First, watch the spot:
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Make any sense? It doesn’t have to. That’s the whole idea.
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Are Republicans Going Wobbly on Afghanistan?
One of the few truly reliable campaign strategies for Republican presidential candidates over the last 40 years has been to run to the right of Democrats on foreign and national security policy no matter what the issue, no matter …
Monday Night’s Missing Man*
Seven Republican presidential hopefuls will take the stage Monday night at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. With the possible exception of Mitt Romney, none of them have as much riding on the Granite State as Jon Huntsman. And yet the former Utah governor will be watching the debate on television, capping a day spent in …
When GOP Presidential Candidates Skip, They Quickly Stumble
Republicans are always standing with things. They “stand with Israel.” The “stand with” each other. They “stand with” themselves. Sarah Palin even once said America should “stand with our North Korean allies.” Suffice it to say, …
Liquid Courage: Pawlenty vs. Huntsman on Ethanol
Longtime corn ethanol supporter Tim Pawlenty has gotten a lot of good press for his allegedly courageous proposal to phase out ethanol subsidies, because they’re popular in Iowa. I suppose on this issue he’s more courageous than Mitt Romney, which is sort of like being more eloquent than The Situation. But in my official role as …
Huntsman Makes His Pitch to Social Conservatives
Mitt Romney isn’t the only Mormon candidate making his case to evangelicals at the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Jon Huntsman delivered a deft speech Friday morning, one that provided a peek at the pitch he’ll be making to social conservatives as he continues to explore a possible presidential bid.
Jon Huntsman Begins Filling in the Blanks
Corrected, 12:00 P.M.
Jon Huntsman’s first trip to New Hampshire was a get-to-know-you affair, a chance to showcase his skills as a retail politician as he hopscotched through gun shops, VFW halls and living rooms. By virtually all accounts it was a success. The press coverage was fawning, even as Huntsman ducked policy inquiries, …
Huntsman, Pawlenty Mulled Health Care Mandates
The conventional wisdom among the political punditry is that 2012 Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney will be hamstrung by the health-insurance plan he helped craft as governor of Massachusetts, which included a mandate to purchase insurance. That may not be true.
In conservative circles, the health-insurance mandate has become …
Why Democrats Are Loving the GOP Primaries So Far
Talk to just about any Democratic strategist these days, and the first or third thing mentioned is the wonderfulness of having an opponent again. Back in 2010, of course, Democrats tried for months to pretend they were running …
Enter the GOP Understudy: Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 Challenges
A few thoughts on Day Zero of the Tim Pawlenty for President campaign. First, Pawlenty is a serious candidate who, unlike many in the race, can actually be nominated. I put him in the current Gang of Three most likely nominees, …
With Mitch Daniels Out, Mitt Romney Rises
Finally, Republicans and Democrats have something they can agree on: The GOP presidential nomination race is a mess. “It’s the most unfathomable Republican race of our lifetime,” a senior aide to Barack Obama’s reelection effort …
Jon Huntsman’s First Foray into New Hampshire’s Retail Politics
Mary Kaye Huntsman surveyed the crowd of 60+ people spilled across Juliana Bergeron’s lawn on Main Street in Keene, New Hampshire. Her husband, Jon, had just finished his first event of the day and the couple lingered to chat …
Huntsman, the Moderate, Endorses Ryan Medicare Plan
Ever since GOP House budget committee chairman Paul Ryan unveiled a plan to, among other things, voucherize Medicare, Democrats have been practically gloating about the opening Ryan created. One by one the 2012 GOP presidential candidates are being asked whether they endorse Ryan’s plan, praised as courageous by many conservatives, in …