Archive for January 4, 2012

Bachmann Out

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1 year ago
by Michael Weiss in ,

This morn­ing, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Michele Bach­mann (R-​​Stillwater, MN) announced that she is out of the race for Pres­i­dent. While some pun­dits have called this a blow to the Tea Partiers, it’s clear that the Tea Party aban­doned her months ago. Their focus seems to be shift­ing to for­mer Sen­a­tor Rick San­to­rum (R-​​PA). We’ll see how long this new love lasts.

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71
1 year ago
by dcpetterson in , ,

They’re Num­ber One!

The Iowa cau­cuses are over. Turnout was roughly com­pa­ra­ble to four years ago, so there doesn’t seem to be any par­tic­u­lar enthu­si­asm surge over 2008. That was a big year for the Iowa cau­cuses, but it still led to mas­sive Repub­li­can defeat nation­ally the fol­low­ing November.

The lat­est polls going into the cau­cuses had been show­ing a vir­tual tie between Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ron Paul (R-​​Lake Jack­son, TX), for­mer Sen­a­tor Rick San­to­rum (R-​​PA), and for­mer Mass­a­chu­setts Gov­er­nor Mitt Rom­ney. The polls were, for once, pretty accurate.

What do the scores mean for the can­di­dates left in the run­ning? What do they mean for the rest of the pri­maries and for the gen­eral elec­tion next Novem­ber? (more…)

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