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Here is a list of 2012 candidates. Generally, I am dwelling on the negatives as this is what is going to limit them in their ability to win but will mention any unique positives. Please share your thoughts on these or any other potential candidates. Romney - Romneycare is an albatross. He is a Mormon which impacts appeal. Is popular in Michigan due to his father. Sometimes comes across like a used car salesman. Is probably more conservative than his record and gets a bad rap due to his need to make compromises to get elected in The People's Republic....

here are people will vote for you no matter what. They don’t care what your positions are on any issue, nor do they care about your ability to perform, the content of your latest speech or how effective your campaign is. While campaign professionals like to refer to this group as “committed supports,” they are more commonly referred to in layman’s terms as “your parents.” By contrast, some people will never vote for you no matter what you do and in spite of your positions on vital issues or your qualifications. Some would cynically say that those are called “in-laws”,...

1. South Dakota Senator John Thune Like Mitt Romney, the Junior Senator from South Dakota is straight out of central casting for the role of president. Intelligent, articulate, handsome, with a winning smile and an easy going disposition - it's hard to locate anything missing from the prototypical presidential check list. SNIP 2. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels With a resume that includes both political and policy posts at the local, state and national level, Mitch Daniels arguably boasts the strongest experience of any Republican in the country. Re-elected overwhelmingly to a second term in 2008 even as President Obama carried...

Illinois’s 7th Congressional District has long been represented by an African-American, but there’s now widespread worry in Chicago’s black community that that could soon change. With Democratic Rep. Danny Davis signaling he’s ready to step down from the House after seven terms to run for president of the Cook County Board next year, there’s a real possibility that a non-African-American candidate could win the seat. “I think there is always that concern,” said Richard Boykin, a former Davis chief of staff who is mentioned as a possible contender. “It’s a fear that a lot of people have.” “There’s great concern,”...

Dont forget to vote on november 3rd. please view this link for who the gun rights candidates are in your district. http://www.nrapvf.org/ELECTIONS/State.a ... 9&State=NJ If you do not know the district you are in, please click the following link: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/ ... lities.asp

Third parties don't work, the Republicans are as bad as the Democrats, most of the existing politicians are universally corrupt. How and who is anyone going to plan, organize, determine new candidates and accomplish taking back our government from all of the corrupt bunch in Washington, D.C. I do not see leadership, organization or any serious effort to keep all of us going in a direction that will get us the candidates and the votes to win...any thoughts out there guys and gals?

My dear young friends, I am pleased to speak to this BYU-Idaho audience. I am conscious that I am also speaking to many in other places. In this time of the Internet, what we say in one place is instantly put before a wider audience, including many to whom we do not intend to speak. SNIP And now, in conclusion, I offer five points of counsel on how Latter-day Saints should conduct themselves to enhance religious freedom in this period of turmoil and challenge. SNIP Fifth...Latter-day Saints must be careful never to support or act upon the idea that a...

Three dead candidates are on the ballot in November's general election in Washington County. They include former incumbent mayors Alfred Agamedi, of North Charleroi, and Walter Wisniewski, of Bentleyville, who were running unopposed. Mr. Agamedi was 84 when he died Sept. 18, and Mr. Wisniewski was 86 when he died Sept. 24.

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Between the town hall meetings and the tea party rallies, millions of Americans are taking to the streets to protest a government gone berserk. They are angry and determined to take their country back. But there are snakes in the grass intent on using this movement to return to power, not the people, but the Republican establishment. If this happens we lose everything, including our country.

CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLED CANDIDATES: The following is a list of candidates who have sworn or affirmed that they will support the Constitutional Principles established by the Independent American Movement for Constitutional Restoration and whom our members have sworn or affirmed in turn to support (more candidate names will be added as they take this oath or affirmation): -------------------- CANDIDATE LIST --------------------ID : Governor - Rex Rammell (GOP)ID : State Rep, 11th Dist. - Steven Thayn (GOP)ID : Boise City Council - Lucas Baumbach (GOP) - Nov 2009 ElectionID : Boise City Council - Daniel L. Dunham (GOP) - Nov 2009 ElectionKY: US Senate - Bill Johnson (GOP)LA : Shreveport, Dist G City...

Considering the progressive direction of the current administration, one might not be surprised to find normal, everyday American citizens beginning to awaken to the aroma of socialism on the brink of rolling over into their own back yard. Americans are becoming afraid, not only for their own freedoms and futures but for that of their children and grandchildren. It has been made clear that our grandchildren have no social security. It has been spent. I don't even have grandchildren yet. The government is threatening to intervene in our health care and make decisions on our behalf. The problem with this...

