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 […]
McCain, “Wrong on Tax Cuts” Makes Progress With Supply-Siders
By Roger Stone For many years John McCain was a traditional Republican fiscal conservative, fighting runaway spending and trying to slice pork out of the Federal budget. McCain never seemed to understand the economic growth that emanated from tax-cuts. But McCain’s recognition and reappraisal on the tax cut issue is reassuring many supply-side conservatives who […]
Clinton Inner Circle Bleeding
By Roger Stone Hillary Clinton campaign manager Mark Penn, who thought that the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination could be won with prodigious public policy plans, miscalculated the voters need to actually “like” the candidate they are voting for. The Ice Queen demonstrates no likable qualities. She continues to come across as cold, calculating, and robotic. […]
The Rollins Reality
By Roger Stone Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s hiring of Republican operative Ed Rollins spells the beginning of the end of Huckabee’s prospects for the Presidency. Huckabee’s recent rise is largely attributed to the galvanizing of the Evangelical Christian base in Iowa behind an Evangelical Christian minister. Remember that Pat Robertson actually won the Iowa […]
Spitzer Pays Off His Henchmen
Some may remember that the Kroll Detective Agency produced a report for Bernard Spitzer, the Governor’s father that said an anonymous phone call was made to Spitzer’s office from a “phone most likely under the control of Roger Stone.” Lo and behold the private investigator, Ronald Goldstock, who produced this questionable report, has been rewarded […]
Charlie Crist For VP?
By Roger Stone Simple arithmetic would put Charlie Christ on every Rep. Presidential candidate’s short list for the second slot. Christ’s post-partisan politics and his sunny optimism and “can do” spirit has caught on with voters. While Crist has not yet scored victories on either the environmental or property tax issues, voters perceive him as […]
