The 2012 Election rehash.

[NewYorkExpress]

All events prior to midnight on January 18, 2011 are deemed to have taken place as in real life

January 19, 2011
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York

President Obama has done nothing on behalf of minorities in America! As such I have filed paperwork in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to run for President! I know I would be at least a 10,000 to 1 shot at Belmont Park, but everyone was saying that about President Obama when he ran three years ago, and look at where he is now!


State Senator Eric Adams announces quixotic, possibly insane run against Obama, by Jose Peralta
Are Adams talents better served running against Senator Gillibrand? by Celeste Katz, pg 12

Dealy Plaza, Dallas Texas

Some of you may have heard that I'm stepping down as Mayor of this great city. That's true, I'm stepping down because I wish to represent you in another way. This Morning I filed to run for President of the United States so we can restore honor to this great Country!


Leppert first to enter what analysts expect to be Republican race, by Gromer Jeffers Jr.
Why Tom Leppert will soon be wishing he was running for Senate, by Todd Robberson pg 9

Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Hawaii

It's time for me to begin the process of passing the torch of politics here in Hawaii to the next generation, as such I will not run for re-election to the United States Senate

Kahaluu, Hawaii

I regret losing such a prominent member of the Hawiian political class that Senator Akaka was, but its time for a change which is why I'm running for the United States Senate.

[Sec. of State Superique]

Much better now! Finally you convinced yourself about the greatness of editing your stories. Good start, let's see what happens next!

[NewYorkExpress]

January 22, 2011

Hilo Tropical Gardens, Hilo, Hawaii

2010 was fine and all, and I'm glad we won back the House, but we really need to be closer to the center to win back both the Senate and the White House. As such, I announce to Hawaii, and to the country at large that I am running for President of the United States!


Former Governor Lingle shocks National Republicans with Presidential Announcement, by Rob Shikna
Why Linda Lingle isn't Conservative enough for Today's GOP by Jay Severine, Page 14 (Syndicated Nationally)
Why Linda Lingle should be running for Senate, by Lucy Young-Oda, Page 15
Why Linda Lingle Would Carry Hawaii in November, by Charles Djou, Page 13

Princeville, Hawaii

With Governor Lingle running for President we can afford to take our time deciding what the ideal nominee for Senate is. I believe I meet every criteria needed to be your next Senator, and as such I filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission this Morning.

Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana

I'm 79 years old, and I could be facing the toughest primary of my Senate life.  My Campaign manager believes that a primary at my age could be detrimental to my health, and I'm inclined to agree with him. I've had an excellent run, from being on the Indianapolis School Board, to being mayor of Indianapolis, to capping of my career by chairing the Senate committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Farming, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, If I had to do anything over again, I wouldn't do anything differently, except maybe run for President in 1996.


Lugar steps down, second major retirement in three days
Which Senator may be next by Chuck Todd, pg 21
Why Linda Lingle running for President Helps Hawaii Republicans, by Bob Hickling pg 23


January 25, 2011
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

I'm running for the United States Senate because I see a Senate that's in need of Leadership, I see a President who refuses to act on behalf of good of the people and a Congress which refuses to do it's duty and remove him.

Carmel, Indiana

I know it sounds completely crazy for someone to think a State Attorney General could be a viable Presidential option, but the truth is, everyone who the media thinks is "more viable" isn't conservative enough! I can debate better than Governor Lingle or Mayor Leppert, and neither of them filed suit, or directed their Attorney Generals to do so. I did, and with Obamacare as polarizing as it is, as likely to be a disaster.


