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CPAC 2011 -- The Only Winners Were Mitch Daniels and Ron Paul
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe three-day Conservative Political Action Conference ended Saturday afternoon with a meaningless presidential straw poll (if you must know, libertarian gadfly Ron Paul won for the second year in a row). But what CPAC really illustrated (and the bizarro straw poll results underscored) is that the late-starting 2012 GOP race remains so wide open that Bob Dole at age 87 might have a plausible chance for a comeback. Even though both Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee were too busy with their Fox News slots and paid speaking engagements to appear at this premier celebration of all things ...
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 ...
The Case for Keeping Mitch Daniels on the GOP Short List for White House 2012
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf Mitch Daniels ends up with a national career, it will be because he's the anti-Palin: All substance and, aside from his motorcycle habit, no flash. The Indiana governor is on many Republican short lists for 2012, but he hasn't gotten there in quite the same way as other governors and ex-governors. He hasn't quit, published a book or signed a media contract, like former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. Nor has he shifted on the political spectrum from mild-mannered moderate to sharp-edged conservative, as have former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, the ...
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