Williams Jumps Out to Early Lead Over Moffett in Kentucky GOP Primary
Republican David Williams has jumped out to an early, but not commanding, lead over Louisville entrepreneur Phil Moffett in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary. With 12 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, Williams had 8,037 votes, or 45 percent, to Moffett’s 7,264 votes, or 41 percent. Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw, whose cash-strapped candidacy failed to [...]
Third Time Not So Charming for Winograd?
Marcy Winograd, an antiwar candidate who waged spirited primary campaigns against U.S. Rep. Jane Harman in 2006 and 2010 — polling an eye-opening 41 percent of the vote against the wealthy nine-term congresswoman in the latter contest — is likely to find that the third time isn’t so charming when the polls close in California‘s [...]
Paul Ryan Opts Out of Wisconsin Senate Race
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan announced earlier today that he would not be seeking the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl. Ryan, whose budget proposal calls for more than $4 trillion in cuts in federal spending over the next decade, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this morning that “it would it [...]
Tea Party’s Moffett Hopes for Upset in Kentucky Primary
Though Senate President David Williams is heavily favored to win tomorrow’s Republican primary for governor in Kentucky for the right to take on Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who is running unopposed for his party’s nomination, Tea Party activist Phil Moffett believes a major upset is still possible. Williams, who maintains a double-digit lead heading into [...]
The Real Reason Why Huckabee Won’t Run?
Long-shot presidential aspirant Fred Karger of California told supporters in an e-mail earlier today that there is one less candidate in the Republican presidential race and he couldn’t be happier. “I know Mike Huckabee is supposed to be a nice guy, but his hateful words about the LGBT community will now be confined to his [...]
Key Huckabee Supporter in South Carolina Backs Jon Huntsman
A key supporter of Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential campaign in South Carolina said today that he will back Jon Huntsman for the Republican presidential nomination if the former Utah governor and ex-ambassador to China enters the race, according to several sources. Mike Campbell, the son of the late Gov. Carroll Campbell and whose mother served [...]
‘The Donald’ Ducks Out
Donald Trump ended months of speculation by saying what many others already knew. He’s not running for president in 2012. The publicity-seeking real estate mogul and television celebrity announced his decision in a statement earlier this afternoon. “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the presidency,” said Trump. [...]
Milton Street Tries to Shake Up Philadelphia’s Sleepy Mayoral Race
While an unusually low turnout is expected in Philadelphia’s low-key mayoral primary on Tuesday, the only real suspense — at least on the Democratic side — is precisely how many Democrats will reluctantly cast a protest vote for former state Sen. T. Milton Street, Sr., Mayor Michael Nutter’s only rival on the primary ballot. The flamboyant [...]
Hewitt: GOP Should Exclude Ron Paul from Presidential Debates
Nationally-syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, whose conservative radio program can be heard in more than 120 cities across the country every weekday afternoon, is urging the Republican National Committee to intervene in the 2012 Republican presidential debates and exclude Rep. Ron Paul and other “marginal candidates” from participating in future debates. Hewitt, who [...]
George Will Says Newt Gingrich is ‘Not a Serious Candidate’
During his appearance on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour,” columnist George F. Will said that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is not a serious candidate for president. “He’s been out of elective office for 12 years,” said Will. “Now, John Quincy Adams was out for 17 years when he became President — [...]
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