Mike Magan is a former White House aide to George W. Bush and consultant with Media Intelligence Partners and Halas Strategies. Yesterday's election results in the United States are a clear sign that Americans no longer are willing to support Obama's big government, higher taxes, and liberal agenda. Just two years ago, there were no […]
By Tim Montgomerie In this blog: (1) THE HEADLINE RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S MID-TERMS (2) THE ENCOURAGING POLITICAL CONCLUSIONS FOR THE REPUBLICANS (3) DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE WHAT DEMOCRATS ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE CURRENT ABSENCE OF A CLEAR, FORWARD-LOOKING REPUBLICAN AGENDA. (1) THE HEADLINE RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S MID-TERMS The pollsters and […]
For the third successive cycle, keen US politics watcher Dan Hamilton previews today's closest Senate races. LIKELY REPUBLICAN GAINS Indiana – Former Senator Dan Coats (R) vs Rep Brad Ellsworth (D) Few other states so perfectly represented the scale of Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 Presidential election than Indiana. Historically a solidly Republican state, […]
By Tim Montgomerie The hype of a forty year rule by Obama's Democrats crashes to earth: After the Democrats took control of the White House in 2008, and increased their stranglehold of the Senate and House of Representatives, former Clinton adviser James Carville hubristically claimed that Democrats would be in charge of Washington for forty […]
By Tim Montgomerie It’s not a revolutionary document but today the Republicans – accused by Democrats of being the ‘party of no’ – have launched their 21-page agenda. In terms of practicalities the Pledge contains five main themes: “A plan to create jobs, end economic uncertainty, and make America more competitive” including stopping the tax […]
By Tim Montgomerie We have just ended another week in which America's Tea Party Movement has been winning headlines. The latest cause for spotlight coverage was the decision of primary voters in Delaware to select a very conservative candidate against the wishes of Republican leaders like Karl Rove who wanted them to vote for a […]
By Jonathan Isaby Today's Independent reports on latest polling in the US in advance of the midterm elections in November and it's very bad news for Barack Obama and the Democrats. "The respected Cook Political Report reckons that no less than 68 of the 256 House seats currently held by Democrats are at "substantial risk", […]
By Tim Montgomerie Last night John McCain defeated an attempt by former Congressman J D Hayworth to replace him as the Republican Senatorial candidate for Arizona but, despite being his party's presidential candidate just two years ago, he had to spend $20m doing so. These two negative ads are typical of the campaign he fought. […]
By Tim Montgomerie Some political observers said that the issue of gay marriage was important in re-electing George W Bush in 2004. Certainly, moral issues were high on voters' list of priorities in that year and referenda outlawing same-sex marriage in swing states, including Ohio, was important in getting out the vote of social and […]
Three months ago US Republican Governors launched a web-based 'Remember November' campaign that aims to rally voters for this year's mid-term elections on 2nd November. The first video is Reaganite in its inspirational tone: The second video is highly negative about President Obama's record and appears designed to reach Tea Party voters: The US media […]
Tuesday's New York Times piece described David Cameron as a "Slasher of Government Bloat". The article by John F Burns was premature in comparing Cameron to Thatcher but the fact that it appeared on the front page of America's most important newspaper is noteworthy. Americans are partly interested in Cameron because they know that the […]
(1) The President's overall approval rating has fallen steeply since he was first elected. It has been below the magic 50% line for some time in the RealClearPolitics moving average: (2) One recent poll had the President's approval rating at just 45%. That's 1% below the 46% held by Bill Clinton in 1994 – a […]
In an editorial, The Economist magazine has attacked America's Republicans; labelling them "fratricidal, increasingly extreme on many issues and woefully short of ideas". Fratricidal: "This week California’s Republicans chose two relatively moderate former chief executives, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, to run for governor and the Senate. But both had to dive to the right […]
Two top businesswomen triumphed in yesterday's primary election in California. Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina became the GOP nominee for the US Senate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman became the party's nominee to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the state's governor. Both women spent big to win their races and have lots more treasure […]
2010 could be a very good year for the Republican Party. The map above from RealClearPolitics shows how the Republicans – according to current polling – could gain up to eight Senate seats from the Democrats although five is more likely. Grassroots Republicans aren't letting the Republican establishment enjoy the opportunity to install favourite candidates […]