Archive for the ‘2012 National Election’ Category

Don’t Write Obama Off in 2012

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Respected columnist Charles Krauthammer presents a warning to those who already believe Obama is on his way out in 2012.  His analysis should be taken seriously by Republicans, Independents and unhappy Democrats.  Remember in January, 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton was going to be the next President of the United States.

A Lesson for Republicans

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

The public, state officials, editorials, political leaders and letters to the editor are calling out for an election to name a replacement for the late Senator Byrd.  They want to vote.

Remember when Republican Party leaders under the chairmanship of Rob Capehart decided to hold a state convention in 2008 which disenfranchised registered Republicans.  They had no vote or say in who should be the presidential nominee that year.  

This experiment may have been well intended but was conceived without much study or public research.  Convention organizers would tell you every Republican had an opportunity to participate/vote.

 Well the system devised was so complicated and kept changing even those involved could not understand it.  The real problem is registered Republicans did not get to vote on who would represent them at the national convention.

This should never happen again.

There is a campaign underway to select a Republican State Chairman.  Members of the State Executive Committee should seek a pledge from the current candidates for Chairman or any candidate to emerge that they will not support a similar effort in 2012.

Republicans across the state should be able to vote in a primary on delegates to represent them at a national convention.

A Republican Lesson for 2012

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

(This post was delayed due to Internet difficulties)

President Obama has created a bright future for Republicans.  He has not delivered on his promises, his management style turns out to be one of vacillation and his policies have created a polarized nation.

The outlook for the midterm election in November is promising for Republicans.  Independent voters are moving back to the center, senior citizens are no longer comfortable with Democrats and first voters abandon Obama’s candidates in 2009.

The real test will come in 2012.  As the Republican Party and its potential candidates contemplate their 2012 strategy and message there may be model to study.  WP columnist Dan Balz wrote about it recently.

Does Obama Face a 2012 Challenge In His Own Party?

Monday, September 7th, 2009

This Rasmussen Report I am sending to you verbatim. 

“Leading liberals are already thinking the unthinkable:  Challenging President Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012.  According to a report on the left-leaning Huffington Post website, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann and Eugene Robinson, an African-American national columnist for The Washington Post, discussed just such a possibility Thursday night.”

You have to “read all”.

Republicans Don’t Get Excited

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

It may seem President Obama is about to replace Jimmy Carter….you know what I mean.  Or, that healthcare will bring about another 1994 congressional election in 2010.  Republicans don’t get excited. 

There is a national election atmosphere being created by the healthcare debate and television advertising, town hall meetings, polls being issued daily, street rallies and Obama volunteers going door to door.  With all this grassroots activity previously active Republicans are waking up.  This is not August, 2012 it  just seems that way.

No question, on the national level the party is in a better position than it was January 20th.   There appears to be a new confidence.  That is good but not the final answer.  The GOP leadership in Congress and the various national Republican Committees must develop a positive agenda.  The party’s base must be expanded and the moderate vs. conservative concerns resolved before 2012.

The one issue which could drive the outcome of the 2012 election is the spending of public (taxpayers) money.  The Congressional Budget Office has an estimate that the national debt will be $17.1 trillion by 2019.  I believe the president’s approval ratings are going down because of his spending ways.  

It will be President Obama’s free-spending that will motivate Independents, Republicans and conservative Democrats when he is up for re-election.  That assumes he still has the support of his party to be nominated. 

Republicans don’t get excited but take steps now to develop an agenda that will appeal to Independents and conservative Democrats, expand the base and put this moderate/conservative thing in the past.   

As the old saying goes “one day is a year in politics”.  Republicans, don’t waste a day.