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Governors Gather in Washington to Launch U.S. Chamber's Jobs Report
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA group of governors from both parties met Monday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for a discussion of state-level job creation. Govenors Rick Perry (R-Tex.), Bill Richardson (D-N. Mex.), Jack Markell (D-Del.), Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.), Donald Carcieri (R-R.I.), and Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) were on hand to celebrate a new report commissioned by the Chamber that ranks states on the job-creation performance. The report, completed by the Praxis Strategy Group, is part of the Chamber's "American Free Enterprise" initiative launched last October to promote free-market alternatives to the Obama ...
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 ...
Obama's Nuclear Summit: Invisible for Conservatives?
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Monday and Tuesday, President Obama convened a historic gathering in Washington to deal with the most urgent threat facing the globe: nuclear terrorism. Never before have so many world leaders gathered to discuss together how to thwart one of the greatest nightmares imaginable; 47 nations were represented. Though no sweeping treaties or agreements were reached, Obama did succeed on two important fronts. He placed the issue of controlling and securing nuclear material that could be used by terrorists (including al-Qaeda and its allies) at the top of the global to-do list. And he encouraged ...
Sarah Palin on the Trail: Giddyap, Giddyap!
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyLast we checked on Sarah Palin -- two minutes ago -- she had left behind a political dust storm and a few snakes rattling in the West over the weekend. Strewn all around the crossroads of cowboy America were vintage Palinisms -- "Don't retreat, just reload" -- rabble-rousing one-liners and fervent chants of "Run, Sarah, run!" One glance at the cable news streaming her appearances live and you had to know that she'd probably never need Peggy Lee's "Fever" to heat up the crowds. There was Sarah, lighting up center stage, wearing an all-black, zipped-up leather biker jacket, thigh-hugging skirt ...
Tim Pawlenty Jokes Republicans Can Learn From Tiger Woods' Wife
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyMinnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Friday morning. Pawlenty, a favorite of the conservative base and a likely presidential candidate in 2012, used the opportunity to criticize President Obama's handling of the economy and national security and to articulate how Republicans could do better. As he began his remarks, however, the usually demure Pawlenty joked about Tiger Woods' predicament to make a point about the direction of the Republican Party. "I think we can learn a lot from that situation, not from Tiger, ...
Coleman Leads Republican Pack if He Seeks GOP Nod for Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, who lost a contentious race to Democrat Al Franken following a vote count that dragged on for months, leads a field of Republicans for the GOP nomination for governor, while no Democrat has emerged as the frontrunner in their match-ups, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 10. ...
How Palin Could Win the 2012 GOP Nomination
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyUndoubtedly at this very moment, two saffron-robed monks in a monastery north of Katmandu are earnestly discussing Sarah Palin's presidential prospects. In the favelas of Rio, the normally fierce arguments about the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are surely taking a back seat to high-decibel debates over the pre-publication excerpts from Going Rogue. This is Palin time whether you believe that she is "The Divine Sarah" (as Sarah Bernhardt was once known) or the 21st century version of Barry Goldwater who will lead the Republican Party into the abyss. True believers stress her megawatt ...
Handicapping the Race for the 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMike Huckabee leads the GOP pack for the party's presidential nomination in 2012 when Republicans were asked who they would "seriously consider," with 71 percent, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1. ...
America's Biggest Little Election
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL NewsThere are only two congressional elections Tuesday, but one of them is turning out to be a real doozy. In what pundits are treating as a microcosm of the battle for the soul of the GOP, Republican Dede Scozzafava abruptly quit the race in New York's 23rd District and endorsed a Democrat instead of the Conservative Party candidate. Pressure from conservatives who rallied around third-party challenger Doug Hoffman -- including such potential Republican presidential candidates as Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- forced Scozzafava to give up. Another possible 2012 contender, Newt ...
7 in 10 Say Palin Not Qualified to Be President
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFifty-six percent of Americans thinks Sarah Palin cares about people like them, something which many Republican presidential candidates have not shared, but 71 percent don't think she's qualified to sit in the Oval Office, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Oct. 16-18. Republicans believe she's qualified by 52 percent to 47 percent. ...
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