Pawlenty Wins Comfrontable As Late Breaking Voters swing away From the President.
The Republican ticket of Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman won the election with the backing of voters who decided in the last week who to vote for. A Campigned that took on the nick name the Race of the Tame at times for the lack of negitive campigning that mark the past serveral election cycles saw about 18% of the electric undediced who to vote far heading into the last week of the campign. Ulimatley these voters view The President as personally likeable far more than his policies broke heavry towards the republican ticket in the closing hours.
Many votes were draw to Palwenty/Huntsman plans of simplyfully the tax code, reforming the entillment program, balancing the budget, and promise of a middle ground in forgin policly between the Bush and Obama years.
This is really amusing. I actually like Giuliani. But winning the Presidency let alone the Republican nomination in 2012? Not an option. I think it will most likely be between Romney and Huckabee. That is if Palin and Huck both run and Palin isn’t able to win over very many independents and frustrated Obama democrats. Huckabee has the greatest crossover appeal. And he is genuinely a likeable guy, you get what you see with Huck. He knows exactly what his beliefs are and makes decisions based on those beliefs. That is a true leader.
Terrific article, indeed! Although, perhaps a ticket Giuliani- Palin might be realistic. That then neutrelizes
Rudy’s moderate social issues with Palin’s conservative base. Who knows? Anything can happen between now and 2012.
Mr. flip Dixon you bigot. You claim in other comments you will vote for a 3rd party if Romney is the nominee!
That’s great because I can’t wait to see you cry like Huckabee when Romney blows them all out of the water. Huckabee is a fat pig, sticka fork in this clown. Clemmens has done him in and palin is going to go after him with others.
Palin has more problems than I think we have ever seen in a potential candidate. Most Americans continue to reject her and she is already very well known, unlike how Obama was not, before he won the nomination. The fix is in on her.
Lets also point out the fact that Romney has gooten almost no attention, like Smuck and quitter Palin and he still crushes Palin in Texas and Huckabee a few points.
Huck better start loosing weight fast, because it is not going to look good when he runs. There is no way this clown or Palin will win the nomination, unless God wanted that and I do not believe he does.
Keep on wishing, but come 2 years Romney is going to crush your sorry ass dreams!!
26. Aaron. My understanding is that Flip is female. Also, I’ve seen her comment that she’d vote for Romney in the general if he were the nominee, which is showing more loyalty to the party than you.
Romney quickly got over whatever Huck may have done that didn’t reflect positively on him and moved on. Why don’t you do the same? Politics can be ugly. If you would have lived through enough election cycles as an adut, you’d understand this.
Your rhetoric is so over-the-top, I have to question whether you’re a real person or just another character someone has conjured up to get some cheap entertainment at our expense.
“I have no plans to step down,” Gov. Paterson said at the end of his wacky week. He doesn’t have to have a plan, though, does he? A simple “I resign” should do the trick, and it seems as if it’ll be only days until we hear those words, now that his own criminal justice commissioner has stepped down as a rebuke to Paterson’s contact with a woman who had accused a crony of his of domestic violence.
After that news broke, even the ragged cohort of remaining Paterson pals (those scrappy few) started to whisper that he should pack his bags.
“Embattled?” No, Paterson’s more like the emperor in Act III of “Julius Caesar.” But unlike Caesar, he may not even make it to the Ides of March.
Asked what Paterson should do next, Assemblyman Darryl C. Towns “paused and sighed heavily,” according to a news report, before answering, “I don’t know. I don’t know.”
Towns’ words constituted pretty much the most robust statement of support for Paterson any reporter could dig up. You can almost hear Paterson, NJ, grumbling, “Dave, what have you done to our good name?”
So, what next? If Paterson steps down, his lieutenant governor, Richard Ravitch, takes over, but Andrew Cuomo can start printing his gubernatorial stationery. Cuomo probably would have beaten Paterson in this fall’s Democratic primary anyway, and if Rick Lazio is the only Republican Cuomo has to worry about in the general election in November, the attorney general won’t be losing much sleep.
