2012 Republican Presidential Bid

With the victories in primaries and caucuses in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota, Rick Santorum shocked everyone and seems to be getting another look.  But who is this candidate for President?  What does he stand for and what do his victories mean for the Republican Party and the Presidential election...

Word has come out that Newt Gingrich has decided to challenge the results in the Florida Primary.  He is not challenging that he came in second, but he is challenging the fact that Florida is winner take all.  His campaign believes that the delegates that were awarded in Florida should have been handed out proportional to the vote...

Mitt Romney has been quoted in an interview with Soledad O'Brien of CNN that, "I'm not concerned about the very poor."  However, there are those in the media that have edited heavily his comments.  We'll play the unabridged version of it for you and see what you think...

Story after story have come out in recent days where the candidates have been attacking one another.  Some have been good points and others have shown desperation on the part of those that deliver the attacks. Is this good or bad for the party and the process...

After taking a beating by Newt Gingrich in last week’s South Carolina debates and primary, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign flailed — but in Thursday night’s debate in Jacksonville, FL, the former Massachusetts governor delivered his most aggressive performance yet.

More news is coming out about Newt Gingrich and it doesn't look good for the former Speaker of the House.  Bob Dole said that Gingrich would pose problems for other Republicans.  In addition, comments he made in the 80's about Ronald Reagan are coming back to haunt him...

Newt Gingrich has made the claim that he has helped to create 27 million jobs.  He says he was able to do that during his time in Congress from the Reagan years all the way up to his time as Speaker of the House. Is this accurate or does this raise an eyebrow...

Ann Coulter recently came out and said that South Carolina voters had chosen Newt Gingrich because they liked his snide comments more than the idea of actually beating Barack Obama.  Her comments were part of an interview she did with Fox And Friends this weekend...

Newt Gingrich is running for President, but is he ready to be president?  His ex-wife doesn't think so.  In an interview with ABC News, she said that the former Speaker came to her asking for what she called an open marriage. Texas Governor Rick Perry came out with an endorsement of Gingrich today, but I can imagine that his comments about cheating on your wife will not help Gingrich much in the c

  Todd called in and spoke with KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence.  He talked about: -  Paula Deen and those attacking her after she revealed her Type 2 Diabetes -  The latest on the Republican Presidential Nomination, including the latest from South Carolina and the upcoming primary Listen here for the entire interview:

Sarah Palin told everyone in South Carolina what she would do if she was in their shoes.  She said that she would vote for Newt Gingrich.  Now for some, they will see this as an endorsement, but for Governor Palin, it isn't. Her reasoning is that she wants the process to go on and said that we need to have the candidate for President go through a vetting process that is more stringent than it was

Newt Gingrich had an interesting exchange during the debate last night in South Carolina.  We'll run through the sound and let you decide if he is on the way back in this campaign.  Also, is Gingrich being racist with his comments?

Attacks on Mitt Romney are coming from a source you would expect, but in a way that seems a little strange.  Republicans running against the former Massachusetts Governor have been using a Democratic talking point that has some conservatives very upset...

There is a lot of strange news from the campaign trail.  First, there is a candidate running for President there called Vermin Supreme.  He has been heckling Ron Paul at some events there. In addition, you have Mitt Romney saying that he loves to fire people...

As we look at Iowa and wonder what it all means, there have been many that have said that the reason for the field being the way that it is, is because George W. Bush had no successor.  I am not sure that this is a true thing because as you break it down, it is not up to President Bush to name one...

Mitt Romney is now claiming that his Romneycare healthcare plan in Massachusetts is based on conservative principles, in that it is a conservative idea to ask you to pay for your own healthcare rather than have the government do it.  Given that do you agree that it is a conservative idea or is the former Massachusetts Governor wrong...

The message is starting to go out about Ron Paul and his popularity in Iowa.  The message is...ignore it. Ron Paul has surged to the front in Iowa, but many party leaders there are pointing out some obvious problems with some of the polling data...

Mitt Romney has seen a couple of surprising endorsements this week, first in the form of Christine O'Donnell of Delaware and now in Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina.  Since both of these women were strong Tea Party candidates, does this mean that he is a conservative...

A couple of things are hitting the news today that could concern the Gingrich campaign.  First, he appears to be slipping in Iowa, just a few weeks before the caucus.  Secondly, in a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Gingrich did not poll well against the President, not only seeing a 51-40 percent deficit against Barack Obama, but also having 50 percent of participants saying that they abs

After seeing the up and down polls for Republicans, it's clear that there needs to be a sober judgment of who the candidates are and what they stand for. Is Gingrich conservative?  Is Romney liberal?  What do you think?  Let's spend some time talking about it today...