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As millions of Republican voters cast ballots on Super Tuesday, many are no doubt wondering how the GOP managed to squander a 2010 electoral victory into such a mistake-riddled 2012 presidential campaign. I'm not a Republican, but as a former White House aide and veteran of several political campaigns, I'm quite frankly shocked and stunned by how badly the Republicans have campaigned this year. That doesn't mean the Democrats will win in November, but at times it seems as though the Republicans have been trying to lose this election.
The rough media consensus today is that the Republican contest is, in fact, over. Gingrich is described not so much as a serious contender for the Republican nomination as he is an impediment to Romney's need to unify the party and focus on Barack Obama.
The Pollyanna award goes to Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who thinks caucus-goers did themselves proud last night. "Presented with the weakest presidential field of any major party in a generation," he writes, "they made the best of a bad situation."
This year we turn to the Democrats to find the winner of Destined For Political Stardom. If Elizabeth Warren manages to wrest Teddy Kennedy's old Senate seat away from the Republican usurper, she will indeed be on the road to Democratic stardom.
'Tis just weeks before Christmas and all through the land, The prospects for Republicans aren't looking so grand.
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney -- the perfect dynamic duo for our times, if not end times. A Batman and Robin for the 1%. Defenders of truth, justice, and a Gulag Archipelago filled with child janitors and the fandango of the foreclosed.
Let's go Michele Bachmann! Push 'em out, shove 'em out... WAYYYYY OUT! Yes, you read that correctly. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's Iowa Straw Po...
In the last week, three things have happened in the race for the Republican nomination for president. While none of these developments involved him directly, all three collectively were a victory for Mitt Romney.
Almost a full month ago, I placed four names in the "Frontrunners" category: Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney. This list hasn't changed at all.
The Crazy Party took a step closer to nominating a presidential candidate who makes even moderate Republicans' skin crawl.
The Ames straw vote of 2011 is now in the books and it gives us some indication of where this presidential race may now be heading. There are some interesting takeaways, some of which feel a little Shakespearean.
Wow, it sure is amazing what can happen in one week; the entire Republican Primary race has changed. Perry has entered exactly when he needed to, stealing the spotlight from the rest of the candidates.
No one in the top 5 of the Ames Straw Poll has any real chance of leading a 2012 GOP ticket. Iowa is making itself irrelevant in the hard political choice department.
Minnesota Nice, a much admired tradition of civilized debate and discourse that characterized the North Star State's political system for much of the 20th century, died this week.
