Monday morning Politics speed read: Chuck Hagel edition
You barely have time to take a deep breath in Washington before the next political fight begins. Not even a week after the “fiscal cliff” compromise, the next fight appears to be shaping up over President Obama’s official pick for Secretary of Defense in his second term, Chuck Hagel, who the President will reportedly nominate [...]
Has Romney/Ryan seeded their own storm clouds?
With the uneven and lackluster GOP Convention now over, America – or what small percentage of it is actually tuning in to these antiquated debutante balls – now turns its sights to the Democratic Convention next week. But the Romney/Ryan campaign may wind up getting more than they bargained for out of this week. Judging [...]
Strongest GOP National Convention in recent memory concludes
Mitt Romney ended the GOP convention last night with a speech and performance that came in well above expectations. It was laced with emotional moments, such as the story of how his father gave his mother a rose every day until the first day he didn’t, when she knew he had passed away. It was also direct and [...]
Reassessing the Romney VP odds
I told you not to believe The New York Times back in mid-July when they implied a Romney Vice-Presidential selection was imminent. Romney will make his selection public very soon now though, certainly by early next week at the latest. PMandS.com provided the percentage chance of each major candidate being selected back then: 1. Senator [...]
PMandS has your Romney VP odds!
If Mitt Romney doesn’t pick his running mate this week or early next, he’ll have to wait until mid-August for fear of taking a backseat to Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant, and the other American Olympians. And Olympians not even made in America as well. There has been swirling speculation in recent days that he may [...]