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Why won't we nominate one of the most conservative leaders with proven electability on the GOP ticket in 2012? Sure, it will only be an year and a half in the Governor's chair. But, who cares. Obama was only in the Senate an year and a half before he ran. Bob McDonnell gave Obama (and his puppet) a thumping in a key state. He is a social conservative as well and has shown the road to win key elections.

While searching for the context of a surprising and fragmented presidential quote I came across this database. It had the full quote in the full context. It appears to be extensive in documenting all kinds of written and spoken presidential remarks. "The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database: • The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913) • The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993) • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - Obama (1993-2009) • Our archives also contain...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 32% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-five percent (35%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -3. That’s the President’s best Approval Index rating in nearly a month and matches his best rating since early July. Forty-three percent (43%) give the President good or excellent marks on national security matters and 30% say he is governing on a bi-partisan basis. Most voters say a middle class tax cut is more important than...

I found this poll that asks us freepers to pick the candidate we want for president. Whom do Freepers Prefer For president The day is coming when we all must decide whom we will donate our dwindling money and time to, for political office. While the next presidential election is still 3 years away, it is my opinion we do not have the normal time to waste as we used to. When you consider how much money it will take to defeat the coalition of Obama/Hollywood/Soros/MSM/ACORN, it is imperative we start now. Consider if you will, the amount of money...

While it hardly excuses Joe Wilson’s behavior, it’s worth noting that Democrats haven’t example been examples of propriety during Presidential addresses either: Similar Posts:The Tragedy Of War An Electoral Milestone For Obama Zogby: President Obama’s Approval Rating Down To 42% Filed Away For Future Reference Free To Choose Available Online

Tim Pawlenty is the Republican governor of Minnesota who is completing the second of his two terms. In the midst of a tough recessionary environment, he has been forced by a profligate legislature to balance the state budget by his own hand and to veto reckless tax increases. The actions might have made him unpopular. But have they? The New Republic's Jonathan Chait argues in a column this morning that Obama's bait-and-switch liberalism does not account for his sinking poll numbers. Chait writes: Is Obama really sliding because of his liberal policies? If so, then you might expect to see...

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Monday, August 10, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThisAdvertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 30% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9 (see trends). Fifty-six percent (56%) of Democrats Strongly Approve while 70% of Republicans Strongly Disapprove. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 22% Strongly Approve and 40% Strongly Disapprove. See other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThisAdvertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 31% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends). Fifty-eight percent (58%) of liberals Strongly Approve while 66% of conservatives Strongly Disapprove. Forty-two percent (42%) say the President is doing a good or an excellent job on economic matters. Forty-three percent (43%) say he’s doing a poor job in that...

NASA will likely have to continue flying its aging space shuttle fleet beyond its planned 2010 retirement date in order to complete construction of the International Space Station, a presidential panel said Tuesday. Former astronaut Sally Ride, a member of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, said that it was unlikely NASA could meet the current deadline of retiring the space shuttle by next year, as is currently planned. The first operational flights of the agency's replacement for the shuttle, the Orion spacecraft, may also be delayed a year or so beyond its 2015 target, she added....

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -10. The President’s Approval Index rating is down four points over the past week and 11 points over the past month (see trends).

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. That’s the first time his ratings have reached double digits in negative territory. ... Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.

Despite the mainstream news media's silence regarding this matter, an increasing number of Americans are concerned that Barack Obama might not be eligible, under the Constitution, to serve as President. According to the U.S. Constitution, an individual born after 1787 cannot legally or legitimately serve as U.S. President unless he or she is a "natural born citizen" of the United States. Among members of Congress and the mainstream news media, the consensus of opinion is that anyone born in the United States is a "natural born citizen". However, when we researched this issue a bit more carefully, we found that...

New polling data for the 2012 presidential election is out.If the 2012 election for president were held now, among potential Republican candidates already known to the public, Sarah Palin makes the best showing in a match-up against Obama.Romney trails last.

"The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week."

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 32% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –5. The number who strongly disapprove inched up another point to the highest level measured to date and the overall Approval Index is at the lowest level yet for Obama  

Thirty-four percent (34%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2.

Mark down the date. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended. By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret.

