folks to get stuff done. The beauty of my job is that I get to see more of that America. And that feeds me." Her remark in the 2008 campaign ...
Republican Cash Flow Provides Clues for 2012 Presidential Field
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination began quietly last year, Politico reports, with political committees for most of the presumed hopefuls spending thousands of dollars on policy advice and strategy planning. Sarah Palin's committee spent nearly $50,000 in the second half of 2009; Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty spent a combined $97,000 on fundraising lists, and Newt Gingrich spent nearly $600,000 flying around the country. The stated purpose of the candidates' expenses is to rebuild their party and advance conservative principles. But the specific uses of committee money ...
The Top 15 Winners and Losers of 2009
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyWINNERS LOSERS 1. Barack Obama: Inaugurated as the first African- American president in U.S. history, he inherited two wars, the Great Recession, a Democratic Congress with a pent-up agenda, a liberal base with a litany of unrealistic demands, and a hostile Republican Party – and managed to keep his head above water and his famous cool. 1. Nobel Prize Committee: With friends like the geniuses in Oslo, Obama needs no enemies. Awarding the Peace Prize to Obama before he'd learned where the White House cafeteria is located (not to mention committed 35,000 more ...
Mike Huckabee's Loss is Sarah Palin's Gain
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWhen word spread that Mike Huckabee had, as governor or Arkansas, signed a clemency order for now-infamous suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons, political pundits, including Politics Daily's own Jill Lawrence, began writing off any future presidential aspirations he may have harbored. It's unclear whether Huckabee was seriously considering another run for president, but a recent Gallup Poll showed him leading all Republicans in the 2012 race -- and coming within four points of President Obama. Appearing on MSNBC's Hardball Wednesday night, former McCain and Bush advisor Mark McKinnon put ...
Mike Huckabee: Criticism of Commuted Sentence 'Disgusting'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee struck back against criticism of a commuted sentence that set free a man who allegedly killed four Seattle police offers Sunday. In 2000, Huckabee commuted the life sentence of Maurice Clemmons, 37, who was killed by law enforcement officers in a gun battle on Monday. After the commuted sentence drew political attention, Huckabee, who was widely believed to be considering a 2012 presidential run, said the criticism of his record was "disgusting." "It really does show how sick our society has become that people are more concerned about a campaign three years ...
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