The 2012 presidential race got off to a slow start, but it’ll be a mad rush to the finish.
Patrick Caldwell
Patrick Caldwell is a writing fellow at The American Prospect.
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Rip It Up and Start Again
Republicans block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chair nominee.
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Money Changes Everything
A new poll puts Gingrich on top, but the economy and jobs are driving the election—not social issues.
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Campaign Drags Down Public Opinion of Republicans
Obama’s opponents are talking themselves into a hole.
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Romney Wasn’t Happy “Just Earning Money” at Bain
A video shows that Romney had a different take on public service in 2000.
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Quayleman for Romney
Former Vice President Dan Quayle declared his support for Mitt Romney today. Quayle dinged President Obama and explained his endorsement in an op-ed published in the Arizona Republic newspaper earlier today: There are four criteria I use in determining who I will support for president. These are: leadership, character, conservative philosophy and electability… There is […]
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Where Are Gingrich’s Enemies?
His former congressional colleagues are keeping silent, for now at least.
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Will Donald Trump Revive Birtherism?
Even after the president revealed his full birth certificate, the reality-TV star “has questions.”
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Romney Can’t Even Make Up His Mind on Flip-Flopping
Via TPM‘s Benjy Sarlin comes this devastating five-minute video of Mitt Romney railing against the dangers of politicians with shifting policy views. Only this was in 2004, when Romney was just the moderate governor of a liberal state, not the wannabe presidential candidate who would say whatever it takes to earn his party’s nomination. At […]
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Ron Paul’s “Big Dog”
Where Newt Gingrich’s new Iowa ad waxes poetic about American exceptionalism, Ron Paul goes for the Spike TV production route in his new commercial set to air in Iowa and New Hampshire. Titled “Big Dog,” the ad doesn’t actually feature Paul himself until the necessary approval tag at the end. Instead, it’s a series of […]
