http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/unelectable/ en-us Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:43:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200748/posts Newt Gingrich Eyes 2012 Run Susan Davis reports on politics. Newt Gingrich is keeping an eye towards 2012, the former speaker of the House told reporters Thursday evening before a speaking engagement at Randolph Macon College. Gingrich said he and his wife, Callista, “will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January 2011, and we’ll look seriously at whether or not we think it’s necessary to do it,” he said, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. “And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200748/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066289/posts Celebs did some serious political partying last night at the Black & White Gala for Barack Obama. Although the presidential nominee wasn't in attendance, plenty of stars were there to show their support, like Lucy Liu and Nia Long. VIP tickets to the fancy fete were $2,300 a person, which included munchies like crudités, olives and eggplant and musical stylings from a seven-person gospel choir. So who else hit the bash for Barack, held at a private estate in Bel-Air? Find out in our Party Pics: Hollywood gallery! E! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066289/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:48:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025643/posts OBAMA: We cannot impose a military solution on what has effectively become a civil war. And until we acknowledge that reality, uh, we can send 15,000 more troops; 20,000 more troops; 30,000 more troops. Uh, I don't know any, uh, expert on the region or any military officer that I've spoken to, uh, privately that believes that that is gonna make a substantial difference on the situation on the ground. Rush Limbaugh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025643/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 03:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012762/posts • Obama enacts stronger “federal hate crimes legislation” to “reinvigorate enforcement at the Department of Justice's Criminal Section.” • Obama creates “a fund to help people refinance their mortgages and provide comprehensive supports to innocent homeowners.” • Obama, following through on his pledge to “meet with the leaders of all nations, friend and foe,” signs a non-agression pact with the Hitler of Iran. • Obama doubles foreign aid to $50 billion to cut “poverty around the world in half by 2015.” • Obama removes our troops from Iraq, leaving a power vacuum filled by Iran. • Obama enacts socialized medicine,... Barackobama.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012762/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 00:36:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006496/posts This is a pretty good collection of links on why Obama is garbage in the general election. In my opinion the video on the top left says it all. Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006496/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities. For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations. Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:09:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1948789/posts It is not as if the earnest Iowa caucus ballot-casters are unerring in predicting our next president. In fact, their track record is more remarkable for surprising the national electorate than in prognosticating the ultimate choice. But in Thursday night’s polling, they showed they simply have no stomach for the prospect of another Clinton in the White House. They placed Hillary in a paltry third place, and also gave a resounding thumbs-down to her most formidable “weapon” – the former president. To be sure, Sir Bubba spun his way through the Hawkeye State, biting his lip in “deep” sincerity, talking... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1948789/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793570/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM Thanks to Nsmje Please remove thread if this has already posted. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793570/posts#comment Thu, 1 Mar 2007 22:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791175/posts Sunday, February 25, 2007 -- East County Congressman Duncan Hunter drew a sellout crowd to his first major campaign breakfast in San Diego. KUSI's Doug Curlee shows us how the presidential candidate is trying to reel in local voters. KUSI News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791175/posts#comment Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:17:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787834/posts WASHINGTON – Morris Udall. Dick Gephardt. John Kasich. Bob Dornan. Jack Kemp. James Garfield. Dennis Kucinich. What these gentlemen have in common – other than having all served in the House of Representatives – is that each ran for the White House while he was still a congressman. Only one of them made it. Morris Udall Dick Gephardt John Kasich Bob Dornan Jack Kemp James Garfield Dennis Kucinich Duncan Hunter And he got shot. Now that Duncan Hunter has taken the plunge for the Republican presidential nomination official, the Alpine congressman may soon encounter the peculiar challenges that face a... SignOnSanDiego - Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787834/posts#comment Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787404/posts When Bob Hunter, a Riverside, Calif., businessman, would hear of a conservative's campaign that needed volunteers, he would pile his family into the station wagon and drive off to ring doorbells. Hunter's son Duncan grew up believing in retail politics. When Hunter returned home after serving as an alternate Goldwater delegate at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, he told Duncan about chatting with another alternate, an amiable fellow, some actor, named Reagan. Who two years later was elected governor. Duncan learned early on about rapid upward mobility in politics. In 1969, he dropped out of college, joined the... The North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787404/posts#comment Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787373/posts Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you'll find links like: GOPUSA online poll with 12,841 responses: "Which candidate has the best chance of winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination?" Newt Gingrich 19%, Duncan Hunter 16%, Rudy Giuliani 11%, Mitt Romney 11%, Tom Tancredo 8%, Sam Brownback 7%, John McCain 6%. Mark Steyn: "The Murtha plan" is to deny the president the possibility of victory while making sure Democrats don't have to share the blame for the defeat. Hit and Run: A blogger, the Liberal Avenger, altered a conservative commenters' post on his blog to try to make... Right Wing News/Conservative Grapevine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787373/posts#comment Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:49:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787286/posts I am proud to announce that after reaching an agreement with TCV Media, the consulting firm hired by Duncan Hunter’s campaign, I will be joining the team working on the Duncan Hunter for President campaign, effective Monday, February 19th. My responsibilities cover both national and state duties. Nationally, I will be working with, and assisting, John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com, who was also recently hired by TCV Media to create internet awareness for Duncan Hunter, utilizing new media resources. Within New Jersey, as Co-Executive Director, the GOPUSA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! organization, which has over 12,000 members, will serve as Director of... PoliPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787286/posts#comment Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785137/posts WASHINGTON -- When Bob Hunter, a Riverside, Calif., businessman, would hear of a conservative's campaign that needed volunteers, he would pile his family into the station wagon and drive off to ring doorbells. Hunter's son Duncan grew up believing in retail politics. When Hunter returned home after serving as an alternate Goldwater delegate at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, he told Duncan about chatting with another alternate, an amiable fellow, some actor, named Reagan. Who two years later was elected governor. Duncan learned early on about rapid upward mobility in politics. In 1969, he dropped out of college,... