The Competent Conservative

I’ve been telling people, almost verbatum, what Matthew Wilson said in this article from the Deseret News: “I would say this is really bad news for him if he’s running that far behind Romney in Utah, where name recognition is not a disadvantage,” Wilson said. “If he can’t hold up to Romney even in Utah, [...]

Here’s an interesting article about Huntsman’s White House ambitions.  Senator Bennet suggested that Huntsman should wait till 2016: “He clearly would like to run at some point, But he doesn’t have a natural constituency, so forming a political action committee and spreading money around in the 2012 election could be a very smart thing for [...]

National Journal Magazine has a new political “insiderss” poll out today showing that both Republican and Democrat insiders believe that Romney will be the strongest candidate to face Obama.   You can see the Republican insiders overwhelmingly gave Romney their confidence. Q: Who would be the Republicans’ strongest presidential nominee in 2012? Democrats (111 votes) Rank/Candidate [...]