The Hillary-Obama Face-Off is Good News for Republicans
Hillary Clinton’s surprise victory in the New Hampshire Primary guarantees a long and bitter struggle between the old Democratic Party and most of the interest groups that have controlled that infrastructure as exemplified by Senator Clinton and the new reform and youth oriented generational change proposed by Senator Obama. Given the dramatic improvement in Barack […]
Tom Rath – Zero For Life
Every four years, the national media rushes to interview longtime New Hampshire Republican National Committeeman Tom Rath about his insights and analysis of presidential politics in the Granite State. I don’t really know why. He has a perfect track record. He is Zero for Life. He supported Howard Baker in 1980 (Ronald Reagan won), he […]
Has Rollins Lost It?
Friends of Huckabee Campaign Manager, Ed Rollins, was concerned that he may have had another stroke which impairs his judgment after Rollins engaged in an on-air shooting match with Chris Wallace the night Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses. Rollins irrationally attacked Wallace and all the media for trying to “prevent his guy from breaking through” […]
Nix Hix Prez Pix
When Ed Koch ran for Governor of New York, he gave a famous interview in which he says he found the New York suburbs and Upstate “sterile”. The comment defeated him in the race, but he was right. One need look no further than Iowa to prove the point. Iowa, flat, agricultural and homogeneous is […]
Huck Pulls Plug On Rollins Ads. Morris Hand Seen
Huckabee Campaign Manager Ed Rollins turned beet red at the press conference last week after his candidate announced that the $30,000.00 negative TV ad hastily prepared by Rollins was not going to air after showing it to reporters. Huckabee had reportedly given Rollins the go-ahead and changed his mind only after Clinton guru Dick Morris […]
Romney A Reaganite? Gimme A Break
When the Concord Monitor published an editorial critical of presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, his campaign reminded reporters that the newspaper had endorsed Illinois Congressman John Anderson in the Republican Primary for President in 1980, over Ronald Reagan. At least the Monitor endorsed a Republican. Mitt Romney endorsed Paul Tsongas, the Massachusetts Liberal Democrat for President […]
Question of the Week: Who’s Paid More, Morris or Rollins?
As the Huckabee campaign chugs along, new campaign manager Ed Rollins admits on TV that he has joined the campaign in a paid capacity. Heretofore, Morris has been paid through Campaign Consultant Dick Dresner and has steered Huckabee to his surge in the polls. Morris is clever and driven by his hatred of the Clintons. […]
Is McCain/Lieberman The Ticket?
The endorsement of Senator John McCain by Independent Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut was a well targeted play to get Independents to vote for McCain in the New Hampshire Primary. Lieberman is popular with the voters McCain needs. But his endorsement is more significant. If McCain can win the New Hampshire Primary and leads the […]
The Trump Tax
By Roger Stone When billionaire Donald Trump flirted with running for President in 2000 on the Reform Party ticket, he proposed a temporary surtax on the super wealthy with the proceeds dedicated to paying off the National debt. Fiscal conservatives screamed it was confiscatory but Trump argued that it was 1) temporary, and 2) only […]
Tearing Down The House
By Roger Stone Incredibly, the house in Saddle River, New Jersey where Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, lived in his post presidential years has been purchased and torn down. It was from this house, with its proximity to New York City, that Nixon carefully planned, staged and executed his successful public […]