Key witness in passport fraud case fatally shot A key witness in a federal probe into passport information stolen from the State Department was fatally shot in front of a District church, the Metropolitan Police Department said yesterday. Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., 24, who had been cooperating with a federal investigators, was found late Thursday night slumped dead inside a car, in front of the Judah House Praise Baptist Church in Northeast, said Cmdr. Michael Anzallo, head of the department's Criminal Investigations Division. Cmdr. Anzallo said a police officer was patrolling the neighborhood when gunshots were heard, then Lt. Harris...

A mysterious thing happened in that speech Tuesday night. By the end of it Barack Obama had become president. Every president has a moment when suddenly he becomes what he meant to be, or knows what he is, and those moments aren't always public. Bill Safire thought he saw it with Richard Nixon one day in the new president's private study. Nixon always put a hand towel on the hassock where he put his feet, to protect the fabric, but this time he didn't use the towel, he just put up his feet. As if it were his hassock. And...

In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor’s system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policymaking bodies and extended economic sanctions against parties to the conflict in the African nation of Cote D’Ivoire. Despite the intense scrutiny a president gets just after the inauguration, Obama managed to take all these actions with nary a mention from the White House press corps. The moves escaped notice because they were never announced by the White House Press Office and were never placed on the White House web site. They came to light only...

In the rankings game, one standard re-emerges: Great presidents must be...

I am very worried. I live in Ohio. The anger toward the Republicans is almost palpable. I work for GM. Management guys I have worked with during GOP campaigns are switching parties. Please read the article I have linked. I can not post it because of copy write laws. It will be hard enough to get through the next four years. Let's not destroy our chances in 2012. I hope you find the article interesting.

2009 Presidential Dollar Designs Released The United States Mint has released the designs for the upcoming 2009 Presidential Dollars. Next year's coins will honor the Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, and Zachary Taylor. Next year the motto "In God We Trust" will be moved to more prominent placement on the obverse of the coin. The date, mint mark, and "E Pluribus Unum" will be featured on the incuse edge lettering of the coins. The reverse design featuring the Statue of Liberty that has been used in prior years will remain unchanged and continue to be used....

I just phoned the State of Hawaii Dept. of Health. I told the lady that they had decided for the rest of the states that we are a nation of men, not laws. Hawaii has decided for the rest of us that Obama need not prove that he is an American citizen because Hawaii has sealed his birth records. I pledged to boycott products made in Hawaii and to never set foot in Hawaii. Then I wished her Merry Christmas. Here is the contact info: (808) 586-4400. Kinau Hale, 1250 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, HI 96813 CANCEL YOUR VACATION! HIT THEM...

The Atlantic http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/36382 How McCain Can Win -- The Arguments Here is the argument that some McCain campaign advisers are making right now to donors and others who ask for a single, plausible scenario by which Sen. John McCain wins the election. It rests on certain assumptions about the electorate that seem almost provably false at this point, but not provably false enough so as to render them completely bizarre. The goal here is to give people a sense of what the candidate is being told by his advisers, nothing more. Think of what's below as a set of Republican...

Is Sarah Palin ready to be president? I haven't seen enough of the GOP vice presidential candidate to get a handle on the answer to that question. I know that she wants to finish the job in Iraq. I know that she cut spending in her own state. I also know the woman whom GOP candidate John McCain chose as his running mate is a genuine maverick who stood up to the GOP power boys in Alaska. I know that the rookie governor who debated rival Joe Biden can perform under immense pressure. I also know that the media are...

Of the three Presidential debates, Senator John McCain’s best performance came on Wednesday evening in New York. He was feisty, spirited and spent a good portion of the proceedings on the attack – something many conservatives were hoping they’d see with less than three weeks to go before Election Day. In fact, during the face-off, on the great FreeRepublic.com website, the “live debate” thread saw many “Freepers” asking where this John McCain had been hiding all this time. He was good. To be sure, McCain seemed especially comfortable in Wednesday’s environment – seated around a discussion table with both Obama...

