Tag: 2012
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Was the Etch-a-Sketch gaffe intentional?
Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again. The timing may not have been ideal for Romney’s spokesman to reveal the campaign’s general election strategy, but I don’t necessarily…
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If only he had gotten Larry the Cable Guy’s endorsement
Apparently Jeff Foxworthy, who campaigned with Mitt Romney in the days leading up to the Redneck Belt primaries, is a bit too uptown for Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi. Little do they know they just made President Obama very happy.
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The question the GOP fears most
Which Candidate Would You Rather Have a Beer With? We hear this question every election, though, for me, there’s never been an obvious answer (save for Bob Dole). I dare you to find one person who’d choose to down a cold one with Romney or Santorum. The Anchorman would try to assure you that, even…
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Romney’s desperation grows
ABC News reports that the Mitt Romney campaign is deploying Donald Trump as a surrogate in radio interviews in Michigan.
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The problem with constituencies
For years the GOP has placated the religious right, even as Christian fundamentalists have steered the movement to the fringe. On a national level, at least, that constituency has been heard but not seen. Sure, George W. Bush spoke openly of his faith and helped secure a second term behind the gay marriage boogeyman, but…
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