Elections are contests held during a moment in time between candidates who have records stretching back, often far back, into the past. So there is always a tension between the man (or woman) who is running and the moment.
That tension is greater than usual when the contest is for the nomination of a political party dominated by a large number of newcomers to politics motivated by strong opposition to current policies.
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Election year has finally arrived, well after the beginning of a turbulent and unpredictable elections season, and voting begins two days from now in the Iowa Republicans caucuses.
The few days of post-Christmas polling have shown the numbers oscillating and opinion changing in ways it hadn't been earlier in the campaign.
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Is Newt Gingrich really the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney? That’s what many in the punditocracy have proclaimed as the former speaker of the House is now surging in the polls. Yet a look at his record reveals that Newt is hardly the “anti-Mitt.” He’s Mitt Romney with more baggage.
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At 70, columnist George Will might be forgiven some mellowing. That will clearly not be necessary after reading his broadside against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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By:
Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell
10/27/11 10:16 PM
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s plan for fundamental tax reform, with an optional flat tax, is a fiscal game-changer and demonstrably superior to the proposals of rivals Herman Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry had intended to revive his floundering presidential campaign with release Tuesday of a sweeping economic plan, but he undercut his message with comments indulging those who question whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
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Another Republican presidential debate this week, another forceful performance by Mitt Romney. The subject was the economy, jobs and finance — Romney’s strong suits — and he made the most of it, having more to say on those subjects and saying it more cogently than the other seven candidates.
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