President ’12

It’s refreshing to see that President Obama is a man of principle. When he takes a stand on something that he believes in, he sticks to it. It doesn’t matter how it makes him look, he sticks to his word. Well, I guess except in the case of Super-PACs: Mr. ‍Obama belatedly decided to give…

According to the Secretary of State‘s official totals, Ron Paul has crossed the 1,000 signature threshold, becoming the 3rd Republican contender (in addition to Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, so far) who will appear on the April 24 Republican Presidential primary ballot in Rhode Island.

If you are wondering why tonight’s Missouri Republican primary isn’t receiving the attention that it might as a potential firewall for the non-Romney GOP Presidential candidates, it’s because no delegates will be allocated based on the results. Kansas City Star columnist Steve Kraske has a good column on the unplanned chain of events that led…

Newt Gingrich (on the Republican side) and Barack Obama (on the Democratic side) have qualified to be on Rhode Island’s April 24 Republican primary ballot. (Collection of the signatures needed to get on the ballot is closed at this point; the Secretary of State’s office is tallying the totals). Barack Obama will be the only…

According to official figures from the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s website, Mitt Romney has become the first candidate (of any party) to qualify for the RI Presidential Primary, to be held on April 24.

(Twitterscript from last night’s CNN Florida Presidential debate). 18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse If we put a base on the moon, won’t the nuclear waste dumps explode and send it hurtling out of orbit? 18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse But no one asked the really big question… 18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse…

Courtesy of Dave Talan and the R.I. Republicans, here is an update sent out yesterday on the effort to get all of the Republican Presidential candidates on to the April 24 primary ballot… As of this afternoon, 16 of the 32 Signature Parties have taken place, and we have gathered at least 480 signatures for…

It looks like Newt Gingrich will win the South Carolina Republican primary with about 40% of the vote. Mitt Romney will finish second around 27%, and Rick Santorum and Ron Paul will be 3rd and 4th, with 17% and 13% respectively. (Link to results from CBS News). Last cycle, I thought that one of the…

If Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee for President of the United States, it means…

If the New Hampshire primary numbers via CNN as of 9:30, with about half the vote in and all counties at least partially reporting, stay reasonably stable…Mitt Romney will finish first, with somewhere between 35% and 40% of the vote,Ron Paul will finish 2nd somewhere in the 25% range, Jon Huntsman will finish 3rd, with…