Who will you vote for in the presidential election? Gene Amondson (Prohibition) Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) Bob Barr (Libertarian) Roger Calero (Socialist Workers) Charles Jay (Boston Tea) Alan Keyes (America's Independent) Gloria La Riva (Socialism and Liberation) John McCain (Republican) Cynthia McKinney (Green) Brian Moore (Socialist) Ralph Nader (Independent) Barack Obama (Democrat) Tom Stevens (Objectivist) Ted Weill (Reform) Someone else Will not vote

Two words kept popping in and out of my head during the second Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain – disappointing and tedious. Setting aside the fact that the proceedings seemed to drag and on at an agonizingly tortuous pace with little more than eye-watering yawns from my end to disrupt the monotony, this debate had the personality of a lima bean can. Add to it the fact that there seemed to be more passion exuded by Tom Brokaw, the moderator, when asking the candidates to step aside from blocking his view of the teleprompter than anything either...

CBS Poll: Presidential Race Tightens Survey Shows Obama Leading McCain 47 Percent To 43 Percent Among Registered Voters Nationwide Following V.P. Debate (CBS) In a sign that the race for president has returned to about where it was before the first presidential debate, the Obama-Biden ticket leads the McCain-Palin ticket 47 percent to 43 percent among registered voters in a new CBS News poll. The Obama-Biden ticket led by a wider margin, nine percentage points, in a CBS News poll released last Wednesday, before Joe Biden and Sarah Palin faced off in the vice presidential debate. Obama-Biden led by five...

"The race for president has returned to about where it was before the first presidential debate, with Barack Obama and Joe Biden holding a small lead over Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin...."[snip]

Surprising. McCain-Obama drew less than Kerry-Bush. 2008: McCain-Obama: 33.2 2004: Kerry-Bush: 39.4 2000: Bush-Gore: 31.7 1996: Clinton-Dole: 31.6 1992: Clinton-Bush-Perot: 38.3 1988: Bush-Dukakis: 36.8 1984: Reagan-Mondale: 45.3 1980: Carter-Reagan: 58.9 1976: Ford-Carter: 53.5

While many found the first Obama-McCain presidential debate on Friday night "lukewarm" or "tepid gruel", the night before a far more feisty and controversial debate was held in Jerusalem. In an historic first, the American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC) organized and sponsored a U.S. Presidential Style debate held in Israel. Research indicates that this may have been the first time a debate of this type was held anywhere outside of the United States. AIAC is a non-partisan, non-political, issue-oriented NGO which is devoted to effectively recruiting and activating the more than 250,000 expatriate American citizens living in Israel in order...

I just finished listening to the arrogant and condescending Barbara Boxer on Fox talking about the presidential debate and that Americans want a president who can handle several things at one time. Oh, brother. When Hurricane Gustav was threatening the Gulf Coast, there was a hue and cry for the GOP to not move forward with their convention. The thought of those selfish Republicans having a party when millions of people could be suffering. Oh, the humanity! But now that our economy is on life support, it's imperative that McCain & Obama continue with the debate Friday night. Am I...

Hi Dana – I’m sorry if we have met, but your name does not ring a bell at this moment with me. I can only assume that you live here in the neighborhood since I see many of my neighbors’ emails. I really didn’t want to respond, but I feel compelled. So here you go: You stated that “Obama's affiliation with a church does not translate into him being in complete agreement with all their convictions.” I’ll grant that and I agree with your premise, however, when Obama credits the Rev. Wright for the title of his book, "The Audacity...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine have been told by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign they will not be his vice presidential choice, NBC News reported on Friday quoting sources.

The Seattle Public school system may be finding itself in more hot water, following dustups over last fall’s “Myth Of Thanksgiving” incident, and last summer’s “Exploring White Privilege” conference. A reliable source has informed ORBUSMAX that at least one Obama supporter was caught openly selling Obama for President t-shirts, “on Seattle Public School premises during an official School District Training” for teachers, yesterday and today, at the Aki Kurose Middle school. The source says they overheard the Obama supporter being told by an attendee of the training on Monday that the table display was inappropriate and may be in violation...

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has a more stalwart view of Israel's security needs than his Democratic opponent and would be better able to deal with Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Monday. "McCain has a much stronger view of how Israel must protect itself," Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem. "There is no naivete on his part about the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program." Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas and Baptist minister, said that McCain would turn out to be the preferred candidate of "traditional" American voters, including, but...