The Competent Conservative

There is a time honored practice among American political office seekers, particularly conservatives. It is that during the course of selecting a party’s nominee, when it becomes evident that one cannot, in fact, acquire enough delegate support to actually enter the convention with the needed support, one withdraws or suspends their campaign, and allows the [...]

Expecting to wrap up the GOP nomination at the end of April, some in the Romney presidential campaign are turning to their “Prosecution of Obama” project, eager to assail the president’s handling of jobs and the economy before he has a chance to convince the public that his polices are working. A campaign associate told [...]

So, the “Consistent Conservative” is encouraging Democrat electoral mischief making (something that may well already be a factor in Mr. Santorum’s poll numbers in MI) in an effort to win a single state.  That doesn’t sound terribly conservative to me.  It sounds desperate and may well turn the MI election against him.  Here’s the article: [...]

After Santorum committed severe political malpractice by defending his Earmarks, his support for Arlen Specter and above all his insane explanation for why he voted against his principles, it is absolutely mind boggling as to why Fox News, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh and others would even touch Santorum with a 10 foot poll let alone [...]

(Update: Romney won the Maine Caucus with 39%) Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this year that suggests Mr. Romney retains strong support among self-identified [...]

The time has come for the Republican Party to close the deal. I believe Mitt Romney is the best choice for the presidency. Let me tell you why. To begin with, like me, Mitt is a businessman, not a career politician. In other words, he’s accomplished far more in his life than collecting campaign cash [...]

I came across this Fox News video from 2009 of a very enthusiastic supporter of Earmarks, Rick Santorum, even declaring “I’m very proud of my Earmarks”.  In his interview with CNN’s John King, Santorum flip-flopped on his love for earmarks when he said “we’ve all learned from our mistakes…”, but is he just pandering and [...]

PPP Nevada Caucus Survey Romney 50% Gingrich 25% Paul 15% Santorum 8% Someone else/not sure Favorables Romney 70/25 Santorum 64/23 Paul 45/46 Gingrich 41/49 PPP surveyed 937 likely Republican caucus voters on February 1st and 2nd. The margin of error for the survey is +/-3.2%.

Obama Says He Is Looking at a “One Term Proposition”, New Romney Ad

What it is exactly isn’t clear. But from Trump adviser Michael Cohen comes this statement: Donald J. Trump will be making a major announcement tomorrow (Thursday, February 2, 2012) at 12:30 p.m. at Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada.  He will be arriving this evening at approximately 11:30 p.m.  The announcement will pertain to [...]