Aug 2, 2011 – Perry sees the momentum that put the House back in Republican control and also narrowed the Senate Democratic majority carrying over … Conservatives are nervous about whether any of the announced GOP candidates can defeat President Obama, who continues to slip in the … Thompson, the former Tennessee senator, who was a late addition to the 2008 presidential race, never seemed to have the stomach for…

Aug 18, 2011 – is sucking up so much cash that it will cut into the party’s aggressive campaign to hold on to the Senate next year, several Democratic … Democratic donors, but the presidential campaign declined to make such a promise. ... … Democrats believe Obama’s robust campaign infrastructure will benefit a number of their Senate candidates in pivotal presidential swing…

Aug 17, 2011 – Did we learn anything from last week's Republican presidential debate? … The candidates emphasized that, and that was a very positive thing." … countered that trouble with Iran goes back to 1979, Paul corrected him, noting that in 1953 the CIA helped overthrow a secular democratic…

Aug 16, 2011 – Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul -- he pulled out of the 2012 GOP presidential race.In politics, you find little sympathy for losers. … He also argued that his experience of governing a blue state with a Democratic legislature established that he could win on policy … initiatives while working across the aisle.When Fox News moderator Bret Baier asked all eight candidates to raise their hands if they…

Aug 15, 2011 – Some candidates did mention intelligent policy initiatives in the debate. … Nor is it clear these are presidential issues. … Republicans can argue successfully that Democratic promises of absolute security cannot be kept.…

Aug 13, 2011 – Today marks the first major electoral contest of the 2012 presidential cycle, as six GOP candidates will vie for an early burst of … The Fix's Aaron Blake has a useful roadmap: Candidates reserve space at the gathering – with prime locations costing … The candidates also each get to address the crowd. …

Aug 12, 2011 – candidates (and non-candidates) were the featured attractions at the Iowa State Fair today.  … Ever since her elevation to her new perch atop the Democratic National Committee, DWS has generated a great deal of attention for her … Shortly thereafter, a Democratic official approached me and tersely asked, “who are you with?”  …

Aug 11, 2011 – People like Mary Louise Smith gravitated toward the Democratic Party. … Iowa was the sixth most Democratic state in the 1984 presidential election, the second most Democratic in 1988. … You can see the change by the location of candidates' headquarters.…

Aug 9, 2011 – Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday made a foray into the GOP presidential race by asking for donations to launch ads in Iowa defending his … through his political organization, the Prosperity Project, Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, also asked the GOP presidential … Ryan is pushing back against a campaign led this week in Iowa by the Democratic National Committee to frame GOP presidential candidates…

Aug 9, 2011 – Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday made a foray into the GOP presidential race by asking for donations to launch ads in Iowa defending his … through his political organization, the Prosperity Project, Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, also asked the GOP presidential … Ryan is pushing back against a campaign led this week in Iowa by the Democratic National Committee to frame GOP presidential candidates…

Aug 24, 2011 – self-described “conservatives” outnumbering “liberals” by crushing, consistent margins, Republicans ought to face the upcoming presidential … First, ideological orientation seldom determines the success or failure of presidential contenders. … By concentrating on one of the most significant but frequently overlooked aspects of electoral behavior: In presidential contests,…

Aug 23, 2011 – All of the Republican candidates talk about spending and debt, but Paul Ryan is the acknowledged master of the subject, not just in … In February 2010, during the health care debate, Ryan was among the Republican leaders who met with the president and Democratic leadership … If that was a foreshadowing of what a presidential debate would look like, President Obama would be profoundly overmatched on this…

Aug 22, 2011 – Mainstream media reporters pepper Republican presidential candidates with questions about the issue but seldom ask Obama about it. … They must have been turned off if they were watching the Republican presidential candidates vie with each other in opposing it in the … We will be able to see how things work out and make judgments, without much need for guidance from our presidents or presidential candidates…

Sep 7, 2011 – The fundamental facts of the presidential race at this moment are that unemployment is high, the economy is by far the most important … Out on the campaign trail, Democratic activists are trying to maneuver the candidates into statements to feed the Republicans-are-religious-nuts … Not even the longest of long-shot candidates is immune. Back in May, former New Mexico Gov.…

Sep 6, 2011 – "Fueling that perception was the fact that George Kaiser, one of Solyndra’s top investors, raised about $50,000 for Obama’s presidential … Solyndra employees contributed over $10,000 to various Democrat candidates and committees in 2010 including Harry Reid, Gabrielle Gifford … , the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Diane Feinstein and Barbra Boxer.         …

Sep 1, 2011 – Actually, I thought Biden would grasp the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 before he was caught plagiarizing British Labor … Yet, you might say, why should he run for the Democratic presidential nomination? … Biden is a rogue, but so are most of the other potential Democratic candidates. So Biden, I say, here is your chance.…

Aug 31, 2011 – The Republican candidate for president as well as GOP congressional candidates would be left with almost nothing (except opposition … not gain enactment of his proposal, he will not change the economic facts, and he will not regain the public confidence in his presidential … Sadly, many presidents, both Republican and Democratic, fail because they remain enthralled to their early policy positions -- ineffective…

Aug 31, 2011 – The shift in national demographics has already rearranged the playing field for the upcoming presidential election. … In the emerging presidential campaign, it’s easy to see a version of these questions dominating the debate. … Why should anyone choose to endorse liberal, Democratic policies when a single year (2009-10) saw 880,000 residents packing up their…

Aug 30, 2011 – What our economy needs is a lot less socialism and a lot more Rick Perry. 2) Governors make better candidates than members of … Fairly or unfairly, governors get to sidestep those issues and they tend to be much stronger candidates because of it. 3) Rick … McGovern is a little hard to call) the most likable candidate has won every single presidential election.…

Sep 14, 2011 – No, most of the buzz surrounded the afternoon’s featured speaker: Texas Governor and presidential candidate, Rick Perry. … He later told reporters that Republican Bob Turner’s victory in New York City portends difficult days ahead for the Democratic Party … Naturally, any of the GOP presidential candidates would covet the support of a well- liked governor of a critical swing state. …

Sep 14, 2011 – The candidates of both parties finally have realized that the defining issue of the 2012 presidential election will be job creation … The Washington Post sends forth a top gunslinger to attack it — “it” being the gold standard and the GOP candidates for considering … candidates, it would have to be: Repeal the 20th century.…

Sep 26, 2011 – Several of the candidates on stage have strongly condemned the handful of jerks for their idiocy -- including Rick Santorum, an ardent … candidates.  … Finally, a hypothetical:  If a US soldier in Iraq were to submit a youtube question during a Democratic debate, extolling the importance…

Sep 26, 2011 – President Obama took aim at the Republican presidential field on Sunday, telling attendees at a California fundraiser that the 2012 … Rick Perry, one of the leading Republican presidential candidates. … The Woodside event was one of four Democratic National Committee-organized fundraisers on the West Coast that Obama held on Sunday.…

Sep 26, 2011 – President Obama took aim at the Republican presidential field on Sunday, telling attendees at a California fundraiser that the 2012 … Rick Perry, one of the leading Republican presidential candidates. … The Woodside event was one of four Democratic National Committee-organized fundraisers on the West Coast that Obama held on Sunday.…

Sep 23, 2011 – That includes both the congressional and presidential races. … Most American Jews have never been to Israel and identify with the New Deal that defined the modern Democratic Party. … But altered circumstances invite Republican presidential candidates to rush into neighborhoods where in the past even fools would not…