Giuliani Running for Senate, Not Governor
Yesterday, the NYT and other outlets reported that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor of New York. But the Daily News is reporting that he is instead "very likely" to run in the special election to fill the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat. The Republican heavyweight was considered the GOP's best shot ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 20, 2009 08:52
Roger Ailes for President?!
Topping Memeorandum is Mike Allen's wild speculation for Politico about a presidential run by Roger Ailes. Friends and associates are encouraging Fox News chief Roger Ailes to jump into the political arena for real by running for president in 2012, top sources tell POLITICO. "Ailes knows how to frame an issue better than anybody, and that's what we need now," says one ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 23, 2009 17:25
Obama Leads 2012 Opponents
Taegan Goddard links a Public Policy Polling survey [PDF] showing that President Obama would have beaten the most commonly mentioned Republican hopefuls had the election been held from October 16th to 19th and opened to registered voters. (I hasten to add, it wasn't.) In fact, according to the survey, "Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43, Mitt Romney 48-40, Sarah Palin 52-40, and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 22, 2009 11:58
Republican Party Needs More Votes if it is to Win
Bruce Bartlett explains why he's not a Republican anymore using a time-honored refrain: He didn't leave his party; his party left him. While he now considers himself an "independent," he's more than non-partisan; he's "anti-Republican." Why? I still consider myself to be a Reaganite. But I don’t see any others anywhere in the GOP these days, which is why I consider ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 31, 2009 11:58
Romney For Senate
US News blogger Peter Roff speculates that Mitt Romney will run for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Such an announcement would likely be embraced immediately by the Republicans, who would like almost nothing more than to deny Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada his new, hard-won, 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority. As a self-funding candidate who has already been elected once ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 27, 2009 09:29
Obama Support Drops with Democrats, Independents
President Obama's approval ratings are continuing to fall, especially among young Democrats and working class whites. Ron Brownstein highlights a new Pew poll showing the trends since the election: Pew found Obama's numbers are weakest among groups that were skeptical of him last year, but appeared to be kicking the tires on him during the honeymoon stage of his presidency. Now those ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 22, 2009 08:37
Palin Comeback Advice from Gingrich
Newt Gingrich has weighed in with a plan for a Sarah Palin political comeback which Taegan Goddard summarizes as: Write a book. Land a regular commentator slot on television. Consider getting a condominium in New York or Washington. Write and master three types of speeches: to make money, to project her brand, to gain attention. Create some sort of national project or center. Plan on working ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 14, 2009 09:41
Palin Resigning as Governor
Sarah Palin has announced that, not only will she not seek re-election as governor of Alaska in 2010 but that she is resigning her office later this month. Andrew Hinkelman and Lori Tipton for KTUU: Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning. Lt. Gov. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 3, 2009 15:48
Quote of the Day – GOP Future Edition
In order to rebuild, Republicans need to identify the people who have something—good ideas, popularity, vision, and a good record. - Mark McKinnon and Jon Henke Upon seeing the quote at InstaPundit, my initial thought was, "Duh." Followed by, "Unfortunately, nobody comes to mind" (or words to that effect). They proffer six candidates. Three, I've never heard of: Rep. Tom McClintock of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 13, 2009 07:32
Mitt Romney Moving to New Hampshire
Mitt Romney is busy selling off a few of many his mansions and plans to move to his family vacation home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Hotline reports. He has also registered his PAC there. This has some people guessing that Romney is contemplating another run for the presidency. "No doubt in my mind that they are doing the necessary maintenance to ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 7, 2009 08:03
Palin: Begich Should Resign
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin thinks Senator Mark Begich, who narrowly defeated incumbent Ted Stevens last November shortly after the latter was convicted on corruption charges, should step down and agree to a rematch now that the Justice Department has decided to drop the case against Stevens. Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 3, 2009 07:00
Jindal Flubs Debut
Judging from a scan of memeorandum and my RSS feed, quite literally everyone writing about Bobby Jindal's national coming out party, his Republican response to Obama's non-State of the Union address, thought it was an epic fail. Indeed, seemingly everyone came to the independent conclusion that his delivery was channeling moronic page Kenneth Parcell from "30 Rock." It's great news for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 25, 2009 07:47
2012 Presidential Polling
I've noticed around the blogosphere and on certain cable television networks that polling has already begun for the 2012 Republican nomination. I only have one thing to say about that: Stop it. For the love of whatever gods may be, just stop. In a just and decent world, commissioning a poll for the next Presidential cycle prior to inauguration day would result ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 9, 2008 00:30
Bobby Jindal Presidential Bid Underway
A long profile in today's WaPo extolling Bobby Jindal as the Republican Party's best hope to regain the White House may constitute the unofficial start of Campaign 2012. It's about time. Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 30, 2008 08:00
Sarah Palin in Demand
Sarah Palin is a big star now. [caption id="attachment_27761" align="alignright" width="212" caption="In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, acknowledges the crowd during an election night rally in Phoenix. Oprah wants her, and so do Letterman and Leno. Fresh from her political defeat, Sarah Palin is juggling offers to write books, appear in films and sit on dozens ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 22, 2008 08:00