Spitzer, Paterson, Ravich, Cuomo: That’ll be four governors in four years. Maybe Cuomo will turn out to be the savior of this state. He practically cut his teeth inside the puzzle palace, didn’t he? You have to be impressed by his resume: Wow, this guy was a top aide to the governor of New York when he was only 25!
But he sure seems an awful lot like just another party hack, a guy whose most notable accomplishment is using his 1990s fief of HUD to push people into taking on mortgages they couldn’t afford. Take away his last name, and Cuomo looks a lot like the next Mark Green. (I realize that’s a low blow.)
New York is practically a one-party state — but so was Massachusetts until Jan. 19. So is Illinois, where a Republican candidate is neck-and-neck with the Democratic nominee for President Obama’s old Senate seat. The voters are tiring of the complacency and corruption that comes with unchallenged rule.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Paterson appointee, has registered approval ratings as low as 24% this year and the image of her as a mediocrity is beginning to harden. Even Sen. Chuck Schumer managed to land below 50% approval in one recent poll, and his seat is as safe as any Democrat’s.
Empire State Republicans, what are you waiting for? You need to shake yourselves out of that funk (the one that carries a strong whiff of George Pataki) and find a Scott Brown to run for governor.
How about Steve Levy, the Suffolk County chief? Having served as a moderate Democrat shouldn’t particularly hurt him if he decides to switch to the GOP. On the other hand, he’s already taken a bashing from liberal news outlets because of his anti-illegal immigration stance. He’s popular on the Island, but when it comes to name recognition in the rest of the state, he makes Rick Lazio look like George Clooney.
Lazio, the former Long Island congressman, seems like a decent guy, but he didn’t much distinguish himself in his 2000 Senate run against Hillary Clinton, doesn’t have a whole lot of leadership or Albany experience, won’t be able to compete with Cuomo’s fundraising machine and is pushing a big idea — switching New York to a unicameral legislature — that sounds a little strange.
What’s depressing are that these are the only Republicans we’re even talking about. If voters are willing to punish Democrats in Massachusetts, New Jersey, possibly Illinois and (dare I mention it?) maybe even California, they are aching to show their displeasure with the Democratic machine in Albany.
Democrats have had enough — too many — chances to bring an end to the capital city follies.
Republicans can win the governor’s mansion in November if they can come up with a candidate who is moderate to liberal on social issues, has demonstrated leadership skills, who can win the votes of Democrats, who has a history of successfully fighting corruption, who is fiscally tough.
Rudy Giuliani has all of these qualities. All he lacks is the willingness to run, but if he’s thinking of resting up for another run for president, maybe he should discuss the idea with all of the delegates he won last time he ran for the White House. All one of them.
Of course, the ideal Republican candidate would also have something else in common with Scott Brown that worked very much to the newest senator’s advantage — being easy on the eyes.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Are we going to get a Charlie Crist headline soon?
February 28th, 2010 at 12:20 am
How about a Hillary one, or even Obama–maybe that’d help us feel more cooperative toward each other.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:23 am
I wouldn’t trust any newspaper that wrote “president election,” it’s presidential election. Bad grammar = no credibility.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:24 am
This is the best one yet Kristofer. Although if it was Rudy-Daniels instead of Rudy-Thune, we’d win at least 45 states.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:38 am
This is far more specious than the Pawlenty headline—-at least Tim is running. I take it you’re not getting tired of this.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Is the implication here that Obama chooses not to seek a second term?
February 28th, 2010 at 12:54 am
If that was our ticket, Kris –
The headline will instead read:
Obama Wins 2nd Term in Landslide
February 28th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Pawlenty Wins Comfrontable As Late Breaking Voters swing away From the President.
The Republican ticket of Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman won the election with the backing of voters who decided in the last week who to vote for. A Campigned that took on the nick name the Race of the Tame at times for the lack of negitive campigning that mark the past serveral election cycles saw about 18% of the electric undediced who to vote far heading into the last week of the campign. Ulimatley these voters view The President as personally likeable far more than his policies broke heavry towards the republican ticket in the closing hours.
