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He’s desperate, he’s angry, and he’s doing Romney a favor

Staff Report Humiliated in Iowa, a desperate and angry Newt Gingrich is taking the offensive against Mitt Romney, whom he accuses of “looting companies when he headed the Bain Capital investment firm,” reports NationalJournal.com, and “conservative interests are pushing back”: “Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital are disgusting,” Club for Growth … Continued
January 11, 2012

Will New Hampshire’s Primary Matter in the 2012 GOP Nomination Battle?

Staff Report A new CBS News poll has Mitt Romney clinging to just 19 percent of the Republican vote, with Newt Gingrich nipping at his heels with 15 percent and Rick Santorum surging right behind at 14 percent. Completely and totally irrelevant. These are national numbers, and the battle for the GOP nomination is a … Continued
January 10, 2012

Iowa Caucuses Are as Distorted as a Funhouse Mirror

Staff Report When the Iowa caucus results trickle in Tuesday night, the usual rules of mathematics may be suspended. In normal elections, the candidate who garners the most votes is the undisputed winner. But the caucuses are anything but normal. Instead, the raw totals will be put through a Cuisinart of spin and obfuscation as … Continued
January 2, 2012

What if Ron Paul wins Iowa – and New Hampshire, too?

Staff Report Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. In polls of Hawkeye State Republican voters, Rep. Paul has jumped from about 12 percent support on Dec. 12 to 21.7 percent support today, according to the RealClearPolitics rolling average. With Newt Gingrich’s Iowa support collapsing, Paul is suddenly the GOP frontrunner there – and the caucuses … Continued
December 21, 2011

Paul leads in New Poll, Newt Down

Staff Report Newt Gingrich’s campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa.  He’s at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 2% for Gary Johnson. Gingrich has now seen a big drop … Continued
December 19, 2011

Why Obama should worry about Newt

Staff Report The prevailing attitude among many Democrats is that Newt Gingrich 2012 is the best thing to come down the pike since – well, Newt Gingrich 1996. “We’re looking at 1964 or 1972” if the former speaker is the GOP’s pick, predicted one top Democratic strategist, recalling two incumbent landslides. Gingrich’s liabilities are ample … Continued
December 17, 2011