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Palin Seen More Negatively by Republicans Than Other Possible 2012 Candidates, Poll Finds
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIf Sarah Palin is seriously considering a run for president in 2012, the latest poll on her standing among Republican candidates contains the same kind of bad news found in earlier surveys. A Washington Post/ABC News poll, conducted March 10-13, found that among eight frequently mentioned candidates, Palin was viewed negatively by a significantly higher percentage of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents than the others. (Story; Poll data). While 58 percent expressed a favorable view of her, those seeing her unfavorably added up to 37 percent. That's a jump from a year ago when the number ...
In Iowa, 'Social Issues' Emphasis Could Limit GOP Presidential Field -- and Focus
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDES MOINES, Iowa – For Republicans with White House dreams, Iowa is the Rubik's cube of primary states. Should they tack right to win over the state's influential bloc of social conservatives? Should they be true to themselves, even if that could backfire? Should they throw up their hands and launch instead in New Hampshire or South Carolina? And if they do that, will Iowa be lost to them in a general election? Several White House prospects are grappling right now with those questions as the Iowa calendar fills up with events designed as platforms for values issues. Many will ...
Gingrich, Santorum, Pawlenty: Presidential Campaign Season Kicks Off in Iowa
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWAUKEE, Iowa -- Who needs declared candidates? The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination unofficially launched at a church here Monday night when 2,000 fired-up conservatives got their first side-by-side look at five White House prospects. The potential contenders ranged from former House speaker Newt Gingrich, once behind only the vice president in the line of the succession for the presidency, to Herman Cain, an Atlanta entrepreneur and radio host who has never held office. Gov. Terry Branstad was onstage, as was conservative Christian strategist Ralph Reed. The roster ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By not in system - AOL NewsEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? The winner when it comes to warmest? First lady Michelle Obama, with former President Bill Clinton close behind. The coldest? Sarah Palin and Nancy Pelosi. (Actually, Harry Reid ranks right in between them, but more later on why his result doesn't count as much). The way Quinnipiac did this poll, which was ...
GOP White House Hopefuls Need to Get Real About Libya, Egypt and Obama
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTry this thought experiment. It's Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, and President Sarah Palin is delivering a speech on Libyan dictator Moammer Gadhafi's murderous response to dissidents protesting his government. It's time, she says, to "speak out for the long-suffering Libyan people" and "the victims of Gadhafi's terror." She says she's talking to NATO allies about a no-fly zone "so Libyan air forces cannot continue slaughtering the Libyan people." Libya, she adds, is "a brutal enemy of America." A day later, Libyan forces board a ferry trapped in the Tripoli harbor because of rough seas, and capture ...
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on College Pot Bust: Justice Served, Lesson Learned
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyMitch Daniels once thought his arrest for marijuana possession as a college student 41 years ago would ruin his chances of holding elective office. That turned out not to be true. Now in his second term as Indiana's governor, he may be on the brink of a campaign for president. His recent candor on the issue may have helped him shed any political baggage still associated with drug use. "I don't make excuses for anything. Justice was served," Daniels, a Republican, told the Daily Princetonian in a recent interview. "I had used marijuana and I was fined for that -- and that was ...
From Mike Huckabee to Sarah Palin, the Republicans Offer Indecision 2012
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyLike prominent Republicans from, well, Mississippi (Gov. Haley Barbour) to Alaska (c'mon, you can do it), Mike Huckabee admits that he mulls every day whether he should enter the wide-open GOP presidential contest. But unlike other Republican White House dreamers -- with the conspicuous exception of the indefatigable Mitt Romney -- Huckabee knows the adrenaline rush and the arduous pressures of a presidential race from his quest for the 2008 GOP nomination. "If you've jumped out of an airplane," Huckabee told Washington political reporters Wednesday afternoon, "you have a whole lot better ...
Chris Christie, Scott Walker: Bold Now, They Were Once the 'Moderate' Choice
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyTwo Republican governors -- New Jersey's Chris Christie and Wisconsin's Scott Walker -- have made news by taking on tough issues in their states, including confronting labor unions and employee pensions that have contributed to crippling their state's economies. But while both have become heroes to national conservatives, it is interesting to note that both were arguably the more "moderate" candidate in their respective GOP primaries. Christie's opponent, former Bogata Mayor Steve Lonegan, was clearly positioned to the right of Christie in the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial primary, and ...
Indiana Democrats Follow Wisconsin Strategy, Run Away
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsRather than vote on anti-union legislation, Indiana House members are following the example of their colleagues in Wisconsin and fleeing the state, The Indianapolis Star reports. Much like their fellow Midwestern lawmakers, the Democrats' maneuver in Indiana has been triggered by Republican efforts to advance a bill that would reduce collective bargaining rights for state workers. According to the newspaper, the Democrats were headed to Illinois and possibly Kentucky, states with Democratic governors where they can "avoid being taken into police custody and returned to Indiana." By ...
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