Poll: Romney leads Santorum by seven in Wisconsin
Santorum’s dwindling chances. Mitt Romney remains favored to win next Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, which is arguably Rick Santorum’s last chance to prove he’s competitive. A new NBC-Marist poll shows...
View ArticleHot Air Homestretch Survey Final Results
The one? It’s both the highest percentage of the vote and the largest margin between first and second place we’ve had to date. Mitt Romney again takes the Hot Air Survey, this time with 61% of the...
View ArticleRon Paul: “I haven’t decided” whether I’ll support Mitt Romney if he’s the...
Reservations. For all the talk of an alliance between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman doesn’t sound particularly sold on the presumptive frontrunner. On two occasions this weekend,...
View ArticleGingrich shifting focus from nomination to influencing GOP platform at the...
Plus: Santorum/Gingrich? In other words, his candidacy’s now basically no different than Ron Paul’s. Except that, across the last five states to vote, Paul actually won more delegates than Gingrich...
View ArticleRomney: I talk to Gingrich more than I talk to Santorum
An unlikely friendship. Mitt Romney today indicated that he has been in closer communication with Newt Gingrich in recent days than with Rick Santorum: Romney said he wasn’t surprised by Gingrich’s...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich’s Secret Service is costing taxpayers tens of thousands of...
“Just another example of Newt’s arrogance and self-importance.” Newt Gingrich said he’d be in the presidential race until Tampa — and he’s showing every sign of keeping his word. For the most part,...
View ArticlePaul captures 20 of 24 Minnesota delegates in CD conventions
State GOP in disarray — and about to be evicted? It’s tough these days to be a Republican in Minnesota. While the party managed to take control of both chambers of the state legislature in 2010 for...
View ArticleGingrich to “look realistically” at campaign status after landslide loss in...
“It’s pretty clear Governor Romney is going to be the nominee.” Last night provided a moment to Newt Gingrich that Rick Santorum managed to avoid. Santorum withdrew before a potentially embarrassing...
View ArticleCan Paul delegates cause mischief at the RNC national convention?
Time to end the caucus system. Last week, I wrote about the Ron Paul movement’s success in Minnesota, organizing effectively to take delegates in the Congressional-district conventions that elect...
View ArticleRasmussen: Romney wins a 3-way race with Obama, Paul
Hmmmm. Earlier in this cycle, Republican fretted that Ron Paul could go rogue and run as an independent in the general election, which conventional wisdom held would be a disaster for the GOP. Paul...
View ArticleRon Paul: No, I won’t be endorsing Romney any time soon; Update: Convention...
“What’s the endgame?” Larry Kudlow asks the most pertinent question about Ron Paul’s continuing efforts on the campaign trail after Mitt Romney has all but wrapped up the GOP nomination, which is what...
View ArticleObama only up 4 in SurveyUSA poll in … Oregon?
Oh oh, O. With all of his other competition out of the way, no one should be surprised how Mitt Romney stacks up against other Republicans in the Oregon primary, set for next Tuesday. A new SurveyUSA...
View ArticleRon Paul: I won’t spend any more money to contest primaries
Out. Sort of. He hasn’t suspended his campaign but he says he won’t spend any more money to contest the upcoming primaries with Romney, preferring instead to focus on electing Paul supporters as...
View ArticlePssst: Ron Paul has already won
Endgame. Ron Paul announced yesterday that he would not campaign in any states where primaries have yet to take place, a statement that many took to be a withdrawal from the campaign. This morning,...
View ArticleMN GOP state convention: Backing Pete Hegseth for US Senate endorsement
Leadership and national reach. Today begins our two-day Republican state convention in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and I’m attending as both a delegate and as media. Later this afternoon, Mitch Berg and I...
View ArticleHmmm: Romney huddles with Rand Paul to talk policy
Endorsement? Endorsement to follow? Sources close to Senator Rand Paul tell National Review Online that Paul and Mitt Romney had a private meeting on Wednesday. Details of the topics discussed are...
View ArticleRon Paul revolution is well beyond the fringe
Mainstreaming. After a lengthy analysis of the Ron Paul influence evident at the Minnesota GOP Convention May 18-19 in St. Cloud (“Libertarian surge remakes state GOP,” May 20), the burning question...
View ArticleCould Ron Paul’s delegates nominate him for VP at the GOP convention?
Oh my. In which HuffPo once again demonstrates its Jedi mastery of SEO by cooking up far-fetched link bait about the pol with the most passionate fan base on the Internet. Which reminds me, look for...
View ArticleReuters: Romney could name VP as early as next week
Emphasis on “could.” They have no inside information that he will, but the circumstances of this campaign are such that it might make sense to do it sooner rather than later. As they work from a short...
View ArticleHeart Ache. The dream of a Ron Paul presidency is “smoked”
If it weren’t for you meddling Nebraska kids… Lest we forget, the Republican presidential primary is still going on. Well, sort of. Technically, anyway. And even in July there were still a few details...
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