The Competent Conservative

In the Florida debate tonight Mitt Romney owned Newt Gingrich over the ad his campaign ran dishonestly accusing Governor Romney of being “Anti-Immigration”.  Mitt called on him during the debate to apologize for the lie.

I, along with other Conservatives, have been quite dismayed over the last few weeks by the tactics of some Republican candidates in their quest to achieve the nomination of their party to run against Barak Obama. I was taken aback by Newt Gingrich’s assault on Mitt Romney’s business record which came straight out of Ted [...]

Full Primary/Caucus Calendar January 3, 2012 Iowa (caucus) – Results January 10, 2012 New Hampshire (primary) – Results January 21, 2012 South Carolina (primary) January 31, 2012 Florida (primary) February 4, 2012 Nevada (caucus) February 4–11, 2012 Maine (caucus) February 7, 2012 Colorado (caucus) Minnesota (caucus) Missouri (primary) – *See note below on Missouri February [...]

This post is a very welcome addition to the post I did a few days ago regarding the article from The Daily Beast detailing how Mitt Romney played a role in Scott Brown’s victory.  What I didn’t have at the time of that earlier post is the video or quote from Senator Elect Scott Brown [...]

Karl Rove is predicting that Scott Brown will win the Massachusetts Senate race by 3-6 points.  I hope it is more than that!  I hope that the citizens of Massachusetts send a very strong message to Washington that it is time to “shape up or ship out.”  It is not likely that they will shape [...]

Democrats and Republicans are neck-and-neck in generic balloting for the 2010 elections, a sign that all the prognostications of a tough midterm battle are correct. Democrats retain a 46 percent to 44 percent lead over the GOP among registered voters, when asked which party they’ll vote for in the 2010 congressional races, according to a [...]

Public Policy Polling Results For Arizona Voting Mike Huckabee 49% Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 50% Barack Obama 43% Barack Obama 47% Sarah Palin 47% Among Independents Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 44% Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 43% Among Men Mitt Romney 53% Barack Obama 42% Mike Huckabee [...]

This video is very informative, scary, and at the same time encouraging.  It is also factual, I believe, in the world of marketing and subliminal messaging.  The Republican party needs to find a better way to market itself if it intends on winning over the minds of people.  Sad as it may be, substance alone [...]

Call Me GOP conducted a 3 week “Sweet 16″ tournament of potential Republican leaders to find out which one should speak for the party.  The tournament winner is Mitt Romney. After three weeks and more than 4,000 votes, our tournament is finally over.  No surprise here: you’ve decided that Mitt Romney should speak for the [...]