Jeffrey Alan Wagner, doesn’t have a traditional resume for a politician. He works as a baggage handler for Delta Airlines at the airport and runs a video-production company. The Loring Park resident attended his first city council meeting last Friday and says he initially jumped into the race on a lark after drinking too much alcohol on the day of the filing deadline. “Do you have to be able to spell Minneapolis to be a city council member?” he laughs. Wagner has not raised any money or sought any political endorsements. But the 42-year old insists he is running a...

What's next, is Steele going to welcome gun control candidates into the party? Candidates advocating for higher taxes and spending? In a September 3rd interview, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told a surprised Columbus Dispatch reporter that he would lead the charge of pro-abortion GOP candidates if abortion is a value in their community. Columbus Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett asked Steele "if there is room in the party for a pro-abortion rights candidate…" Hallett quoted Steele's reply: "There absolutely is, there absolutely is… The key thing right now-and I think this is true for Republicans across the country-is...

Danny TarkanianRepublican, U.S. Senate for NevadaSon of the legendary University of Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, Danny Tarkanian is a home-grown Nevada Republican. It’s hard to overlook the politically-irrelevant irony that this Las Vegas native bears a mild resemblance to long-time Vegas performer Wayne Newton. But beyond his desert-town tan, shiny black coiffure and gleaming white chompers, this former college basketball star has a tune of substance to sing as he campaigns for the Senate seat currently occupied by embattled Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall," Sue Lowden, chairwoman of the...

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So nearly half a million Americans finally "took to the streets." Moms pushed baby carriages. Men and women skipped a day of work (some of their kids skipped school). Some entrepreneurs closed down their businesses. Almost half a million Americans had a multitude of tea parties and the mainstream media either ignored them or misrepresented them. So where does this leave us? The most important thing that should emerge from this tea party movement is fresh political leadership. If a person can organize, on short notice a political protest attended by thousands of people in a small town or medium-sized...

In this Columbia Conservative Examiner exclusive, we have a chat with Mike Yost, conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Yost is running in a district that is heavily Democratic--a meandering, side-winder snake-like area that was heavily gerrymandered to favor liberal Democrats and minorities. But this year there is a much better chance for a conservative to win. The key will be GOP financial support and the support of conservatives all across the nation.

Like the Israelites who sinned before GodBob and John are condemned to wander the desert for 40 years. Desperately wailing and gnashing their teeth as they seek the true meaning of Conservatism

The fundraiser set to be hosted Wednesday by elected officials and business leaders at the posh Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables sounds like countless other receptions benefiting Florida's political establishment. But the invitation topped with bold-faced names is for Marco Rubio, the upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate daring to challenge the popular Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination. Rubio has been mostly raising money over the Internet. Crist has been attending swanky events almost nightly this month. Their lopsided fundraising battle and poll ratings suggest Rubio's campaign will not end well, but the former Miami lawmaker posted a...

The ultra-conservative wing of the GOP wants to make Florida’s Republican Senate primary a test case of its power. The race pits Gov. Charlie Crist, a moderate who had the audacity to endorse President Obama’s stimulus plan, against hard-core conservative Marco Rubio, a former speaker of the state House. Crist also just signed a new state budget raising the cigarette tax and various fees by $2 billion, an act that further fueled conservative anger. Even worse, the moderate governor has drawn strong support from current Republican senators. He has been endorsed by Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate,...

On the surface, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appears to be the rising star in the Sunshine State. Mr. Crist won a landslide election, maintains high approval ratings and was considered as a potential vice presidential choice by Republican nominee John McCain. In addition, he was even ranked the most "fiscally conservative governor in the country" by the Cato Institute - beating out even South Carolina's budget hawk Gov. Mark Sanford. Many Florida conservatives, however, have a very different hero - Marco Rubio.

...This picture is worth a 1,000 words and, I hope, dozens of defeated incumbents. 150 citizens, normal people, political novices and neighborhood activists jammed the dining room of Ken's Steakhouse at 8am on the most beautiful Saturday we've had in New England this year. Their hands are raised because I've just ask "How many of you plan to be on the ballot in 2009 or 2010."

This is my first post here in a long time. Since my last post, back in 2001, I have worked on a few campaigns for local conservative candidates, I've been a candidate, and I have been on my local Republican Executive Committee. I also publish a local elections blog in which I give all local candidates a username and password so they can blog with impunity at no cost in a local forum where people are looking for them. What has been so frustrating is seeing how conservatives will make a big show of outrage over some government wrongdoing, but...

Congressional, Gubernatorial and Assembly elections are just over 21 months away. Primaries for those seats are just over 16 months away. All of which means that anyone interested in those seats shouldn’t wait too much longer to declare their intentions – and when that general election comes around, those that took the chance to run may well be in catching the right election wave for several reasons: 1. The Stimulus that won’t be. The current “stimulus” plan being discussed will simply not provide much stimulus. The vast majority of the infrastructure spending, i.e. roads and environmental projects, will not be...

