Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty Monday became the first major Republican candidate to form a presidential exploratory committee – a step that allows him to officially start raising funds for a campaign and to take concrete steps towards mounting a … Continued
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Denny Rehberg, Jon Tester In Dead Heat For Montana U.S. Senate Seat
Aside from defeating President Obama in 2012, a top priority for the Republican Party is to gain control of the United States Senate. The GOP only needs to net a couple of seats in 2012 to control the Senate. One … Continued
Ford O’Connell Weighs In On Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 Presidential Bid At Politico’s Arena
CivicForumPAC Chairman Ford O’Connell weighed in on Republican Tim Pawlenty’s impending 2012 presidential bid. Thanks to low name recognition, Tim Pawlenty is without question the dark horse among the tier 1 Republican presidential candidates. Pawlenty is wise to enter the … Continued
Haley Barbour Is Making All The Right ‘Inside’ Moves In His Bid For The 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination
Haley Barbour will travel to Nevada on Tuesday to meet with Gov.Brian Sandoval (R) and have lunch with a handful of state legislators, a visit that suggest the Mississippi governor will make a major play in the Silver State caucus … Continued
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin Breaks With Obama And Dems On Budget
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has apparently come to his fiscal senses. Of course, being on the ballot in 2012 has played no small part in Manchin’s need to say and do the right thing when it comes to … Continued
Ohio Republicans Eyeing Ken Blackwell For U.S. Senate In 2012
Ohio Republicans prefer their former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown for Senate next year. Blackwell is the favorite of 17% of Ohio’s usual Republican primary voters, ahead of Jon Husted’s 14%, unlikely candidate Drew … Continued
Ford O’Connell Weighs In On Redistricting At Politico’s Arena
As Rhodes Cook points out in The Wall Street Journal, in this “more volatile era in congressional politics” a swing of 25 to 30 House seats every election cycle could be “par for the course.” Given this predicament and America’s sluggish economy, … Continued
First Read’s Top 10 U.S. Senate Takeovers In 2012
Re-Post From NBC’s First Read Republicans need to flip three seats to take control of the Senate. Eight of our Top 10 are Democratic-held seats: 1. North Dakota (D) (1): Still No. 1 and probably be there for a while with … Continued
The California GOP’s Hispanic Problem
A new poll out of California found little hope for Republicans among the nation’s fastest-growing electoral demographic. Latino voters across the state hold widely negative views of the Republican Party, according to the survey, which was conducted by a GOP pollster … Continued
Ford O’Connell At CNN On Sarah Palin’s Trip Overseas As She Contemplates A 2012 Presidential Bid
As Sarah Palin continues to ponder a possible bid for the Republican presidential nomination, she is embarking this weekend on a major overseas trip visiting two key U.S. allies. Several other prospective GOP candidates – Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour and … Continued