Monthly Archives: August 2012

Right Time Right Man: GOP Mood in Tampa | HughHewitt.com | 08.28.12

By Clark S. Judge | Published: August 28, 2012
As Republicans prepare in Tampa for their convention to at last get underway, the mood of the party is vastly different from four years ago. On the day John McCain delivered his acceptance speech to the St. Paul convention, I wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the GOP was “a party that doubts itself.”  […]
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Joe Biden Is the Problem VP Candidate, Not Paul Ryan | USNews.com | 08.18.12

By Clark S. Judge | Published: August 23, 2012
It wasn’t supposed to go this way. For more than a decade now, the announcement of a GOP vice presidential pick has, with few exceptions, sparked a trumpeting from the Democratic campaign of the day on how extreme the candidate was, how unfit for the office.  The idea has been to use the lesser-known veep […]
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Obama versus Romney, a choice not of how to fix the fiscal mess but if to fix it – President No versus Governor Yes | HughHewitt.com | 08.21.12

By Clark S. Judge | Published: August 21, 2012
With a little short of a week to go before the Republican convention, the campaign has taken a startling turn.  Cautious, bland Mitt Romney didn’t just pick a running mate when he tapped Paul Ryan.  He bet his entire campaign on grabbing the forbidden third rails of American politics: Social Security and Medicare.  At this […]
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Picking Ryan – Romney Shows He’s Got Serious Policies and Great Political Instincts | HughHewitt.com | 08.13.12

By Clark S. Judge | Published: August 13, 2012
On Saturday Mitt Romney proved he is a serious man and will be a serious president.  He also demonstrated that he is a shrewd political strategist. In picking Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, Romney bet both his election and his administration on a central task, reducing the national deficit and debt […]
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We’ve Been Warned: Obama ad candid about post-election plans — and it’s scary | HughHewitt.com | 08.07.12

By Clark S. Judge | Published: August 7, 2012
The president’s reelection campaign has been running an ad titled “The Choice.”  You have probably seen it during the Olympics or in other pricey slots.  In it, Mr. Obama, speaking to the camera, shows how little he has learned from the mistakes of his first term – and how extreme his plans are for the […]
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