Does anyone know of an objective web site that compares the Presidential candidates in an interesting manner? A friend who is on the fence is looking for something. Thanks!

SAN FRANCISCO – Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the presidential candidates should end the smear campaigns and get back to the issues. Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are wasting time making accusations that have nothing to do with the topics Americans want to hear about, he said. “Look at what the presidential campaign has reduced down to: They now are accusing each other of things that have nothing to do with the economy, that have nothing to do with health care, that have nothing to do with the environment, that have nothing to do with, you...

Google Labs launches an addictive little webapp called In Quotes, which searches and compares things politicians have said in the news by keyword.

Yes, it is the coolest part of my job. I get to shake hands and meet face to face with the candidates for President. So what's it like? Well, let's see. I interviewed Fred Thompson when it was 93 degrees and 100 percent humidity in the sun at The Villages. We all looked like drenched rats. I hardly remember what I asked him but do remember praying I wouldn't faint. I thought it was odd when we interviewed Mike Huckabee at a Tampa hotel. He was the advance man, the scheduler, the room set up person, the security, AND the...

OUTTA SIGHT! [PART TWO] The Winnowing of the Candidates By John W. Cassell Where have all the candidates gone…short time passing? This is my attempt at an answer to the question "where has the spontaneity gone" asked earlier. This is where it gets tricky, folks. This is the part we never see. They don't cast any blinking, blinding bright lights on THIS process…no music and special effects psychologically calculated to bring a human being to the point of joyful tears, no matter WHAT is going on at the podium. This is where both the spontaneity went and the real power...

Soldiers stood directly behind Raddatz as she queried GI’s walking past. She asked 60 GI’s who they planned to vote for in November. 54 said John McCain, 4 for Obama, and 2 for Hillary. When the story ran, they didn't even mention the 54 that chose McCain.

John McCain has several objectives when it comes to his vice presidential choice. He must address the age issue, most likely choosing someone younger than himself, while also giving baby boomers and even younger voters a contemporary on the ticket. He must choose someone who garners the support of the conservative movement, which McCain himself has long had trouble doing. Secondary considerations include geography, as well as demographic and biographical factors. Here are the top 15 candidates, along with their pros and cons and odds of being picked. For my thoughts on the Democratic veepstakes, see my column of May...

DETROIT, July 5 (UPI) -- Muslims in the Detroit area are upset that neither of the presumptive major party presidential nominees has made an effort to reach out to them. The area has one of the largest and most visible Muslim communities in the United States. In recent campaigns, candidates have addressed meetings or met with local religious leaders, The Detroit News reports. "Any candidate should address the issues of American society, not a particular religion," said Dr. Abdul Raheman Nakadar, a retired cardiologist who publishes The Muslim Observer. "But when you ask a certain group for support, then you...

Veterans In Politics Candidate 2008 Endorsement Interview PART 2 Citizens of Southern Nevada we know that when you go to the voting booth to cast your vote for Nevada State Assembly, United States Congressional Representative, Clark County Commissioners, State Board of Education, University State Regent, Clark County School Trustee you are unsure who the candidates are. The Veterans In Politics International is giving you an opportunity to see your candidates in our Candidate 2008 Endorsement Interview PART 2. Candidate Endorsement Interviews will also be aired LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net , http://www.helloworld.com/members_myworld.aspx?ID=nevadavip and open to the public to sit and watch the...

John McCain obviously wants the country to begin thinking and talking about his selection of a running mate – otherwise, why did he invite three leading V.P. possibilities (Governors Mitt Romney, Charlie Crist and Bobby Jindal) to his home in Sedona, Arizona for a Memorial Day barbeque?

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton is smart and forceful, John McCain is proud but has a volatile temper, and Barack Obama is a diplomat who deals well with different people and situations. At least, that's what graphologists say their handwriting reveals about them. "Handwriting is a reflection of the inner personality. It shows a person's ego strength, how good they feel about themselves, their intellectual, communication and working styles," graphologist Sheila Lowe, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis", told AFP. Graphology -- the study of how we loop our Ls and cross our Ts -- is not...

May 15, 2008 Berkeley, California OK, Scooter's psychotic empathizing with John McCain has gotten totally out of hand. It's one thing to adopt the hairstyle or even mild mannerisms of somebody one admires, but Scooter's total metamorphosis into McCain by way of elaborate theatrical makeup, wardrobe, acting, and vocal inflections is beyond weird. Yesterday we went shopping at the mall, and while there Scooter probably signed over a hundred autographs as Senator McCain. Later at the urging of onlookers he even gave an impromptu speech from atop a table at the food court. After flashing some very realistic Vietnam...