Attorney General Zoeller announces Presidential run by, Kristine Guerra
Why Republican field will be so crowded, by Gary Varvel
Why Greg Ballard isn't even the favorite in a GOP Senate Primary, by Matthew Tully


Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California

As much as I would like to see President Obama re-elected, I have some serious differences of opinion with him regarding his policy towards Israel, which is counterproductive, unhelpful for all involved, and only makes the region more dangerous if you are a Jew, Christian, or Muslim who isn't into jihad. And then as if to make matters worse, he deliberately ignored the fact that attempting to pass health care reform would piss off everyone who isn't specifically supportive of the narrow provisions of the bill. The far-left hates him because he's not a socialist, the left him because the health care reform passed was badly watered-down, the right hates him because of his stances on abortion and same-sex marriage, and the far-right hates him because to them he's not a member of their perfect race. With all that, it's no wonder anything gets done! Now I think a different Democrat at the helm would do better, and that is why I am running for President


Wendy Greuel enters Presidential Race, steps in racial minefield in doing so, by Bob Drogin
Why President Obama is receiving so many challengers, and why it won't matter, by Doyle McManus pg 11
Would Hillary Clinton have this much difficulty with Congress in her first term? by Dan Balz, pg 15 (Nationally Syndicated)
Is opposition to President Obama based on race? by Paula Zahn, page 17 (Nationally Syndicated)

[rpryor03]

Really looking forward to this. Totally would vote Lingle for President.

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January 30, 2011

Richmond, Maine

It's been thirteen years since I last ran for office, fifteen since I last served, and in those years I've seen George Bush break the Contract With America that we in the Republican Revolution fought so hard to implement more times than I can count, I've seen the impeachment drama of Bill Clinton, and Hillary's run for office, when she should've been in a Federal Penitentiary. I've seen Barack Obama put America on a march towards the socialist policies and beliefs of Europe. We need to stop, and reverse this trend. I'm running for President because I'm certain that I'm the candidate that can do this

February 3
Siena provides first looks at primary battles in Iowa and New Hampshire

Iowa-Republicans
Linda Lingle 12%
Greg Zoeller 9%
Tom Leppert 4%
James Longley Jr. 3%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know 72%

Iowa-Democrats
Barack Obama 71%
Wendy Greuel 9%
Eric Adams 7%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know 13%

New Hampshire-Republicans
James Longley Jr. 10%
Linda Lingle 9%
Tom Leppert 6%
Greg Zoeller 5%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know 70%

New Hampshire-Democrats
Barack Obama 66%
Eric Adams 11%
Wendy Greuel 8%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know

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February 4, 2011

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachussetts

Yesterday evening I filed a statement of candidacy to run for the United States Senate. Massachusetts deserves a better Senator than it has in Scott Brown, and I intend to give it to them.


Gov. Patrick sets up clash of titans in Senate Announcement
Suzanne Bump delivers nasty surprise for Obama, endorses Greuel
Charles Yancey endorses Adams, says Obama hasn't done nothing, but he hasn't done enough
Healey supports hypothetical Romney campaign, says Lingle is "strong general election candidate"


February 9, 2011
Golden, Colorado

I know when people think of former military men, they think of Colin Powell, but he's sycophantically toed the Bush line for years. I'm entering the Presidential Race because as retired Vice-Admiral, I've seen how Democracy building adventures in the Middle East have left us unprepared at home abroad. I've seen money wasted on items the military neither wants nor needs, and I've seen good men and women die because the White House didn't give a damn about anything but the political cost.

February 14, 2011

Des Moines University has fresh numbers for Iowa Caucuses
Republicans
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller 6%
Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle 5.7%
Vice-Admiral (ret) Ronald Route 5.3%
Dallas Mayor (Fomer) Tom Leppert 3%
Former Rep. (Maine-1) James Longley Jr. 2%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know 78%

Democrats
President Barack Obama 71%
Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel 9%
New York State Assemblyman (AD-20) Eric Adams 7%
Other/Undecided/Don't Know 13%

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So, will Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich, etc run, and all these other people are McCotters, or is the GOP field 100% differant?

[NewYorkExpress]

So, will Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich, etc run, and all these other people are McCotters, or is the GOP field 100% differant?

