Mitt Romney was slow to dive into close-contact retail campaigning–for months Romney snuck along with a frontrunner campaign, popping up occasionally to bash the President’s “failure” on the economy– and we’re starting to see why. The political media seemed to lose interest in RomneyCare ever since since the former Massachusetts governor addressed that glaring liability [...]
—AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on whether union members will continue to support President Obama without more aggressive federal intervention on the economy.
In this week’s issue of the magazine, now available on tablets and the web to subscribers, Fareed Zakaria argues the U.S.’s restrained role in the Libya campaign was everything the invasion of Iraq wasn’t: In deciding whether to intervene, President Obama was clearly trying to avoid the mistakes of Iraq. He insisted on a set [...]
Romney says he’s unmoved by Perry’s polling swell, but it might give him pause about contesting Iowa. Meanwhile, Romney subtly shifts right on anthropogenic warming and financial regulation. Perry picks up the endorsement of James Inhofe, grand poobah of conservative climate politics. Walter Shapiro explains why Perry is an unparalleled liberal bogeyman.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is running within 2 points of Barack Obama in this week’s Gallup poll. In a Rasmussen survey, he trails by 1 point. He’s rising against his primary rivals and raking in money, netting $1.8 million in a trademark “money bomb” last weekend to mark his 76th birthday. And yet, as I [...]
To the limited extent that early national polls matter in a presidential primary, here’s one that’s showing something pretty remarkable about the impact of Rick Perry’s entrance into the race: the Texas Governor has quickly become Republicans’ preferred nominee, even though a third of the party doesn’t know who he is.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is having more coming-out events these days than a quinceañera debutante. On Tuesday night, the 40-year-old Florida Republican went to California to deliver a major speech on government at the presidential library of his conservative hero, the late President Ronald Reagan. The invitation, from former First Lady Nancy Reagan, made clear [...]
–Jon Huntsman’s account of what went through his mind at his first Republican presidential debate.
There’s a tired fight raging in Washington between anti-government people who want spending cuts and pro-government people who don’t. Here’s a crazy thought: Maybe we should spend more on good things and less on dumb things. I’m in the pro-government camp, but I’d be thrilled to eliminate almost all of the $380 billion worth of [...]
The origin of homosexuality has become something of a political litmus test for presidential candidates, almost akin to their stance on abortion. Candidates are now expected to explain whether or not they believe homosexuality is a hard-wired predisposition. It’s an important distinction, and how candidates broach the issue can really matter. Just ask Ken Buck, [...]
