GLOSSIES
Republican Huckabee takes on new post-election life
New Yorker Nov 25, 08 3:40 PM CST
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The post-election, book-peddling Mike Huckabee is folksy and affable as ever, but he's no longer pulling his punches when it comes to his party's run at the presidency: If he’d been the nominee, the election “would’ve been very different,” Huckabee tells Lauren Collins in the New Yorker . “I would’ve campaigned that the economy was headed toward meltdown. I was saying this back when I was getting laughed at by the Wall Street Journal. ”
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GOP turns to popular VP candidate to help Chambliss, stave off Dem supermajority
Politico Nov 25, 08 2:24 PM CST
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Sarah Palin will lend her star power to Saxby Chambliss in his Senate runoff battle against Democrat Jim Martin, Politico reports. Palin will appear with Chambliss at rallies across Georgia the day before the Dec. 2 runoff, capping a GOP full-court press that has seen Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain drop by to try to keep Chambliss’ seat in Republican hands.
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OPINION
Flip-flop on Detroit shows McCain was right not to pick Romney as running mate
Boston Globe Nov 20, 08 3:43 PM CST
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Mitt Romney is speaking sideways when he talks about Detroit these days, Joan Vennochi writes in the Boston Globe . The man who promised he would “not rest until Michigan is back” in the Republican primary is now urging bankruptcy for Detroit automakers. “If the auto industry could reinvent itself as quickly as Mitt Romney,” Vennochi writes, “it wouldn't need a bailout.”
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OPINION
Bankruptcy, not bailout, will save the American motor industry
New York Times Nov 19, 08 7:26 AM CST
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If you want to maintain an automotive industry in the US, writes Mitt Romney, giving the Big Three a bailout is the last thing you should do. In an op-ed for the New York Times , the former Massachusetts governor (and Michigan native) says that GM, Chrysler, and Ford need a managed bankruptcy followed by radical restructuring. A bailout will only encourage the industry's worst excesses, and in a few years "you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye."
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analysis
CNN Nov 13, 08 7:25 PM CST
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Mitt in 2012? Romney's stock is on the rise in the party, writes Alexander Mooney for CNN, and the former Massachusetts governor is showing all the signs that he's antsy to run again. For starters, he's currently schmoozing with the conservative elite on a Caribbean cruise, the same venue that first put Sarah Palin on the right's political radar.
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Huckabee, Jindal among possible GOP candidates hitting trail
in Iowa, elsewhere
Politico Nov 10, 08 11:31 AM CST
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Likely candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are playing it cool, but their feet tell a different story, Jonathan Martin writes for Politico. Mike Huckabee, for example, says 2012 is “way too far away” to think about, but his book tour has lots of stops in Iowa and South Carolina, aboard a campaign-style bus with his face on it.
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Many pundits ruled out Obama victory early
Der Spiegel Nov 6, 08 1:22 PM CST
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With the election over, what's more fun than calling out all those whose predictions were off—way off. Der Spiegel lists some highlights: "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win." Hillary Clinton , on Barack Obama "We'll win Florida." Rudy Giuliani "Virginians are really getting fired up for this ticket of McCain and Palin." George Allen "Romney for the Republicans, Hillary for the Democrats." Ann Coulter , on the nominees
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ANALYSIS
Picking Palin locked in base, but others might've drawn voters McCain really needs
New York Observer Oct 27, 08 3:15 PM CDT
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Given the damage Sarah Palin has done to John McCain’s chances, Steve Kornacki, in the New York Observer , joins Republicans in wondering about the also-rans. Tom Ridge, Joe Lieberman, and Mitt Romney were unpalatable, either personally to the candidate or politically to the party. The first two would have drawn “middle-of-the road voters whose support he has steadily lost this fall— thanks in no small part to Palin.”
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ANALYSIS
Legislation Republican is criticizing meant to protect kindergartners from pedophiles
McClatchy Newspapers Sep 10, 08 11:49 AM CDT
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John McCain’s new campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of voting to teach kindergarten kids the explicit details of sex, is “deliberately misleading,” Margaret Talev notes for McClatchy. While in the Illinois legislature, Obama voted in favor “age-appropriate” sex ed—which for young kids would primarily consist of being able to recognize inappropriate adult affection.
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CNN Sep 3, 08 8:23 PM CDT
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Mitt Romney, once a top contender for each of the top spots on the Republican ticket, took to the stage tonight to shore up John McCain's conservative credentials and hammer home the point that "liberals don't have a clue," CNN reports. "We need change all right, change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington," he said. The McCain-Palin ticket, he added, "will never allow America to retreat in the face of religious extremism."
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'Maverick’ was always top pick: Mac camp
Washington Post Aug 31, 08 6:11 AM CDT
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was a strong contender to be John McCain's running mate all along, his campaign has revealed. Looking to diffuse speculation that Palin was a hasty, last-minute choice, aides told the Washington Pos t that she was high on McCain’s list since their first meeting in February. Advisers also divulged that Cindy McCain played a major role in the veepstakes.
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