Hints from Romney’s Announcement
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 12th, 2011 4:39 am by HL
Hints from Romney’s Announcement
Politico takes a deeper look at Mitt Romney’s (R) video announcing the creation of a presidential exploratory committee and takes away three hints for the impending Romney campaign.
What we know: “Romney’s central focus will be on the economy and fiscal issues and that’s what made up the entirety of his two-and-a-half-minute message… Romney’s advisers don’t want to get sidetracked on the culture wars as they did in 2008, knowing that their candidate will never measure up as the most conservative candidate… It was no accident that Romney taped his video at the University of New Hampshire and name-checked the school at the outset of his remarks. The Granite State primary is nothing short of essential for a former next-door governor who now spends much of his year on Lake Winnipesaukee… Romney sports a casual jacket and open-collared shirt in the video. Gone is the starchy business suit that was his campaign uniform four years ago. There is much symbolism to the wardrobe adjustment.”
Trump Warns He Might Run as an Independent
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump said he will “probably” run as an independent candidate for president if he cannot win the Republican party’s nomination.
Said Trump: “The concern is if I don’t win will I run as an independent, and I think the answer is probably yes.”
Trump said that he thought he “could possibly win as an independent,” adding, “I’m not doing it for any other reason. I like winning.”
Case Leads in Possible Hawaii Senate Primary
A SMS Research poll in Hawaii shows former Rep. Ed Case (D) leading former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann (D) by five points in a hypothetical Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate.
