12 keys to the GOP presidential race right now

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Washington Examiner: 12 keys to the GOP presidential race right now

BY BYRON YORK | JANUARY 24, 2015 | 6:34 AM

 

DES MOINES — As the Freedom Summit marks the unofficial start of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign here in Iowa, the race is already too sprawling, with too many characters and too many crosscurrents, to have a single theme. But here are a dozen keys to understand what is happening now:

 

1. The candidates who have run before — Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum — all think they can get their teams back together for another race. They can't. Each man has been in touch with staff and supporters from 2008 and 2012, with the assumption that the people who were willing to work for them back then will do so again in 2016. But the world has changed; issues have changed and new candidates have emerged. Moderates who backed Romney now have Jeb Bush and Chris Christie to consider, while conservatives who backed Huckabee and Santorum have Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. Even if the veterans run again, they won't be able to recreate what they had before. They'll have to do something different.

 

 

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Palin’s Trial Balloon

By RICK MORANR

January 24, 2015 - 12:00 pm

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has fueled speculation that she is seriously considering a run for the GOP nomination in 2016.

 

Palin told the Washington Post, “You can absolutely say that I am seriously interested” in running for president. She also told ABC News earlier in the week, “Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant’s heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested.”

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/01/24/palins-trial-balloon/

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Rick Perry’s Texas responsible for US job creation

By: streiff (Diary) | January 26th at 01:09 PM | 0

Obama’s media bootlicks have been pushing a story for weeks, if not longer, about the huge success of Obama’s job creation record and sniveling about how the stupid Americans and ...http://www.redstate.com/2015/01/26/rick-perrys-texas-responsible-us-job-creation/

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As 2016 race begins, GOP faces its Palin problem

BY BYRON YORK | JANUARY 25, 2015 | 5:17 PM

DES MOINES — As a chance to evaluate possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates, the Freedom Summit here in Des Moines was a solid success. Several potential candidates — Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and a few others — left the 10-hour political marathon with their prospects undeniably enhanced.

 

All that was good news for Republicans. But at the same time, more than a few GOP loyalists came away shaking their heads at the performance of a party star, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whose long, rambling, and at times barely coherent speech left some wondering what role she should play in Republican politics as the 2016 race begins in earnest.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-faces-its-palin-problem/article/2559245

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January 26, 2015

Sarah Palin Too Toxic for 2016?

By Lloyd Marcus

Sarah Palin saying “Of course” she's interested regarding running for the presidency in 2016 has people buzzing. During that interview, Palin said we need a candidate who is ready for Hillary. I agree. Romney would be Mr. Nice Guy/gentleman unwilling to attack the girl.

 

As for Palin running, a woman wrote: I have never given up on her (Sarah Palin). I am sooooooo hoping that she will be our spokesperson. My husband says the press and Obama have tainted her so much that it would be impossible for her to run. I say that 'with God, all things are possible.”

To this woman, I say, “Right on sister!”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/01/sarah_palin_too_toxic_for_2016.html