Results for: Democratic Presidential Candidates

Bobby Jindal's Triumph
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/10/27/bobby_jindals_triumph
– Bobby Jindal of Louisiana last weekend won re-election with a staggering 65.8 percent of the vote in a state that remains heavily Democratic … Jindal says Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, whom he has endorsed, can best advance the conservative ideas … Bobby Jindal's electoral and economic successes should serve not only as a model, but also as an inspiration to Republican candidates
Does Romney Have a "Nixon Problem"?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/10/26/does_romney_have_a_nixon_problem
– But grass roots activists felt far more excitement about candidates like Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and California Governor Ronald … he employed in disappointing defeats in the 1994 Massachusetts Senate race (against Ted Kennedy) and the battle for the GOP presidential … intelligence and proven competence but raise fundamental questions about authenticity, offering frequent descriptions of the candidates
Money & Politics in Oklahoma Zito
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2011/10/23/money__politics_in_oklahoma_zito
– The Democratic Party, entrenched and isolated in liberal elite institutions, did not and they are paying the price,” he said. … “Can you imagine the electoral disaster if the Democratic Party embraced Occupy Wall Street? Worse than 1968 Chicago.” … “We send far more money to Dem candidates than is spent in the state during the presidential campaign,” said Ronald Gaddie, a University…
Guess Who's Still Raking In Wall Street Campaign Cash?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/10/21/guess_whos_still_raking_in_wall_street_campaign_cash
– still managed to raise far more money this year from the financial and banking sector than Mitt Romney or any other Republican presidential … The numbers show that Obama retains a persistent reservoir of support among Democratic financiers who have backed him since he was … an underdog presidential candidate four years ago.…
Wanna Know a Secret? When "Melrose Place" Meets Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2011/10/21/wanna_know_a_secret_when_melrose_place_meets_politics
– It's a little gossipy and involved, but it stars three presidential candidates, so it's topical stuff. … He encouraged me to run as a Republican in what was then an overwhelmingly Democratic state. … According to three Insider Advantage polls released this week, the combined support for Gingrich and Cain leaves all other Republican candidates
Exciting GOP Presidential Ideas the Media Ignores
https://townhall.com/columnists/floydandmarybethbrown/2011/10/21/exciting_gop_presidential_ideas_the_media_ignores
– Some exciting developments in the Republican presidential race are being ignored by the media. … But our hope comes from other excellent proposals by GOP candidates that are being neglected in the news media. … Most of the plans would help, but three of the plans from different candidates if adopted together would supercharge the economy and…
The GOP and Occupy Wall Street: Party Like '68!
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/10/19/the_gop_and_occupy_wall_street_party_like_68!
– Optimistic Republicans like to view the upcoming presidential race as an echo of the epic battle of 1980 (when a triumphant Ronald … But they may more accurately anticipate unfolding events by recalling the fateful campaign of 1968 (when the Democratic Party collapsed … In Johnson’s case, his historic success in passing long-stalled items on the Democratic agenda (Medicare, major civil-rights bills)…
Media AWOL on Sexual Indiscretion -- When Jesse Jackson Was Front-runner
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2011/11/03/media_…n_sexual_indiscretion_--_when_jesse_jackson_was_front-runner
– During the heat of the 1988 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, rumors surfaced of Jackson's alleged numerous and rampant … Democratic Underground, a left-wing website, recalls, "(After) Jackson won 55 percent of the vote in the Michigan Democratic caucus … And I know that sounds harsh." -- MSNBC Democratic strategist Karen Finney.…
Beyond the Beltway: Courting Silence
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianandgarrettfahy/2011/11/03/beyond_the_beltway_courting_silence
– Less well known to the nation and the GOP primary electorate is where any of the GOP candidates stand on some of the most pressing … Against the backdrop of these important developments, one wishes and waits for the Republican presidential candidates to articulate … Surely the candidates are capable of more.…
Bigotry and "Hate-Speech" at The Washington Post
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/11/01/bigotry_and_hate-speech_at_the_washington_post
– In an interview with Time magazine he admitted to “leaning Democratic” in his politics. … Birnbaum is also a Georgetown Professor Emeritus and former advisor to three Democratic Presidential candidates. … Within the MSM/Democratic axis such insults can only apply against Cuban-Americans.…
Cain, Paul, Romney and Gingrich tied in new Iowa poll
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/15/cain,_paul,_romney_and_gingrich_tied_in_new_iowa_poll
– With just seven weeks to go before Iowa holds the first nominating contest of the GOP presidential primary, voters in the state remain … The poll, which was taken Nov. 10-12, has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, meaning the four candidates are in a statistical … Just 25% said gay marriage was a “critical” issue in evaluating the candidates; 38% said it is “not important.”…
Tea Partiers, Like Peaceniks, Upset Political Order
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/11/14/tea_partiers,_like_peaceniks,_upset_political_order
– But Johnson beat a competent and hard-working three-term Democratic incumbent and is now a U.S. senator. … But the things that make candidates attractive to movements can also make them unattractive to independent voters. … Since then, Democratic candidates have strived to meet peace movement litmus tests.…