Not 100% different (I haven't actually decided on what to do with Romney, Gingrich, Santorum etc. Paul is probably running, and Lingles campaign is completely serious... she's just suffering from low name recognition outside of Hawaii)

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February 22, 2011

Storden, Minnesota


I see a President who has failed to realize what America wants, he has failed to realize what his party wants. As such I feel it is my duty to oppose him in any way possible, which is why I am running for President!


Pawlenty running for President, alludes to Obama challengers in speech
Linda Lingle makes campaign stop in Marietta, pg 3
Why Tim Pawlenty won't be the Republican Nominee by David Frum, pg 12 (Nationally Syndicated)
Why Amy Klochubar isn't out of the woods with Pawlenty's Presidential bid, by John Bessler pg 9 (Disclaimer; The Author is married to Senator Klochubar)
Why Tim Pawlenty will the Republican Nominee by Richard " Dick" Day, pg 13(Nationally Syndicated)


March 2, 2011
Peter Cooper Village, Manhattan, New York

I see a transportation system that is crumbling across our nation and no one, not the White House, not Congress is willing to fix the problem. I am, and that is why I am running as a Republican for President!

New Yorkers gone mad- Former MTA head Katherine Lapp announces Presidential bid
Adams gamely stumping in Newark
Pawlenty holds rally at Citi Field

March 3,2011
First Endorsements in unusual GOP race
Honolulu, Hawaii

It's long past, time we broke the glass ceiling of all male politics. But if Hillary Clinton couldn't do it, who could? I believe Linda Lingle can, which is why I'm endorsing her for President.

Belfast, Maine

I know many of you would expect me to endorse the individual from my home state. I can't. He's a relic of a bygone age when people actually wanted some level of cooperation in Government. No, I'm endorsing a fellow Attorney General, who preceded me in filing suit against the devilish act known as Obamacare. I'm endorsing Greg Zoeller for President.

Presque Isle, Maine

It's been a long time since I was last in elective office, twenty-eight years to be exact, and I have never seen nor heard of a document as noble as the Contract With America that members of the 1994 Republican Congressional Freshman Class signed. James Longley Jr. was a member of that freshman class, and now almost twenty later, he wants recreate that ideal in the Oval Office. I'm Proud to endorse him.

Evans, Colorado

As a retired general myself I see the indecision of every administration when it comes to setting goals in foreign policy, the aphasia of every administration when it comes to achieving those goals. I've seen goals set that were impossibly high, like making Democracy bloom like a flower in the sands of Iraq. Vice-Admiral Route knows what war is like, and he will do everything in his power to protect us from it, but should we need to fight one he will give us the tools we need to win it. That is why I'm endorsing Vice-Admiral Ronald Route

Woodside, Queens, New York

I was once a Deputy Mayor under Rudy Giuliani, and infrastructure is my passion of sorts. So I while don't believe Katharine Lapp has a snowball's chance in hell of being the Republican nominee, she does contribute a valuable piece of conversation to this race, that our infrastructure is crumbling. She will have ideas on how to fix it, how to pay for it, and that why I am endorsing her, not because I actually believe she can win.

Belmont, Dallas, Texas

I know it sounds completely strange for a football owner to get involved in electoral politics..Tell it to Woody Johnson! Anyways I heard rumblings about a possible Rick Perry run, and thought I'd tell Mayor Leppert, that think the first Texan in will be the last Texan Standing! Oh and don't tell the Krafts, but I really like them to win the Super Bowl, next year...

Scyene, Dallas, Texas

Being a former member of the Texas Railroad commission, I know that Texas is the leader in oil production in this country. The Obama Administration and, the Democratic party as a whole wants to change this. Tom Leppert will oppose Democrats on every issue if elected President which is why he has earned my endorsement!


