Category Archives: 2012 Watch

Reason #217 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney…

Posted on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

Reason #217 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney…seriously Cain campaign?

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Did Paul Ryan Just Become the Leader of the Republican Party?

Posted on April 14, 2011 | 1 Comment

This has as much to do with the President’s rant against Paul Ryan yesterday as much as it does the lack of other options on our side. John Boehner is rapidly losing support for his budget deal that doesn’t quite look like much of a deal, and the only Presidential candidate that getting any press lately is Donald Trump, who…honestly, I’d be here encoding hyperlinks all day with examples of why he needs to just stop.

That said, President Obama seemed to launch his re-election campaign against not any of the candidates or the Speaker of the House, but against the Chairman of the House Budget committee. Paul Ryan introduced his budget, “the Path to Prosperity,” last week. Love it or hate it, it’s hard to deny it’s not a serious plan and a clear direction for the country.

Well, yesterday was the President’s turn. He invited Ryan and a few others to hear him speak on his plan for the budget and to tackle the debt. Only instead…

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Top Ten Reasons Why Mitch Daniels Should Run for President

Posted on April 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

The more I hear aboot Donald Trump wanting to see Barack Obama’s birth certificate, the more impatient I get waiting for Mitch Daniels to announce he’s running for President.

Today brings two more news articles (both national and local) suggesting that he’s getting closer to make a decision. My sources tell me that one way or another, and official decision is coming in May…when he also happens to be traveling to Washington DC to give a speech on education reform. So while we wait, the good folks at Hoosier Access (where all Indiana bloggers serve at the pleasure of my CPAC roomie Josh Gillespie) put together ten great reason why Mitch is the man for the job.

The good folks at HA go into full detail on each of these, but for the bulletpoints, here are the top ten reasons why Mitch Daniels needs to run for President…

Reduced Indiana’s Debt…Without Raising Taxes
Turned Deficits Into Surpluses…Without Raising Taxes
Two Balanced Budgets…Without Raising Taxes
Massive Job Growth
Property Taxes Capped
Public Employee Unions Disbanded
Streamlined State Government
Affordable Health Insurance…Without Government Expansion
Aggressive Education Reform Agenda
Nation’s Largest Voucher Expansion Program

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Is Adam Hasner the Next…that “Other” Senator from Florida?

Posted on April 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

I like how Twitter can function as your own personal focus group. During the recent ten minutes when it was rumoured that Joe Scarborough was being recruited to run for Florida Senate on 2012, I had sent out a tweet asking who else was rumoured to be running. Not being familiar with the Florida political scene, I was curious if there was “another Marco Rubio” hiding in the state somewhere.

The name that most came up was Adam Hasner, the former Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives.

Now as soon as you say “x” is the next “y,” you’ve doomed them and the set yourself off to disappointment. Plus, how many e-mails have you already gotten saying “X is the Next Marco Rubio?” Instead of being the next anyone, the first Adam Hasner sounds promising…

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Mitch Daniels Endorses Paul Ryan and Heads to DC, Still Mum on 2012

Posted on April 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

I was curious to see which of the rumoured 2012 candidates would offer the strongest support of Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity.” Gov. Mitch Daniels, you’re up…

The House budget resolution is the first serious proposal produced by either party to deal with the overriding issue of our time. The national debt we are amassing threatens the livelihood and the liberty of every single American, and in particular the life prospects of our young people. Anyone criticizing this plan without offering a specific and equally bold program of his own has failed in the public duty to be honest and clear with Americans about the gravest danger we are facing together.

This was also the same day Daniels booked another trip to Washington D.C., this time to give a policy address on education reform.

Dude, just announce you’re running already so we can get this shit started.

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On Mitt Romney, Healthcare, and Domino’s Pizza

Posted on April 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

I was more bullish on Mitt Romney in 2009.

I’m not anti-Romney now. I was just a bigger fan just after the 2008 elections when I realized what a mistake John McCain was and saw where Romney could have helped us (no Republican was winning that year). Today he seems like just another average candidate, when a lot of us are looking for someone to inspire and motivate.

There are two reasons for that. One is that he’s stayed quiet. He’s hasn’t felt in necessary to overreact to every little media story like a lot of the other candidates have, and only comment on an issue when it was warranted. I can respect that, trying to look like the only “grown up in the room.”

The other reason is RomneyCare. You know, his healthcare plan that was the inspiration for ObamaCare, that we know was the inspiration for ObamaCare because the Obama Campaign makes it a point to say so any chance they get knowing the conservative are going to overreact and say “See, I told you so.” Shenanigans aside, it is a problem for Mitt, but I have a solution. Domino’s Pizza.
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