Tag Archive for ‘Mitt Romney’

Mitt Romney Follows Father’s Footsteps & Other Candidates’ Kids Who Went for the Gold

How do those kids feel, standing on podiums behind their fathers as they concede defeat in their race for the presidency? Nobody’s asked Mitt Romney. Yet. Not that he doesn’t have a good politically strategic reason for avoiding the issue… Read More ›

Republican Candidates’ Retro Touch: Sarah Palin as Gracie Allen, Christmas Carol Campaign Song, Can Sex Sell Santorum?

This third in a series on 2012  Republican Presidential candidates and which previous candidates their campaign personae most resemble, begins with Sarah Palin and Chris Christie, who’ve just chosen not to run and comparisons which may suggest why: Former Governor… Read More ›

Recognizing Republican Candidates as Retro Replicas: Part 1, Perry and Romney

If you include the two still-not-running candidates, there’s eleven Republicans vying for their party’s 2012 presidential nomination and making their case on unemployment, economic instability, banking reform, trade, terrorism, wars, foreign affairs, abortion, infrastructure, education, global warning, gay equality, immigration… Read More ›