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51% Don’t Want Second Term For President Obama
A majority of Americans now oppose giving President Obama a second term, reflecting the country’s continued weak economic performance, according to the latest IBD/TIPP survey released Monday.
By 51%-41%, respondents in October picked “someone new deserves a chance” over Obama “deserves to be re-elected.” Among independents, it was 54%-36%. Back in September, the readings were 50%-44% […]
AP Editor: We Still Consider Herman Cain A Second-Tier Candidate
Yeah, Herman Cain won the Florida straw poll, crushing Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. And OK, a CBS poll recently found him tied with Romney among likely Republican primary voters. Sure, he also scored a resounding victory in another straw poll this weekend. And Rasmussen just today released the finding that 56% of GOP voters […]
Herman Cain surging, edging Obama (PP: 43%-41%)
In a hypothetical head-to-head presidential race, Republican Herman Cain edges Democrat Barack Obama, according to our latest national scientific opinion poll.
The poll found Cain topping Obama by a narrow 43%-41% margin, with 15% saying they had no opinion. The 2% difference falls within the poll’s 3% margin of error.
Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,135 […]
Obama Raises $2.4 Million from Wall Street in one evening (Hey Wall Street occupier, check out your god)
Last night Obama headed to the Upper East Side to wine and dine Wall Street.
The DNC fundraiser at tony restaurant Danielcostattendees $35,800 each, and a source told Ben White at Morning Money that the event netted $2.4 million […]
Marc Lasry was there, as expected. So was Orin Kramer.
According to Dealbook, the menu included:“Maine lobster salad […]
Herman Cain tops MLC straw poll with more than 50% (The Hermanator’s Surge Continues!)
Let’s just get it out of the way and all recite the mantra at once, shall we?
Straw polls don’t mean anything.
But for those who still like to follow them, we had yet another this weekend in Minnesota at the Midwestern Leadership Conference. And once again Herman Cain mopped up the competition, this time registering the largest […]
Here’s The Chart That Will Get Obama Fired
Unemployment is worse now than he ever imagined or said it would be.
Read the whole story at BusinessInsider.com
Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests
Republican presidential contender Herman Cain amplified his criticism Sunday of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement, calling the protesters “jealous’ Americans who “play the victim card” and want to “take somebody else’s” Cadillac.
Cain’s remarks, on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” came amidst an escalating war of words between Republicans and Democratsover the merits of the movement, which has spread from New York […]
Romney rivals may go after him for flip-flops
Mitt Romney faced relentless criticism four years ago for changing his positions on abortion and gay rights and equivocating on other issues, including immigration and gun control. This year, the former Massachusetts governor has largely escaped such attacks as he competes again for the Republican presidential nomination. That might be changing.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com
How the ‘Hermanator’ could be the Republican to challenge Barack Obama in 2012
He is a former pizza chain magnate, the son of a chauffeur and a cleaner, a conservative African-American — and, to just about everyone’s surprise, a strong contender in the Republican presidential race.
As other leading contenders have begun to falter, Herman Cain has surged into second place in Republican ranks, buoyed by his fiery oratory […]
Bachmann, Cain won’t say Romney is a Christian
Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann dodged questions Sunday whether Romney is a Christian. The issue arose during the just-completed Values Voters Summit in Washington, exposing tensions among evangelicals over Romney’s religious faith, as we reported today. Dallas Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress kicked things off by endorsing Rick Perry and declaring that Mormonism is a cult and Romney is not a Christian. Speakers […]
RINO Rick Perry on In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants: “It’s No Free Ride”
ORANGE CITY, IOWA — Making his second stop in western Iowa, Rep. Texas Governor Rick Perry was confronted by a voter with questions about his immigration policy after a speech at the Blue Mountain Culinary Emporium in Orange City.
Fae Groff-Moritz from Remsen, Iowa asked the governor to explain what exactly in-state tuition rates for illegal […]
SOLYNDRAGATE: Huge Email Dump Implicates Obama And Rahm In Bankruptcy Scandal
The White House released a bunch of emails related to the Solyndrabankruptcy scandal to Congressional investigators today, in what has become a regular Friday evening email dump.
Read the whole story at BusinessInsider.com
Rick Perry in 5th Place in New Hampshire’s WMUR Poll
WMUR TV in New Hampshire released their periodic Granite State Poll today, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is polling in 5th place with 4% of the respondents indicating they’d vote for him if the election is held today.
WMUR Granite State Poll Results 10/7/2011:
Romney: 37% Cain: 12% Paul: 9% Huntsman: 8% Perry: 4% Gingrich: 4% Everyone […]
Herman Cain drowns out Perry at Republican showdown
WASHINGTON — Republican White House hopeful Rick Perry tried to revive his campaign Friday but got dragged into a religious row and saw a plea to Christian voters drowned out by fast-rising longshot Herman Cain.
Perry, who exploded into the White House race in August but has since fallen back after wobbly debate performances, sought to […]
Mitt Romney Just Unveiled A Keynesian Stimulus Plan (Obama Lite)
Romney says he wants to build the air force and the navy with 100K more active-duty personnel. He also wants naval warships to intimidate Iran. In other words, he’s trying to be like Reagan: do a do a mass buildup of of defense, and maybe break the enemy that way.
Also: It’s a form of Keynesian stimulus, […]
If You Liked George Bush, You Will LOVE Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy
Mitt Romney rolled out his foreign policy platform this morning — and it looks remarkably familiar.
Addressing cadets at South Carolina’s Citadel military academy, Romney attacked President Obama for forfeiting U.S. military and economic primacy and promised to restore America’s global dominance by increasing defense spending and taking a more aggressive approach toward global threats.
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Presbyterian church in Wisconsin to ordain 1st gay man
SUN PRAIRIE, Wisconsin (AP) — More than two decades after Scott Anderson told his California congregation that he was gay and therefore must resign as its pastor, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) is preparing to welcome him back.
Read more at Daily Caller
Poll: Cain surges, opens up 20-point lead on Romney
In news sure to inject shock and awe into the Republican political primary season, a IBOPE Zogby poll released Thursday showed Herman Cain leading the Republican field, topping former front-runner Mitt Romney by an astonishing 20 points. Cain would also narrowly edge out Obama in a general election, the poll found, by a 46–44 margin.
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No New Ideas from Romney (Romney just recycled neocon talking points)
Romney just recycled neocon talking points. Today Mitt Romney gave a foreign policy address at the Citadel. It contained eight specific policy proposals. Like Romney’s previous speeches, this one doesn’t have the facts going for it. The address contained more in the way of nice-sounding rhetoric designed to enthuse his audience than it did in terms of serious […]
‘Fast and Furious’ docs reveal Holder was given detailed accounts of gun program
New Department of Justice documents the House Oversight Committee released Thursday morning show Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed on Operation Fast and Furious many more times than previously discovered documents suggested. They also show that Holder was given detailed information on what happened in Fast and Furious.
These new documents show Holder received information and […]