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Tag Archives: South Carolina
Red Right Returning…Southern State Strategy
(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, South Carolina
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Red Right Returning…Florida Edition
(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading
Can’t Buy Mitt Love
Things certainly can change in a hurry. Going into the South Carolina primary, it looked like Mitt Romney had the Republican nomination wrapped up. He appeared to be heading three for three of the first contests and polls had him … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina
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Red Right Returning…South Carolina Edition
(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading
Raising Cain in South Carolina
Since the beginning of the political season, the creative people at Comedy Central’s hit shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have had a great deal of material to work with. Stephen Colbert, in particular, Has … Continue reading
Delegate Math Redux
Jon Huntsman officially drops out of the Republican presidential race today. It’s a little surprising given Huntsman’s expression of satisfaction at the results of the New Hampshire primary. Obviously team Huntsman must have looked ahead and could not discern a … Continue reading
Republican Primary Still a Quest for Delegates
Despite the battle of perceptions of electability between the Republican candidates the primary is still a matter of accumulating the required number of delegates. There are 2,286 delegates in all the states and territories. Whoever gets more than half those … Continue reading
Iowa Post Mortem…Goodnight, Michele
I’ve always disliked the term ‘post mortem’ used as a synopsis of election results since it literally means ‘after death’. Which could be appropriate since the Republican party seems to be in its death throes. But I’m not going to stay up … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina
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