aestas-eos submitted: “I voted a few months ago, but hey, I voted.”
Awesome idea by STFUConservatives to take submissions from folks who voted today. Great work, STFU.
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar optimistic despite Tea Party challenge: ”We’ve got a vigorous campaign. I believe in fact that we’re going to win the campaign,” he said this morning about the primary challenge he’s facing Tuesday. Lugar, an 80-year-old moderate Republican who has served six terms, is behind opponent Richard Mourdock by ten points according to some polls, and is barred from running as an independent in the general election by state law. So if he loses tonight, that’s it. Think he’ll win? (photo by James Brosher/AP)
Hearing good things about Politico’s live coverage tonight, which is available for free streaming. We’re switching channels for now.
Currently watching the results from the biggest primary day of the season thus far. That doesn’t mean much, though. In Missouri’s non-binding primary (which means that the results of the primary will have no effect on how delegates will be decided, i.e. it means nothing), it’s a fairly close race between Romney and Santorum, and the two caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado are happening tonight, too.
BREAKING: Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire Republican primary
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2012
More info as we get it. Obviously, the real story here is who gets second and third, honestly.
UPDATE: The L.A. Times reports that Romney’s victory is the first time a non-sitting Republican presidential candidate won both New Hampshire and Iowa. Really, the race should be more interesting in South Carolina, where it probably won’t get called so quickly.
Dear Union Leader: You’re a newspaper. Like the Des Moines Register, no matter how much the Obama campaign pays, you know this crosses a line.
Bachmann pins all her hopes on an unregistered voter.
When the divine is the one who tells you to run, this sort of thing makes sense.
She better hope that Jesus likes corn and has nowhere better to be on Tuesday.
» The least surprising item of the day: It’s not as if anybody really doubted that Tim Pawlenty would be running for President, as he’s made that rather abundantly obvious the last year or so (the title of his recent book, Courage To Stand, basically says all you need to know about his ambitions). However, the timing of this official announcement works to Pawlenty’s favor — it comes quickly after the GOP was set reeling by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ decision not to run. Suddenly facing down a field with virtually no electable candidates, save the primary-vulnerable Mitt Romney, Pawlenty is in a prime place to gain ground, if he can get a little buzz going. A tip from us to T-Paw, though — you don’t have a southern accent, and it’s weird to try to pretend otherwise.
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When the fringe becomes the norm: The past couple years, the birther issue has been a touchy one in Republican politics; it’s a dangerous internal wedge issue for them. Say he was born in Kenya (or merely imply your doubts), and you look like a kook of the highest order. Say he was born in Hawaii, and you’ve alienated a non-negligible amount of your traditionally ravenous base. If the GOP Presidential field had managed to stay in the middling, “I take his word for it” zone, averting the problem — no Republican would have disdained their party’s strongest looking candidate because he didn’t think Obama was foreign. But with Donald Trump diving into the deep end of the birther pool, this constituency becomes volatile and impossible to predict. source
The things he did on behalf of this administration and the closeness in which he worked with the President, is much appreciated. And I’m sure he’ll talk about that in the primaries.White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley • Referring to the Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China who is quietly positioning himself for a presidential run in 2012. Say what you will about the political acumen of the Obama administration, but their strategy to de-fang a potential Huntsman candidacy is clear and somewhat amusing; heap so much praise on the man for the work he did with the President that Republican primary voters won’t trust him. Obama strategist David Plouffe once identified Huntsman as the Republican he felt most threatened by in 2012, so it comes as little surprise that they’re seeking to nip his run in the bud. source (via • follow)
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