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Subscribe to RSSThe Washington Post on the latest WaPo-ABC poll: “Mitt Romney leads the wide-open contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. But a new Washington Post-ABC News poll underscores his vulnerabilities as a front-runner, as well as Sarah Palin’s lingering power to shake up the race if she decides to run.”
More: "Without Palin in the race, Romney tops the field at 30 percent to Bachmann’s 16 percent, with Paul at 11 percent. Perry is at 8 percent."
“Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee officials say they have exceeded internal benchmarks for 2012 recruitment, and today they will roll out a list of highlighted candidates running in a sample of the 41 open or Republican-held districts where a Democrat has filed or committed to run,” Roll Call writes.
BACHMANN: The Boston Globe’s Johnson: “You can ask a presidential candidate about his age (see: Ronald Reagan, John McCain). You can ask him about his physical health, especially if he suffered from cancer (see: Paul Tsongas). But when you ask about his mental fitness, it broaches exceedingly dangerous political ground, which helps explain Michelle Bachmann’s aggressive response this week to a report she suffers from debilitating migraine headaches.”
ROMNEY: The New York Times picks up on Romney’s play-it-safe strategy. That approach, it says, “has served Mr. Romney fairly well during the first seven months of the year. He has not had to accept ownership of positions being taken by Republicans in Congress. He has stuck to his message on the economy and job creation, even while navigating criticism about his health care record as governor of Massachusetts. But as the Republican presidential campaign intensifies, with Mrs. Bachmann capturing the imagination of conservative activists and Mr. Perry being forcefully recruited by Republican leaders to declare his candidacy, Mr. Romney’s determinedly low-key approach could be fraught with peril.”
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Michelle Bachmann has given everyone ample evidence that she's not Commander in Chief material. This "headache" story is a side show. Her medical problems, whatever they are, are the LEAST of my concerns about her.
Let's get back to the real issues. Her "headaches" are an immaterial and unnecessary distraction.
I think its her fellow Republicans pushing the migraine story, cause Democrats would love to run against her, the President would return to office by a landslide.
Rep. Bachmann would not be someone I would vote for, but she has demonstrated through her time in Congress that she does hold down her job responsibly and is accountable as a public official (meeting with constituents, etc). So the migraine story is pretty scurrilous. Gov. Romney, by playing it "safe" and trying to be "affable," by saying that President Obama is a good guy who "doesn't have a clue," by talking about dangerous "European ideas," is either trying to be a throwback to President Reagan or he genuinely has a mind-set from the 1950s. Either way, it's hard to imagine any younger voters who would accept that world view.
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President Obama survived the fiery hell that was the '08 election, and its hard to imagine how much more anyone can throw at him, especially since he has run an administration remarkably free of scandal, internal conflict or lapses in judgment.
Like many potential presidential candidates, they soon find that they can dish it out, but can't take it themselves. Bachmann has been a shrill critic of the president. I wish all would tone it down. President Obama is one of the few who gives his opponents the benefit of the doubt and treats them respectfully.
Uhhhhhhh,,,,Shouldn't mental health be the first thing we question in our leaders???
Just because Bachmann is "out there" mentally does not mean she gets a sanity pass
“You can ask a presidential candidate about his age, You can ask him about his physical health, But when you ask about his mental fitness, it broaches exceedingly dangerous political ground"
[2012: Romney plays it safe]
Of course he's playing it safe. He has no balls to actually come out and say how HE would tackle the nation's problems. Romney made one fatal career move, and that was his MA health care program. That is a career-ender as far as the GOP/Teabag party is concerned, and the democrats will not let that "go away".
One "uh oh" wipes out ten "atta boys"...MA healthcare is Mittens' "uh oh". Even members of his own party tear him apart for it.
So, until Mittens comes up with REAL solutions to what he considers is the nation's problems, he can criticize the current sitting American president all he wants. It will not win him the White House...but it will get him pats on the back from his colleagues. That's what they think makes a good president...