Monthly Archives: August 2011

One thing is for sure, it is going to take a balanced ticket to defeat President Obama. Whoever wins the GOP presidential nomination, better vet their VP choice extremely carefully because if they don’t Team Obama will. Being sloppy could … Continued

In President Obama’s case, a postcard is certainly worth several trillion dollars.

Domestically speaking, it can’t get much worse than this for the president or can it? Lydia Saad of Gallup has more: A new low of 26% of Americans approve of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, down 11 percentage … Continued

Mitt Romney’s strategy for dealing with Rick Perry is to stay the course. But if Rick Perry gains more steam on the campaign trail, the question will soon become: Can Romney afford to be passive. Only time will tell. Alexander … Continued

If Rep. Paul Ryan is going to run an effective presidential campaign, he better get in the race soon because Romney and Perry are laying down some big markers in the early GOP nominating contests. Tim Alberta at the NationalJournal … Continued

Now that we have a top tier of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Will Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie or Rudy Giuliani enter the 2012 GOP field? We should know by fall. Politico’s Maggie Haberman and Jake … Continued

Over the past several presidential cycles Nevada has been trending Democratic. With high unemployment and general dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration, Nevada will once again be a battleground state. The jury is still out on whether the eventual GOP nominee … Continued

Team Obama is going to have a difficult time nitpicking Rick Perry’s jobs record in Texas, according to Political Math. During [the recession], 739,000 people fled into Texas. Anyone who takes that data and pretends that this is somehow bad news for … Continued

Smart move by Team Perry since Florida’s electorate will be in the spotlight this fall and will be the most important for the eventual GOP presidential nominee throughout the campaign (both in the primary and the general election). If Rick … Continued

For Team Bachmann, this is clearly a money play since. Still, the Florida electorate is the single most important for any GOP presidential candidate. If Bachmann cannot connect with the Sunshine State electorate, she could find herself on the outside … Continued