Cloquet, Minnesota

At this moment this is not a strong Republican field. At this moment there are two, maybe three serious candidates for President from this party. I mean come on, are you really going to nominate the former director of the MTA, or some back-bencher who last served in Congress twenty years ago? Tim Pawlenty stands head and shoulders above this field, and that is why he earns my endorsement!

Perley, Minnesota

Tim Pawlenty has served the state of Minnesota well, there's no reason to believe he can't do the same nationally. I am proud to support Tim Pawlenty for President

Glencoe, Minnesota

It's a very weak field... More candidates could and will emerge, but as of right now, Tim Pawlenty is my candidate.


March 4, 2011
February Fundraising numbers in (Yes I'm doing monthly)
Republicans
Tim Pawlenty $555,876 raised, $39,769, spent, Cash on Hand $516,107 (entered race February 22)
Linda Lingle $4,178,897 raised, $456,907 spent, Cash On Hand $4,016,989 (entered race January 22)
Tom Leppert $1,098,085 raised, $216,763 spent, Cash On Hand $1,103,019 (entered race January 19)
Greg Zoeller $1,768,976 raised, $288,775, Cash On Hand $2,049,102 (Entered race January 25)
James Longley Jr. $408,889 raised, $210,098 spent, Cash On Hand $277,213 (entered January 30)
Vice-Admiral Ronald Route (Ret) $817,199 raised, $193,142 spent, Cash On Hand $624,057

Democrats
Barack Obamaraised $9,097,500, spent $887,000, Cash On Hand $16,989,000 (Has not formally filed for reelection)
Wendy Greuel  $1,061,976 raised, spent 389,987, Cash on Hand $893,109
Eric Adams   $1,378,332 raised, spent $277,505, Cash on Hand, $1,409,975

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March 6, 2011
Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida

Tim Pawlenty wins CPAC Orlando Straw Poll, Leppert second
Lingle finishes disappointing fifth

Results
1st Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty 18%
2nd Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert 17%
4th Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller 6%
5th Former Hawaii Governor, Linda Lingle 5%
8th Former Maine Congressman James Longley Jr. 2%
11th Retired Vice-Admiral Ronald Route 1.4%
15th Former David Dinkins and Rudy Guliani staffer, New York State Director of Criminal Justice, Former Executive Head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, and Executive Vice-President Katherine Lapp 0.9%

March 8, 2011
Los Gatos, California

I know I couldn't get the job done against Senator Boxer, but right now we need business-people more than ever! I look at this Republican field, and I think Linda Lingle okay, Tim Pawlenty, okay, but where's the experience with budgets that people need to run a bureaucracy the size of our government? Where are those candidates? That's why I, Carly Fiorina will run for President.


Republican field adds another-Carly Fiorina announces Presidential bid
Fiorina Campaign chairman (And Former HP Colleague) Ann Livermore says Fiorina is prepared to spend whatever it takes to win Republican Nomination


March 12, 2011
Bayou Vista, Texas

In 1988 I wasn't able to get my message across at all. In 2008 I wasn't able to get my message across the way I would liked, now I think everyone will be able to hear me loud and clear, and what's more, with the way this field currently looks, I might actually win the nomination!


Republican field gets even more crowded- Ron Paul is running
Paul will not seek re-election
Why Paul actually has a chance to be the Republican Nominee, by Laurie Dhue pg 19 (Syndicated Nationally)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I said in 2011 and I will say it again-Run Ron Run!

[NewYorkExpress]

March 23, 2011
Decorah, Iowa

It's time to bring real conservatism to the White House! Governors Pawlenty and Lingle are fine people, but they don't represent the Republican Party anymore, and Congressman Paul belongs in the Libertarian Party! That's why I'm running for President, to true-blue conservative thought feeling and ideas to the Oval Office!


