September 17, 2010
Mitt Romney may not have formally declared his 2012 presidential candidacy but there’s little doubt he’s running as evidenced by his frequent visits and political activity in New Hampshire. And while they wait for another Romney bid, some of his top campaign hands are staying active in races like Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary won by Kelly Ayotte, a former state attorney general and establishment Republican candidate.Please click here to read the full article.
September 17, 2010
In this silly season of political name calling and finger pointing about which party is going to wreck the country faster, I was privileged recently to attend a New Hampshire ceremony that exemplified what real service to this nation involves.Please click here to read the full article.
September 12, 2010
In this “swingiest of swing states,” as one Ohioan described the Buckeye State to me recently, no political party has a lock on voters’ affections. Politicians have to earn it, election by election. And right now, the advantage that Democrats won in 2008 with Barack Obama’s victory and the pickup of U.S. and state House seats is seriously threatened.Please click here to read the full article.
Turning around Ohio – or Turning Gov. Strickland Out of Office?
September 11, 2010
In 2006, Democrat Ted Strickland campaigned for governor using the slogan “Turnaround Ohio.” It was an approach that worked gangbusters: Strickland carried 72 of 88 counties and won the governorship with 61 percent of the vote. He is now running behind in his bid for re-election primarily because most Ohioans feel that turnaround was short-lived — that the state is worse off now than when Strickland took office.Please click here to read the full article.
September 4, 2010
It’s still a little more than eight weeks to Election Day, a long time in modern politics, and the outcome is far from certain — but polls out this week have Democrats plenty worried. Among the most concerned is first-term Virginia congressman Tom Perriello, who already knew he was running uphill. Two years of recession have made it a tough environment for any Democrat in a swing state.Please click here to read the full article.