Nearly half of likely voters — 48 percent — are not satisfied with the current candidates for president, with Republicans and conservative voters the most unhappy about their likely candidate choices in November, a new nationwide Zogby Interactive poll shows. In what could spell bad news for the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, an overwhelming 86 percent of self-described “very conservative” voters said they are displeased with the current presidential candidates, and 65 percent of these voters said they are very unsatisfied. The vast majority of conservatives (76 percent) and Republicans (76 percent) also expressed significant dissatisfaction with the current...

"Me? I'm just hangin' out, listening for McCain's phone call and waiting for reporters..." Mike "The Huckster" Huckabee, is at the top of the short list of John McCain's vice presidential candidates. At least according to a top McCain fundraiser. Economic conservatives are likely to oppose the choice of Huckabee as McCain’s vice presidential candidate, given the populist tone of his campaign and his tax record as governor of Arkansas. But in his “Capital Commerce” column for U.S. News & World Report, James Pethokoukis points to the fundraiser’s disclosure and cites several factors that could make Huckabee a strong asset...

We're looking for voters who want to make their voices heard this election season. We're putting together a co-op documentary featuring YOU - the real voter. We want to know what's important to you, what you think the candidates are failing to do and what will affect your vote this election year. The film is going to be premiered for free on the web, and before it does, we're going to get the candidate's candid reactions and answers to your video. This is your chance to make a difference in 2008 and we want to hear from you! Learn more...

Sorting the good candidates from the bad is hard work few citizens are willing to undertake. Most prefer to remain blissfully ignorant hoping to remain unscathed while the country falls apart around them. These are the same people that expect you to share your emergency supplies after a natural disaster because they couldn’t be bothered to prepare themselves. "All politicians are alike!"..."What difference does it make if we vote or not?"..."Nothing ever changes anyway." These are the frequently heard responses when you ask friends or acquaintances if they plan to vote. They do not follow politics closely, and sadly, this...

Prince Otto von Bismarck is credited with the sneering remark that "there is a special providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America." Of course, that was in the age of presidents Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, so Bismarck, the greatest statesman of his age, was entitled to look down on the quality of American leadership. One wonders what old "Blood and Iron" would say today if he were looking at the magnificent triumvirate of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. (At least Curly, Moe and Larry were funny when they...

The Presidency really takes its toll; just look at how George Bush has aged. To see how the current candidates would fare after a term in the Oval Office, we put them through the Pop Photo Time Machine. See our Photoshopped before and afters of Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama. Mouse-over any of the images to see how the candidates may look in 2012. Aging takes time, even when you make it happen artificially with software. Each candidate took about four hours of retouching. To mimic the ravages of time, we did the following: - Used the Burn...

Johnny can't wear white shirts-- I get it. That is unfortunate because the white shirt with the black suit and BLACK tie is HOT right now: But taking a cue from fashion expert Nicolas Sarkozy, even pastels will work with the black ensemble: I actually think Sarkozy started wearing pastels in deference to John Sidney, who I'm sure he hopes will win the election. Dark suits = HOT. Pale ties on Johnny = NOT hot This tie ends up looking fleshy colored and yukky even though it is a nice tie. He needs to stick with dark ties so he...

Constitutional Literacy at Risk by: Malcolm A. Kline, April 07, 2008 Americans’ awareness of their freedoms and where they came from are at a low point and the institutions that once passed on that knowledge are largely to blame. “The public’s veneration of the Constitution is combined with a low level of knowledge,” Andrew Busch, a professor at Claremont McKenna said at the Heritage Foundation last Thursday. “Many did not know there were three branches of government,” he observed, referring to polling data.... (snip).. “One student told me the three branches of government were the president, the mayor and the...

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If there was ever an election cycle in which the issues (at this juncture, really weighty ones) took a back seat to pomp and circumstance – or, if you prefer, hype and flatulence – this one is definitely it. With the exception of half a handful of worthwhile individuals who were destined to be ignored by the public (for reasons of lack of profile), their party’s elite (for reasons rooted in fear and weakness), and the media (for obvious reasons), the choices have been ghastly right from the start. An earthshaking event (like Bobby Kennedy’s assassination during the 1968 Presidential...

Watching U.S. leaders snap and backbite, do you ever ask yourself: Where is the love? Do you ever wonder what the love lives of the presidential candidates are like? Me neither, but if there is a fitting time to inquire into their romantic practices, Valentine’s Day is it. The office comes with expectations of personal accountability as much as it does with political accountability, and a nation that reads more Us Weekly than Newsweek is bound to be curious. When the Kenneth Starr report appeared, outraged politicians from both ends of the spectrum deemed it “pornographic” and “dirt and filth.”...

Our next president's first act will be to solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution. But what does that document say about who that person should be? Of course, all the top candidates are formally eligible. The Constitution demands only that our next president must have been born a citizen, must be at least 35 years old, and must have resided in the United States for 14 or more years. But if we probe these rules and ask not merely what the text says but why, interesting differences among the contenders snap into focus. Favorite Sons: For example, why was the...