Many votes were draw to Palwenty/Huntsman plans of simplyfully the tax code, reforming the entillment program, balancing the budget, and promise of a middle ground in forgin policly between the Bush and Obama years.
February 28th, 2010 at 1:08 am
This is really amusing. I actually like Giuliani. But winning the Presidency let alone the Republican nomination in 2012? Not an option. I think it will most likely be between Romney and Huckabee. That is if Palin and Huck both run and Palin isn’t able to win over very many independents and frustrated Obama democrats. Huckabee has the greatest crossover appeal. And he is genuinely a likeable guy, you get what you see with Huck. He knows exactly what his beliefs are and makes decisions based on those beliefs. That is a true leader.
February 28th, 2010 at 2:47 am
#6 Good catch Josiah.
February 28th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Though I think Hillary would clearly be the Democrat Party nominee in the event that Obama bows out.
February 28th, 2010 at 3:17 am
I forgot when we voted Guiliani to the presidency in 2006.
February 28th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Terrific article, indeed! Although, perhaps a ticket Giuliani- Palin might be realistic. That then neutrelizes
Rudy’s moderate social issues with Palin’s conservative base. Who knows? Anything can happen between now and 2012.
February 28th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Please Rudy, no cross dressing!!!
February 28th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Oops, on the computer I used that ID for a few days! Rudy won’t be running folks.
February 28th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
How come you skipped Mike Huckabee since he is one of the top three?
February 28th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I would not think Guiliani will hold the Social Conservative base because he is pro-choice and pro-gays.
February 28th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
16. He didn’t skip Huckabee. See Feb 26 or this link:
http://race42008.com/2010/02/26/wednesday-november-7-2012-3/
February 28th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Pretty much a fantasy. The only bigger fantasy is Romney winning.
February 28th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
18. Hamace,
Thanks.
February 28th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Good read today from Niall Ferguson on the coming debt-driven collapse of the American Empire:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ferguson28-2010feb28,0,7706980.story
February 28th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Another error is at the start of the 2nd column where Guiliani won “by focuses on traditional blue States”
February 28th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Still waiting for wither the “Preisdent Scott Brown!” headline or the “Obama Thrashes Gary Johnson” headline…
February 28th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I wouldn’t count Rudy out. He has been eyeing the 2012 race for some time. I could see a Rudy/Michelle Bachman ticket.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I am so confused as to the date on the top of the paper, absence of Obama, the fact that Giuliani tried again… But keep ‘em coming!
February 28th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Mr. flip Dixon you bigot. You claim in other comments you will vote for a 3rd party if Romney is the nominee!
That’s great because I can’t wait to see you cry like Huckabee when Romney blows them all out of the water. Huckabee is a fat pig, sticka fork in this clown. Clemmens has done him in and palin is going to go after him with others.
Palin has more problems than I think we have ever seen in a potential candidate. Most Americans continue to reject her and she is already very well known, unlike how Obama was not, before he won the nomination. The fix is in on her.
Lets also point out the fact that Romney has gooten almost no attention, like Smuck and quitter Palin and he still crushes Palin in Texas and Huckabee a few points.
Huck better start loosing weight fast, because it is not going to look good when he runs. There is no way this clown or Palin will win the nomination, unless God wanted that and I do not believe he does.
Keep on wishing, but come 2 years Romney is going to crush your sorry ass dreams!!
March 1st, 2010 at 12:20 am
26. Aaron. My understanding is that Flip is female. Also, I’ve seen her comment that she’d vote for Romney in the general if he were the nominee, which is showing more loyalty to the party than you.
Romney quickly got over whatever Huck may have done that didn’t reflect positively on him and moved on. Why don’t you do the same? Politics can be ugly. If you would have lived through enough election cycles as an adut, you’d understand this.
Your rhetoric is so over-the-top, I have to question whether you’re a real person or just another character someone has conjured up to get some cheap entertainment at our expense.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:25 am
For NY Dems, the party’s never over
Why won’t Republicans step up?
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/for_ny_dems_the_party_never_over_5ogthzjnENJhom9gSlisZP&hl=en&strip=1