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785137/posts#comment Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:42:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783016/posts In 1993 it became obvious that if Rudy was to avenge his narrow defeat for Mayor four years earlier, he would need more Democratic voters to cross party lines and support him. His campaign strategists knew I was disenchanted with the incumbent and put a full court press on me to meet with Giuliani. I was the elected head of the Democratic Party in a large Democratic district whose vote could be pivotal if it turned out for the I met him and we talked for about an hour. He impressed me then as he does now with his intelligence,... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783016/posts#comment Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1781459/posts SACRAMENTO — Presumed Republican presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani is seeking to broaden his fundraising base beyond Wall Street, aggressively prospecting in California with stops at a country club here and homes in Orange County and Del Mar in coming days. A review of donors to the former New York mayor's presidential exploratory committee and to a political action committee he controls shows that his main contributors have been blue-chip law firms, investment houses and financial services companies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Those states account for three-fourths of the money he has raised. But in making his... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1781459/posts#comment Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780964/posts Not really thrilled with who the Republicans are putting forth for '08, I was hoping for some surprises. This is a good one and it could make things very interesting. Take a look at the article and then tell me what you think of him. Republican Duncan Hunter to run for president in 2008 Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Monday he was taking the initial step in a bid for the presidency in 2008. Hunter, who has represented the San Diego area district for 26 years, announced the surprise bid at a... TammyBruce.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780964/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779571/posts Breaking on Fox News. Giuliani Files Statement of Candidacy for President No article yet. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779571/posts#comment Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:06:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778255/posts Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. gestures while speaking at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meetings in Washington, Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778255/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773423/posts U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter plans to make his Republican presidential bid official at a Spartanburg, S.C. breakfast meeting Thursday. The 14-term conservative from California set up his presidential exploratory committee last week. Hunter has made no secret of his White House aspirations. He announced his intentions in October, becoming the first GOP candidate to declare a presidential run, and then began making stops in early primary states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He is scheduled to return to New Hampshire on Monday to repeat his announcement. Little known outside of Congress and his San Diego district, Hunter can... NewsMax/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773423/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:42:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772266/posts Why Fox News host said he 'might well be' nation's leader in 2008 With Hillary Clinton the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee, and the Republican Party's conservative base disenchanted with frontrunners McCain, Giuliani and Romney, the candidacy of Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo – lionized by many for his bold stand on border security and illegal immigration – is moving closer to reality. Last week, Tancredo announced, as his first step toward a presidential run, that he was launching a exploratory campaign committee. "My purpose," said Tancredo on the "Team Tancredo 2008" website, "is to obtain your support as I embark upon... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772266/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:34:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645062/posts ALBANY - State GOP Chairman Stephen Minarik, who just knocked William Weld out of the race for governor, will now try to do the same with Republican Senate hopeful Katherine "KT" McFarland, The Post has learned. Minarik, backed by other GOP leaders, will publicly urge McFarland, a Reagan-era Pentagon official, to drop out of the Senate race today "in the interest of party unity," a source familiar with Minarik's thinking said. Minarik will urge GOP voters to rally around former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, who defeated McFarland, 63 percent to 36 percent, at last week's party nominating convention, as the... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645062/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:16:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645138/posts McFarland campaign fueled by major Clinton backers YONKERS – A review of Kathleen McFarland's campaign reports filed with the Federal Election Commission reveal a very troubling fact for Republicans seeking to defeat Senator Clinton. A clear pattern has emerged whereby donors to Ms. McFarland are also big supporters of Senator Clinton, the DNC and other related leftwing entities. For example, the following McFarland donors also gave money to Sen. Clinton and the DNC: Lionel Pincus donated $4,200 to Ms. McFarland while giving Sen. Clinton $6,000 since 1999. Between 1997-2000, Pincus donated $300,000 to the DNC! Constance Spahn donated $500 to... Spencer For Senate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645138/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:24:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641658/posts For Hillary Clinton and her terminally unfaithful husband, last week must have seemed like a Wes Craven version of an old musical comedy reworked and entitled “A Ghastly Thing Happened on the Way Back to the White House.” With Hillary leading in most polls as the prohibitive favorite to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008, many party loyalists and typically favorable media members appear to be jumping off her bandwagon. At the same time, these very folks are falling over themselves to assist in the makeover and revitalization of former vice president Al Gore. Coincidence? Unlikely. In fact, this... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641658/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636422/posts YONKERS -- In November, New York Republicans need a maximum turnout to defeat Senator Clinton and win down ballot races. That's why a loose cannon like K. T. McFarland at the top of the ticket spells wipe out. K. T. McFarland is running on her resume. But her resume has a Jason Blair quality. It's phony. Her legalistic hair splitting makes Bill Clinton sound like a straight shooter. Read how Human Events found K. T. McFarland inflated her resume to claim she was the highest ranking woman in the Pentagon: "Her campaign evidently has been bragging about her being the... Spencer for Senate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636422/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 18:21:52 GMT