Tag Archives: Republican Party

Immigration deal signals a GOP surrender on the issue

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Doug Gibson

The Republicans have surrendered on the battle over immigration reform, and that’s actually a sensible move. Ignore the boasts that the immigration deal will include tough border enforcement or that illegals who break the law will be swiftly deported (there’s … Read More

Obama beats the GOP on budget-battle manure spreading

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Doug Gibson

No side is covering themselves with glory in the current fiscal cliff negotiations, but Republicans are far more honest with their proposal than President Obama is with his. The president is really stinking up negotiations with budget-battle manure.

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Budget debt, Budget negotiations, Deficits, Democratic Party, Fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Speaker John Boehner | 6 Comments

Jon Huntsman is still dissing his GOP presidential opponents

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Jon Huntsman resurfaces with a vanilla boring interview in the Deseret News (here) The “news” is that he will campaign for fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, since he’s the “best of the options we have” running for president. But outside of the … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Deseret News, Jeff Greenfield, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Republican Party | 9 Comments

A long Republican race awaits Romney

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Rick Santorum’s surprising sweep of two Republican presidential caucuses and one primary recently offers the strong possibility that the Republican presidential nominee may not be decided for several months. That may thrill political junkies, but it’s disconcerting for Republican leaders, … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 Republican presidential primaries, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Republican Party base, Republican presidential convention, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul | 7 Comments

Why Republicans are not budging on debt ceiling

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Doug Gibson

There’s a valuable column from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough today in the Politico (read) Within its critique of hyperbolic media criticism of congressional Republicans, it gets to the heart of why Republicans in Congress are determined to have a showdown with … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Debt ceiling debate, Deficits, Joe Scarborough, Politico, President Obama, Republican Congress, Republican Party | 25 Comments

Mitt Romney remains the GOP frontrunner for 2012

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Doug Gibson

Despite the momentum generated from Sarah Palin’s energetic efforts to elect Republicans in the midterm elections, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains the Republican Party’s frontrunner for the 2012 presidential nomination. The main reason isn’t so much that Romney leads … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Sarah Palin | 18 Comments

Republicans will easily gain control of U.S. House; it won't even be close

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Doug Gibson

With less than a fortnight before the 2010 midterms, it’s time to put on my admittedly fallible prognosticator’s hat on. The lead is this: The Republicans, who are currently outpaced in the House by Democrats, 257 to 178, will not … Read More