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...there is a uniquely hypocritical aspect of this latest scandal. As the self-proclaimed party of the traditional family, and with many Republican office-holders owing their positions in large part to the RNC, it is duplicitous for Republicans to campaign on moral values while taking funds from a committee guilty of such exotic debauchery. And in the wake of the sex scandals of Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, it appears doubly hypocritical. This behavior does not exemplify the values of the Republican base...
President Obama is fundamentally weakened, and Republican candidates are already champing at the bit to take...
...major Republican candidates are engaged in the serious travel, staff hiring, contact building and general planning that are required to make a credible run for President. That pair is Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran in 2008 and is - and will be for the foreseeable future - the party's front runner, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who was considered for the 2008 veep slot by John McCain...
Romney has new challenges too. For one, he hasn't demonstrated that he has learned some key lessons from 2008, and he still seems unable to talk openly and with passion about his faith or political convictions. This has led to his second problem: among much of the Republican Party's smart set, Romney is not considered a satisfactory contender, in terms of talent, résumé or agenda, to take on Obama. And he is sure to face ferocious opposition from the right and left given his confusing opposition to the new federal health care law, which...
...Pawlenty, who plans to leave his governor's seat after November's election and run full-time for the Republican nomination, faces an even tougher test. Romney may have some trouble with his national image, but Pawlenty, in comparison, is nearly anonymous. Even among donors, some leading Republican officeholders and the media - let alone the general public - he is a virtual unknown. See YouTube's 50 Best Videos...