Paulistas Aren’t Lying Down in 2012
July 13, 2009 by Cato
Filed under Conservatism, Libertarianism, National Politics, Video
Devotees of Republitarian congressman Ron Paul aren’t planning on sitting out the 2012 election without running a candidate. Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson appears to be that candidate:
McCain, Clinton Win Florida Primaries
January 30, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Democrat Campaigns, National Politics, Republican Campaigns
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pulled out a five point victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Florida GOP primary. While there is still no clear victor for the GOP nomination, this win was particularly important victory for McCain. After McCains victory in the South Carolina primary, pundits repeatedly made the point that McCain had yet to win a closed GOP primary. The New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries are open primaries allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot. Closed primaries, like Florida’s, only allow registered Republicans to vote.
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Florida GOP Primary Results |
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| John McCain |
36% |
| Mitt Romney |
31% |
| Rudy Giuliani |
15% |
| Mike Huckabee |
13% |
| Ron Paul |
3% |
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) managed to beat Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) with 50% of the Democrat vote compared to Obama’s 33%, with 14% going to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. This should not be viewed as a particular victory for Clinton. Given that the DNC forced candidates to pledge not to campaign in Florida after Clinton had already built an organization in the state gave her a huge advantage. Despite this huge advantage, Obama still pulled within 17 points, far less than his victory over Clinton in South Carolina.
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Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, Democrat, primary, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, politics, Florida, Florida politics
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GOP Hopefuls Agree on One Thing – Hillary Clinton is Unworthy of the White House
January 25, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Conservatism, Democrat Campaigns, Liberalism, National Politics, Republican Campaigns
The GOP Presidential candidates put aside their differences long enough at Thursday’s debate to agree that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is unworthy of being President. The candidates agreed that Clinton is “weak on Iraq” and that she is sure to raise taxes.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went so far as to state that Clinton would “waive the white flag of surrender” if elected.
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Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, campaign, debate, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, taxation
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John McCain Win Louisiana Caucus, Ron Paul Finishes Close Second
January 23, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Conservatism, National Politics, Republican Campaigns
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has won the Louisiana GOP caucus, according to the State Party. However, it has been reported in the Shreveport Times that an uncommitted “Pro Life / Pro-Family” slate appeared to win a majority of delegates in all seven congressional district.
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Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, John McCain, Ron Paul, campaign, caucus
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McCain Wins in South Carolina
January 19, 2008 by Cato
Filed under National Politics, Republican Campaigns
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) led the pack in today’s South Carolina GOP primary. Six months ago McCain’s campaign was considered dead. He now leads in every national poll in the RealClearPolitics average.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson finished a distant third, giving him his best finish yet. The future of the campaign is uncertain, but the conventional wisdom was that Thompson needed to finish at least with a strong third place finish in order to remain viable.
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SC GOP Primary Results |
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| McCain |
33% |
| Huckabee |
30% |
| Thompson |
16% |
| Romney |
15 |
| Paul |
4% |
| Giuliani |
2% |
| Hunter |
< 1% |
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Romney Wins Michigan Primary
January 15, 2008 by Cato
Filed under National Politics, Republican Campaigns
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to have one a decisive victory in the Michigan Republican Primary. With 89 percent of the voting in, Romney was at 39 percent over McCain with 30 percent. Mike Huckabee had 16 percent while Ron Paul polled at 6 percent. Fred Thompson had 4 percent and Rudy Giuliani was at 3 percent.
The Democratic primary was inconsequential because the DNC had not sanctioned this primary date for Michigan. Any Michigan delegate to the Democrat National Convention is supposed to be “uncommitted”.
Because the the status of the Democrat primary and because Michigan is an open primary state, the progressive online site Daily Kos encouraged Democrats in general and progressives in particular to cross over and support Romney in the primary. Exit polls reported on CNN state that this strategy was ineffective. However, it must be noted that individuals polled were self reporting as to party affiliation or ideology.
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Technorati Tags: 2008, Michigan, primary, MittRomney, JohnMcCain, MikeHuckabee, RonPaul, FredThompson, RudyGiuliani
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