GOP 2012

As Benzinga reported earlier today, the economy is showing signs of life and may be headed toward a turnaround. Like almost all things economic, this development has a potential political angle as well. Much of the pre-election planning for Republicans and Democrats (as well as other parties and...

A few days after declaring himself the Republican nominee for president (despite, you know, not one single vote being cast yet), Newt Gingrich has doubled down on his oversized ego. This time, the portly presidential pretender pontificated on assassinating dictators. Gingrich said Wednesday that...

According to an article on the Huffington Post, former Vice President and Spelling Bee Champion Dan Quayle will endorse Mitt Romney for President on Tuesday. Quayle will do so because Romney is conservative enough for him (Quayle is a conservative Republican) and is also, in the minds of most...

For a former history professor, Newt Gingrich is awfully ignorant of history, life, and reality. His latest foray into idiocy involves Gingrich advocating child labor for America's youth. Yes, child labor — the kind outlawed 100 years ago when we, as a country, realized that the worst thing you...

It is my belief that, in one month, Ron Paul will shock the world and win the Iowa Caucuses. Granted, that belief goes against all the polling data and all the money data and all the common sense in the world. Mitt Romney has all the money in the world, and has the national party secretly/silently...

It looks like the end is near for the controversial narcissist who tried to turn a stint as the Pizza King into a presidential nomination. For a while, it looked like Herman Cain even had a chance to win. He was up in the national polls, and had captured many of the anti-Romney voters who seem to...

Barring a major change between now and the primaries this winter, someone among this group of five will likely be the Republican candidate for president in 2012. Each one has a path to victory and would represent a particular message that the GOP is sending to the American people for the 2012...

As it turns out, the conservative Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have something in common with yours truly: The more they see of Republican candidates for president, the less they like them. According to Politico, the candidates show an inverse relationship between time spent with...

In a surprising new poll out Tuesday, Congressman Ron Paul — mocked by the media and ignored by his own party — has jumped to the front of the pack for the Republican nomination. Paul, who has been ignored for his libertarian views, is now in a four-way virtual tie with Herman Cain, Mitt Romney,...

Republican primary voters must really, really hate Mitt Romney. So far, they've done everything they can to out-and-out rebel against the probable GOP nominee. They've flirted with the likes of Donald Trump. They tried to talk themselves into Michele Bachmann. They played footsie with Rick Perry...

As the debate season roars on, the Republican nomination circus seems more like a bad season of The Bachelorette and less like a serious discussion about the leadership and direction of a major political party. Like the massive marriage game, the GOP nomination has come down to a few indisputable...

Well, technically Rochester Hills, a suburb just up I-75 from the Motor City. Detroit's a little too...dark, shall we say, for most of the GOP candidates, so they've chosen a lighter, whiter neighborhood in which to host their debate. And boy, will this be a good debate. Eight contenders will file...

I can't believe there are people in this country who are willing to vote for this despicable human being for president. I can understand wanting a Republican to win if you're a Republican. I can understand why someone who lacks any understanding of how an economy works would look at Herman Cain's...

Dear America: If you want a President untainted by scandal and uncorrupted by corporate cash, Republican Buddy Roemer is probably your candidate. Roemer, who refuses to take corporate or special-interest money, is a long-time advocate for eliminating the role that money, particularly corporate...

Rumors are flying around the internet that Rick Perry, the presidential candidate from Texas, was drunk as a skunk while giving a speech in New Hampshire last weekend. Naturally, I immediately became interested in the speech. Presidential candidates are so guarded and so shielded by handlers and...