The Competent Conservative

Will this make Franklin Graham an enemy of the Palinites?  In a recent interview Graham suggest, from time spent with Governor Palin, that she “does not like politics and is not running for President.”  The question is, that I am sure the Palinites will answer swiftly, is how much does he know about Palin and [...]

Gallup 2012 Survey Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,025 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Feb. 1-3, 2010. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of error is ±4 percentage points. For results based on the sample of 942 [...]

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 2012 Presidential Survey Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 35% Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 31% Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 29% Barack Obama 48% Candidate from Tea Party Movement 23% Among Independents Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 28% Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 24% Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 23% Barack Obama [...]

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 [...]

Mitt and Ann Romney were recently by Fox News’ Gretchen.  That interview will air on Wedsnesday.  Here are some excerpts of what Governor Romney had to say about his plans for 2012. Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will decide after the 2010 Congressional elections whether to take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama. [...]

I sure wish Evangelicals For Mitt had the option on commenting on their posts.  I say we all send Nancy and David French e-mails requesting they do so because there are a number of posts that seem like they are designed for commenting but no one can do so.  That’s not a true blog! At [...]

There has been much debate regarding who has the greatest shot at winning the Republican nomination in 2012.  There have also been many polls indicating who the considered front runners are -Romney, Palin and Huckabee.  Tim Pawlenty has also been considered, but is not showing well in any of the polling. But there is one [...]

Optimism for America posted a Survey USA poll today showing that people who live in Los Angelas prefer Mitt Romney as the best prospect for Republican President. Which of these Republicans would make a better president? * Mitt Romney 25% * Mike Huckabee 19% * Sarah Palin 14% * Newt Gingrich 11% Among Conservatives * [...]

I know that there are Palin hopefuls out there convincing themselves that Sarah will run for President, but I just don’t think she is interested.  This article describes my thoughts: By David Corn -Politics Daily Recently, I asked a GOP consultant, who must remain nameless here, this question: Who advises Sarah Palin? His answer: No [...]

McClatchy News Service reports: WASHINGTON — In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard. The Guardsmen are among those assigned to protect Alaska from [...]