Catching up with the Huckster

Of late, many of the intelligent folks were dismissing the Presidential possibilities of one Mike Huckabee. After the tragic incident in recent months involving a criminal he pardoned as Governor of Arkansas, it was thought that pardon problems would be a pickle in primary season. But even more than that, one just didn’t get the [...]

Huckabee Won’t Run in 12 (Video)

Listen to this…

The Huckster appearing with Greta Van Sustren on FoxNews there.
Logic would dictate that the former Arkansan executive ought not use the phrase ‘likely the beginning of the reelection of BO‘, if he was intent on gearing up for a run at said BO in a couple years. I think we might have [...]

Kutcher, Palin & Prejean

TWG Podcast Volume 36
What’s the lesson that Carrie Prejean’s recent exploits can teach us in the Christian right? And what do Carrie & Alex Rodriguez have in common?
Should Ashton Kutcher’s tweets be treated as a source of political wisdom?
Where do Palin, the Huck, and T-Paw stand as we look toward 2012?
Are the Yankees bad for [...]

Romney – Obama Building GOP

The former Governor of Massachusetts & man who would make a much better President that Barack Obama was followed around and spoken to by CNN’s Jessica Yelin.

They Grow up Too Fast: What the GOP Needs to Learn from the Rise & Fall of Sarah Palin

Divorce rumors. Resignations. Catty press release wars with comedians.

Those three stories are former republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s most recent contributions to the American political arena. Less than a year after calling out Barack Obama for a celebrity-based candidacy, the former governor now sits in the tabloid company of Lindsay Lohan and Angelina Jolie. The above list doesn’t ring out “Country First,” but it does give the Republican Party a PR blueprint for candidate failure in 2012.

If the Elephant wants to take back Capitol Hill, they need to compare year one of the Barack Obama (2004) and Sarah Palin (2008) media explosions to see what needs correcting. For a party that is currently stressing deliberate pace in the health care debate, the republicans could learn a lesson from the democrats about going slow.

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