Michelle Bachmann becomes second Minnesotan to launch Presidential Bid
Bachmann not expecting to run for reelection by Lois Romano
Why Tim Pawlenty will win the Ames Straw Poll by Michael Kinsley
Why Carly Fiorina will win the Ames Straw Polll by David Remnick
Why Ron Paul will win the Ames Straw Poll by Rand Paul (Disclaimer; the writer in question is Ron Paul's son)
Why Michelle Bachmann will win the Ames Straw poll by Monika Bauerlin
Why the Ames Straw Poll winner will be someone else entirely; by Susan Faludi

March 25, 2011
Rollinsford, New Hampshire

I simply have not gotten any sort of funds, traction or other support, and with bigger fish than me circling I have decided to drop out of the Presidential race, and Run for the Senate


Longley exits Presidential Race after poor internal polling, poor fundraising
Will attempt to Primary Senator Olympia Snowe
Why Republicans need a third candidate to take down Snowe, by Paul LePage

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March 29, 2011
Babson College, Wellesley, Massachussets
Republican Straw Poll

Bachmann claims straw poll victory, Pawlenty, Zoeller closest Presidential candidates, Lingle continues to flop


1st Michelle Bachmann 19%
T-4 Tim Pawlenty 6.5%
T-4 Greg Zoeller 6.5%
7. Ron Paul 4%
9. Linda Lingle 3%
15. Ronald Route 2%
29. Katherine Lapp .3%


April 1
Poughkeepsie, New York

With our country suffering from the weakest leadership since before 9/11/01, only a leader from somewhere that has been through the fire before will suffice. We can't have our next President be from a location our enemies don't care about, like Hawaii, or a lesser target, like Minnesota. New York and Washington are the number one targets for those who want to attack this country, and it's important our government reflects that.\

Yonkers, New York

I'm dropping out, because I see just how expansive a Presidential Race is and unprepared for even a County Executive I was. I am endorsing Governor Pataki, who as I understand it, announced his candidacy this morning, based on the facts that I owed my job at the MTA to him, and that us New Yorkers have to stick together.



Pataki enters Presidential race with aplomb
Lapp drops out, endorses Pataki
How much Longer can Lingle linger?

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April 5, 2011
CNN/Yougov poll shows Pawlenty with narrow lead in Iowa, Pataki claims lead in New Hampshire

Iowa
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty 13%
Former New York Governor George Pataki 10%
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller 8%
Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle 8%
Congresswoman(Minnesota-6) Michelle Bachmann 7%
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina 6%
Congressman Ron Paul (Texas-14) 6%
Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert 6%
Retired Vice-Admiral Ronald Route 5%

New Hampshire
Former New York Governor George Pataki 14%
Congressman Ron Paul (Texas-14) 13%
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (Minnesota-6) 9%
Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle 8%
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty 8%
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina 5%
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller 4%
Retired Vice-Admiral Ronald Route 2%
Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert 1%

National
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty 21%
Former New York Governor George Pataki 15%
Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle 9%
Congressman (Texas-14) Ron Paul 9%
Congresswoman (Minnesota-6) Michelle Bachmann 8%
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller 6%
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina 4%
Retired Vice-Admiral Ronald Route 2%
Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert 1%

[NewYorkExpress]

April 6, 2011
March Fundraising reports in

Republicans

Tim Pawlenty- $3,707,906 raised, $978,908 spent, Cash On Hand $3,245,105
Tom Leppert $987,902 raised $362,222 spent, Cash on Hand $1,728,699
Ronald Route $443,075 raised, $210,098 spent, Cash on Hand $857,034
Greg Zoeller $1,309,098 raised, $309,908 spent, Cash on Hand $3,048,292
Linda Lingle $4,013,098 raised, $889,776 spent, $7,140,311 Cash On Hand
Carly Fiorina $5,098,196 raised, $989,097 spent,  $4,109,099 Cash on Hand (Entered Race March
Ron Paul $6,099,875 Raised, $788,192 Spent, Cash On Hand $ 5,311,683 (Entered Race March 12)
Michelle Bachmann $1,136,234 raised $579,989 spent, $556,245 Cash on Hand

