As the New York Times notes today, Mitt Romney’s views about gas prices have conveniently shifted in recent months. They’ve also shifted since he was governor of Masssachusetts. With gas prices spiking back in 2005, Romney was eager to show his outrage on behalf of Bay State drivers–and named corporate America as a prime culprit. In …
2012 Election
Romney on Immigration: Etching a New Sketch
According to The Note, here’s what Mitt Romney had to say about immigration on Monday:
“This has always been a priority for the president he chooses to do nothing about,” Romney said. “Let the immigrant community not forget that while he uses this as a political weapon, he has not taken responsibility for fixing the problems we …
Obama, Romney and the Politics of the Space Coast
In the run up to Florida’s Republican primary, a lot of pixels were spilled on Newt Gingrich’s lunar flight of fancy, a proposal to permanently colonize the moon by 2020. Even with the poor state of federal balance sheets, this …
Bill Kristol’s Blues: The Republican Party Is Still Looking Backward
Bill Kristol proves, once again, that he’s a far better political tactician than a political thinker, with this assessment of the presidential campaign to come. He continues to be something less than full-blooded in his support of Mitt Romney–he’s been twenty shades of tepid throughout–and for all the right structural reasons: …
As National GOP Unites Behind Romney, He Gets Its Baggage Too
It’s 50°F and sunny in Wisconsin, according to the local forecast. The cold days are almost done, and so too is the Republican primary. In the week leading up to Tuesday’s nominating contest in the state, one of the few standing …
Romney Plans to Attack Obama on Foreign Policy. It Won’t Be Easy
This Washington Post story on Mitt Romney’s plans to run hard against Barack Obama on foreign policy doesn’t persuade me that Romney has any especially clever new ideas on that front.
Endorsing Romney Because He’s Winning
That seems to be the trend among the latest round of Establishment Republicans to back Romney. “I do think it’s time for the party to get behind Gov. Romney,” George H.W. Bush said. His son Jeb used the same words: “It is time to get behind the nominee.” In multiple interviews, Marco Rubio has riffed along the same lines, with a …
The Obama Campaign Tries Out a New Cellular Weapon
The Obama campaign fundraising machine has debuted a new text message tool with encouraging results for the President’s bean counters. On Wednesday, the Obama campaign sent out an SMS message to cell phones and smart phones of tens of thousands of previous donors asking them to give more money. “Support Pres Obama in less than a minute,” …
Republican Primary End of Days Watch
Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Walter Shapiro makes a compelling case that the political press has arbitrarily soured on Rick Santorum’s chance at the nomination in the last few weeks. While Santorum trails badly, …
Newt Gingrich’s ‘Big Ideas’ Campaign Lumbers Toward a Small End
The new Newt Gingrich slipped into Washington with little fanfare. As his campaign downgrades from long shot to longer shot, the happy-go-lucky Speaker who slogged cheerfully through a series of defeats is finally letting his …
Mitt’s Mission in France: Then, as Now, Romney Worked Methodically to Convert Skeptics
Paris
As the Republican primaries drag on, some of Mitt Romney’s old friends are harking back to a time when, decades ago, the former governor honed his skills at winning over skeptics. That time was 1968, and the place, …
Romney Hits Obama on Russia, But Misses a Chance to Go Nuclear
Mitt Romney continues his derision of Russia today with an op-ed today bashing Dmitry Medvedev–while also, naturally, accusing Barack Obama of going soft on our rivals. (“[A] sad replay of Jimmy Carter’s bungling at a moment when the United States needs the backbone and courage of a Ronald Reagan,” Romney writes.) Romney lists several …
The Problem with Political Cyberbullying
Have you Googled “Santorum”? You will see descriptions of the byproducts of anal sex. This was funny to its creators because former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is not a big fan of sodomy. It’s a kind of political protest. It’s also a form of bullying.