OCTOBER 28, 2011 He speaks the truth about housing and foreclosures. A friend of ours quipped recently that Mitt Romney could do his Presidential candidacy a lot of good if he took even a single position that is unpopular in the polls. Well, we can report that he has done that on housing policy, that […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Morning Jay: Romney’s Strategic Advantages Jay Cost October 26, 2011 The prospect of Mitt Romney winning the Republican nomination has many conservatives anxious. AWR Hawkins of BigGovernment sums up the sentiment well when he writes: Mitt Romney is always quick to lambast other Republicans for being career politicians, as
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Romney’s Fuzziness May Weigh on General Election: Albert R. Hunt By Albert R. Hunt – Oct 16, 2011 There is a possible scenario under which Mitt Romney could lose the Republican presidential nomination. Rick Perry, Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann galvanize social-issue conservatives and might win the Iowa caucuses in early January. A week later,
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OCTOBER 14, 2011, 9:17 A.M. ET Republicans have their own green baggage. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL On Friday Rick Perry delivers his first major policy address, unveiling an aggressive energy and jobs plan. It will no doubt be good. It will no doubt address serious problems. It will no doubt be ignored. That’s because, unfortunately
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OCTOBER 13, 2011 This candidate will have to be pushed a lot harder to make him a good president. By DANIEL HENNINGER Watching Rick Perry in the Republican debate at Dartmouth say that the answer to every aspect of economic revival is to “get our energy industry back to work,” and watching Herman Cain say
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OCTOBER 11, 2011, The faith of Romney and Huntsman is a target of liberals and conservatives. By WILLIAM MCGURN Here’s some advice for Republican candidates appearing at Tuesday’s presidential debate at Dartmouth College. When you are asked, as you will be asked, what you make of the Christian pastor who called the Mormon faith a
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OCTOBER 9, 2011, 8:27 P.M. ET The also-rans get free publicity and have no incentive to drop out. Meanwhile the media pits all candidates against each other, giving Obama a pass. By FRED BARNES Neither fund raising nor the building of grass-roots organizations in key primary states is driving the Republican presidential race. Endorsements haven’t
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defending the Defensible Texas’s college tuition policy is not the abomination Mitt Romney claims. Jonathan V. Last October 10, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 04 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: For starters, Texas Republicans understood that tuition isn’t all that important to the state university system. Texas schools are funded largely
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Romney Defends Defense Daniel Halper October 10, 2011 12:04 PM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made clear, in a foreign policy speech on Friday, that he believes “American strength rises from a strong economy, a strong defense, and the enduring strength of our values.” Romney then pledged to “reverse
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OCTOBER 6, 2011 By JONATHAN WEISMAN Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, whose health-care record as governor of Massachusetts has left him struggling to win the support of conservative voters, now faces another point of vulnerability: his environmental record. Just days after his 2002 election, Mr. Romney hired Douglas Foy, one of the state’s most prominent
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