This porridge is too hot. This porridge is too cold. This porridge is just…come to think of it, this porridge is too cold, too. To hell with porridge! So goes the finicky GOP primary electorate this year in taking the temperature of its Republican candidates for president. We have sampled each one, swished him vigorously through […]
Read the rest of this entry »Huntsman Floats Self for VP
] “If you love this country, you serve this country.” With that sentence spoken on CNN today, former Utah governor John Huntsman effectively takes himself out the 2012 Presidential Primary and puts himself on the market as a Vice Presidential running mate. First he blanches at the thought of running alongside Mitt Romney, presumably because they are both Mormon, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Campaign Ad, Rick Perry ’10
Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) has a great economic story to run on. I would expect to see his presidential campaign ads looking a whole like this one from his 2010 re-election campaign. It couldn’t be more on message in today’s economy.
Read the rest of this entry »The Response Response
Just when I was feeling pretty good about 2012, I see photos like this one from “The Response”, the 30,000-person prayer rally headlined today by Texas governor and probable presidential candidate Rick Perry. It gives me a slight case of the willies. Maybe it’s because I come from the Northeast where we don’t wear religion on […]
Read the rest of this entry »Huntsman Shows Life; Goes Negative
The one thing you don’t want to be in a crowded presidential field is the front runner. The front runner gets all the media scrutiny and all the attacks from the also rans. Mugging the front-runner on camera is how one gets attention in a race where one is being ignored. Members of the media covering his campaign will cover your campaign’s attack. […]
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