Word: buchananism
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...ghosts of presidential politics past, specifically Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot, are similar to Paul in many ways. All three have army experience and tend to favor isolationism, social conservatism, and anti-establishment sentiment. Each opposed the waging of the Gulf War and the War in Iraq...
...discourage Huckabee who, in an interview in the club's driveway, argued that he can appeal to New Hampshire voters. Riding high after a surprisingly strong second-place showing at the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, Huckabee is trying to build momentum and even drawing comparisons with Pat Buchanan's populist run in 1992. He pointed to his popularity in Arkansas, a state that's 62% registered Democrat - though it has voted twice for Bush. When asked if he might skip New Hampshire to focus on more conservative states like Iowa and South Carolina, as suggested by my colleague...
...pairs of also-rans. Tommy Thompson and Jim Gilmore were fine Governors, but they have nothing to add here. Both of the right-wing populists, Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter, seem obscure and insubstantial, a classic problem for House members running for President; neither is as compelling as Pat Buchanan, who has played this role in the past. I've been surprised by how ineffective Tancredo has been in making his anti-immigrant pitch, which should have some resonance in the Republican Party. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee seems to be winning the battle of the religious conservatives against Kansas...
...Indeed, if the big primaries now fall so close to the end-of-the-year holidays, many Americans may be too busy with other things (or recovering from them) and not ready to focus on the Presidential race, says University of Texas political science professor Bruce Buchanan. Voters are likely to be hearing Rudy Giuliani's jingles along with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and find their mailboxes stuffed with Christmas cards from Hillary (and Bill). Buchanan is concerned that the early primaries will energize "the fringes of the two parties," leading to more polarization in the political scene...
...played a significant role that paid off later for the state's conservatives. In 1976, after a string of losses by challenger Ronald Reagan to President Gerald Ford, Texas gave Reagan a big win, making the race very close and setting up Reagan for his eventual nomination in 1980. Buchanan also thinks a later primary could help candidates like Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson who have "great resumes, but a low profile." An early Texas primary would likely benefit the deep-pocketed, organized front-runners, Buchanan says. What's more, with early voting - popular in Texas where...