The Third Party Possibility
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2011/11/13/the_third_party_possibility
– Four main candidates ran in 1912: a Republican president (William Howard Taft), a former Republican president turned “progressive” … other candidates the White House. … Howard Dean, a former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont governor, likes the competitiveness and ideas that come from third…
INT'L DIGEST: Chavez facing major opposition
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/11/11/intl_digest_chavez_facing_major_opposition
– Ramon Guillermo Aveledo helped opposition candidates in 2010 congressional elections, and those parties made major gains, the Associated … Now Aveledo has persuaded a diverse array of parties to enter the presidential primary Feb. 12. … In his role as secretary general of the anti-Chavez coalition -- the Democratic Unity Table -- Aveledo has helped leaders and candidates
GOP debate puts spotlight on hard-hit Michigan
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/09/gop_debate_puts_spotlight_on_hard-hit_michigan
– The GOP presidential candidates debate tonight in Michigan, where the state's economic woes will be on center stage. … The Democratic National Committee has been jabbing at Mitt Romney for his opposition to the taxpayer financing, replaying his comment … While Romney is confident he could win the state where he was born, no Republican has carried Michigan in a presidential election since…
Dems target Romney ahead of tonight's GOP debate
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/09/dems_target_romney_ahead_of_tonights_gop_debate
– Eight Republican candidates may be rolling into metro Detroit for tonight’s presidential debate at Oakland University, but the Democratic … President Barack Obama’s campaign and his Democratic allies have been hammering away at the point that Romney wrote an op-ed column…
GOP Primary Deadlock?
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2011/11/09/gop_primary_deadlock
– Here's a thought: The GOP presidential primaries may well prove to be inconclusive, with the nominee actually being chosen at the … True, it has been generations since a presidential nominating convention actually made that decision, although, admittedly, this idea … The longest was the Democratic convention of 1924 that went on for over two weeks and took 103 ballots to nominate John Davis, who…
Deficit Reduction: Blaming Easier Than Fixing
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2011/11/08/deficit_reduction_blaming_easier_than_fixing
– Apparently, Schumer represents the branch of the Democratic Party that cares more about blaming the GOP than it does about doing something … At a GOP debate last summer, all the GOP presidential candidates raised their hands when asked whether they would reject a deficit…
Poltics of Personal Destruction II
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/11/08/poltics_of_personal_destruction_ii
– It has been around from the beginning of the country when worse things were said about presidents and presidential candidates than … campaign) introduced Sharon Bialek, who read a statement that sounded as though a Democratic Party activist had written it. … In that one paragraph we see what troubles the media and their Democratic Party brethren.…
Web and Debates Change Rules of Presidential Race
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/11/24/web_and_debates_change_rules_of_presidential_race
– And TV ads cost money -- lots of it in big states.So political reporters anxiously scanned presidential candidates' quarterly campaign … In 2008, and especially this time, candidates are raising money through email. … size up their presidential mettle."…
I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday For a Tax Increase Today
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2011/11/23/ill_gladly_pay_you_tuesday_for_a_tax_increase_today
– At Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate on foreign policy, for example, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked the candidates for the one-millionth … Maybe that's why Republicans won't agree to raise taxes in exchange for Democratic promises to cut spending. … As the next presidential campaign got under way, CNN interviewed a "Reagan Democrat," who said: "Bush says, 'Read my lips.'…
Democrats say new Romney ad distorts Obama's words
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/22/democrats_say_new_romney_ad_distorts_obamas_words
– Mitt Romney's first television commercial of his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination hits the airwaves Tuesday, … Programming note: GOP presidential candidates face off at 8 p.m. … The ad's release comes as the major GOP presidential candidates face off Tuesday night in a CNN Republican presidential debate in the…
Hillary Equals Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcarter/2011/11/22/hillary_equals_obama
– Today in the WSJ, two Democratic pollsters said that for the good of the party, Obama must not run again. … The only people supporting him are either black, or Democratic apparatchicks. He has lost the rest of the country. … Two candidates for the Republican presidential nomination strike me as the people who could do it, Romney and Gingrich.…
So-Called Electability and MSM Bias
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2011/11/18/so-called_electability_and_msm_bias
– It is open season for the liberal media on any GOP presidential candidate who displays the audacity to surge in the polls, the … GOP candidates magically become less competent or more corrupt the instant they show any signs of electability. … --Press him to explain his shaming Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic primary race for proposing a health care insurance mandate…
RNC Strategy: Hey, Let's Not Attack Obama Personally
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/12/06/rnc_strategy_hey_lets_not_attack_obama_personally
– Bush, encouraged Republicans to turn around Democratic attacks lobbed at the GOP presidential candidates (Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich…
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