• Jim DeMint,  Mitt Romney,  President 2012

    President 2012: Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire But….

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney surrounded by his family points towards supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night victory party at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012

    Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has won the GOP Presidential primary election in New Hampshire tonight.

    Mitt Romney cruised to a solid victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, picking up steam from his first-place finish in the lead-off Iowa caucuses and firmly establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination.

    “Tonight we made history,” Romney told cheering supporters before pivoting to a stinging denunciation of President Barack Obama. “The middle class has been crushed … our debt is too high and our opportunities too few,” he declared – ignoring the rivals who had been assailing him for weeks and making clear he intends to be viewed as the party’s nominee in waiting after only two contests.

    His Republican rivals said otherwise, looking ahead to South Carolina on Jan. 21 as the place to stop the former Massachusetts governor. Already, several contenders and committees supporting them had put down heavy money to reserve time for television advertising there.

    But, will Romney be able to seal the deal in South Carolina?

    It remains to be seen, but it increasingly looks like Romney is on a roll to the nomination. In fact, conservative South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint has said that he expects Romney to win in South Carolina.

    If the GOP conservative field stays as large, they cannot help but split the vote sufficiently, so that Romney wins.

    But, stay tuned…. the negative ads in South Carolina are ready to roll….

  • Bain Capital,  Mitt Romney,  President 2012

    President 2012: When Mitt Romney Came to Town or Will Come Crashing Down?

    Capitalism made America great – free markets, innovation, hard work – the building blocks of the American Dream. But in the wrong hands some of those dreams can turn into nightmares. This film is about one raider and his firm and how they destroyed that dream for thousands of Americans and their families – Mitt Romney and Bain Capital.

    Remember I wrote months ago that the LEFT and others would use Bain Capital against Mitt Romney. Of course, I thought it would be in the general election and not the GOP primary election.

    They will do to Mitt in 2012 as Ted Kennedy would have done to Mitt in 1994.

    Remember the ads Senator Barbara Boxer ran against former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in 2012? Boxer slaughtered Fiorina with those television ads.

    Obama will do the same but on STEROIDS to Mitt Romney.

    The GOP electorate might as well get used to it, because the storm is coming and it is coming in a few hours after the New Hampshire polls close.

    Think Mitt Romney is a good candidate for the Republican Party?

    I say, think again, because these issues will hand the Presidency back to President Obama and the Democrats.

  • Elton Gallegly,  Linda Parks,  Steve Bennett,  Tony Strickland

    CA-26: Rep Elton Gallegly to Retire – Tony Strickland, Steve Bennett and Linda Parks to Run


    I was in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a funeral when I received notice that long-time Republican Congressman and friend, Elton Gallegly was releasing that he was retiring.

    When I was at Elton’s home a few weeks ago, I received the impression that this would be Elton’s choice. He did outlay the scenarios of re-election strategy, but I could see that his interests were elsewhere. He wants to start a new phase of his life – outside the Congress.

    And, who can blame him?

    Now, who will seek the seat?

    California State Senator Tony Strickland a conservative Republican has informally announced his candidacy, along with Democrat Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett (Ventura Ojai). Moderate Republican Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks who represents the Thousand Oaks and Oak Park area has also informally announced her candidacy.

    Plus, there are some other lesser known Democrats: business man David Cruz-Thayne and Moorpark City Council member David Pollock.

    Remember the June primary election will be a top two process – whether it be Democrats or Republicans. Therefore, it is possible that the two Republicans Linda Parks and Tony Strickland could be running in the November general election.

    There will be a lot more later, since this seat will be one of the few contested California Congressional races this cycle.

  • Blogging Matters,  Day By Day

    Day By Day January 10, 2012 – Horse



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    I am back from a family funeral in Santa Fe, New Mexico and California looks REAL good – plus it it nice and warm here in Thousand Oaks today.

    I had the opportunity to watch the Saturday night New Hampshire Presidential debate on ABC and wondered why the candidates are so accepting of the format and the frequency. There have been way too many Presidential debates this GOP nomination season and in the next cycle I doubt there will be as many.

    The New Hampshire GOP primary election is tonight and all of the pundits will be checking and double checking their polling models after the vote is counted.

    Stay tuned for more election coverage here and on Twitter @Flap.