Democrats
Barack Obama- Declined to file formal report as he is not yet a declared candidate for re-election
Eric Adams- $779,098 raised, $489,467 spent, $1,182,740 Cash On Hand
Wendy Greuel- $1,461,985 raised, $388,875,  Cash On Hand $2,483,085


Lingle, Fiorina, Paul, build war chests by Nina Totenberg
Why George Pataki's War Chest will dwarf everyone, by Carl Kassell
Why Mitt Romney is the candidate to beat, and why no one even knows if he wants to run again, by Brooke Gladstone

[NewYorkExpress]

April 18, 2011

Pataki arrangedmeetings between Bernie Madoff and SEC commissioners
By Micheal Gormley

In a followup story first reported by the Drudge Report late on Friday Afternoon, Newsday today received confirmation that Former New York Governor George Pataki, currently running for President assisted convicted swindler Bernie Madoff in setting up multiple meetings with members of the Securities and Exchange Commission between March 2003 when Pataki was still Governor, and October 2008, roughly two months before Madoff's arrest. According to Madoff, who we interviewed in his jail cell at Butner Federal Correctional Complex, on Saturday Night, the first meeting was on March 26, 2003 with Commissioner Paul Atkins at a cafe in Bronxville New York and that Pataki was present. He added that Pataki was not present at later meetings but that he would continue too arrange them, and that a member of Pataki's staff would always call Madoff when dates and times were arranged. Later meetings took place between Madoff and Harvey Goldschmid on July 11, 2004 at Fiore's Fish Market in Freeport, New York, with Kathleen Casey on May 9, 2007 in the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his meeting on October 15, 2008 with Elisse Walter in The Winter Garden Atrium in Manhattan, New York. Madoff is currently serving a sentence of 150 years in prison. None of the SEC Commissioners Madoff named would respond to our request for an interview or statement.
Pataki spokesman and Campaign Chair for New York, John Catsimatidis called the allegations "absurd, and demeaning to Governor Paktaki".

Lingle, in Reno, calls on Pataki to exit race, cites scandal
Pawlenty, in Spartanburg,says if Pataki stays in, he should not be invited to debates.

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April 24, 2011

Mount Croghan, South Carolina

In taking President Obama down we cannot afford to be any bit impure in our conservatism, we cannot afford to have stooges to scoundrels like Bernie Madoff, RINOS like Linda Lingle and Tim Pawlenty. There's a reason John McCain chose me almost three years ago, and it wasn't my looks! And so today, I announce here in Beautiful South Carolina, that I will run for President of the United States of America, to take our country back from the traitor in the Oval Office!


Palin surprises everyone, announces Presidential bid.



Why Palin is a top-tier GOP candidate, by Niall Ferguson pg 14
Why Tim Pawlenty needs to needs to worry about Palin and Bachmann, not Lingle and Pataki pg 17, by Paul Begala
Why Greg Zoeller is the best candidate no one is talking about, by George Will, pg 19
Why Andrew Cuomo would be a better Vice-President right now than Joe Biden, by Michael Tomasky, pg 26
Why Bahrain's invitation for America to join OPEC is a curse not a blessing by Michael Massing, pg 29



Ten Reasons why Palin will win Iowa, and ten why she won't by, Mickey Kaus pg 12
Why Michelle Bachmann being the nominee is a more worse-case scenario for Republicans and Democrats than Sarah Palin being the nominee by, Ta-Nehshi Coates, page 15
What other George Pataki may have hidden, by Jon Meachem page 19
Why Greg Zoeller, Ronald Route and Carly Fiorina, don't want to replace Obamacare, by Markos Kounalakis pg 22
Why Republicans shouldn't be so optimistic about winning back the Senate-even if they win the White House, by James Carville, pg 25
What the United States should expect if it agrees to join OPEC by Tom Shoop, pg 28