Salty Balls

Apparently Jon Huntsman had very high expectations for the New Hampshire caucus, for some time now. It was said that he put all of his campaign hopes on this caucus in the article by Patricia Murphy (the Daily Beast). Huntsman finished the New Hampshire caucus with 17% of the vote, coming in third place behind Mitt Romney who scored 40% of the vote, and Ron Paul who pulled in 23% of the vote. This improvement of his stand in the polls has promoted a sense of confidence in Huntsman, which is well and fine as long as cockiness doesn't come along as well. It seems as though he has even higher standards and expectations for the South Carolina caucus due to his new found "victory", which may leave him very disappointed due to the location difference. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich's conservative views and Gingrich's reputation as Georgia's representative in the house, give these two guys the upper hand over Huntsman. So even if coming in third in New Hampshire significantly helped his campaign, if I were Huntsman I wouldn't be popping champagne bottles anytime soon.

Money Makin' Santorum

1/4/12
Author-Politico
After losing the Iowa caucus by only 8 votes on Tuesday January 3, 2012, Rick Santorum somehow hit a political jackpot. Gained from mostly small donations over the internet, Santorum's generous supporters raised a total of $1 million for his campaign. Santorum's top startegists also told politico that his online donors crashed the server from the rapid amount of donations given. Santorum may have won some more hearts over by going on CNN wednesday January 4th and clarifying that he did not say that he did not want to help black people and although contraception is immoral, it shouldn't be illegal.
          This goes to show that anything can happen in these elections, and with the right amount of support your campaign can be 1 million dollars richer.. in a day.

Money can't buy respect.. But respect can help you earn money!

Tears of a Canidate

On friday, The typically aggresive Newt Gingrich shed a few tears when he was about his mother who passed away in 2003 due to bipolar disorder and depression. Gingrich's display of pain over his mother was compared to Hilary Clinton. In the democratic primary race four years ago, Hilary Clinton cried at an event when asked about the pressures and hardships of the election. These two occurances were compared because, some people looked at them as stunts to get ahead in each of their campaigns. Using sympathy to win voters hearts. The author of the article, Susan Page, seems to not have any sympathy for Gingrich. She named the article Newt Gingrich weeps as he recalls his mom. "Weeps" isn't really a good conotation of "cry". It's as if she's calling him a wuss.

Obama's Probability

12/16/11
Michael Tomasky
"Obama's landslide"
As of December 13, 2011 Barack Obama was reportedly beating Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in the state of South Carolina according to the new NBC/Marist poll. Although the leads are narrow (46-42 over Gingrich and 45-42 over Romney), article writer Michael Tomasky puts emphasis on the fact that South Carolina is an important state in elections and how South Carolina is the home state of a senator (Lindsey Graham) who, just this past Sunday on Meet the Press, was talking nullification of federal laws in the shameful style that is his state’s benighted tradition. Michael Tomasky then goes on to add that if Obama were to win the states of Florida and South Carolina in this upcoming presidential election, then he may win it all in a land slide victory. The author of this article is very much a democrat. He sends shots at the republican party by saying, " Obama could actually win the state? If it happens, we will know that the Republicans are headed off the cliff. And that is precisely where we should all hope they go."
 With this information being told the public it could influence the people of Florida and South Carolina to make it certain that Obama doesn't win the states. We'll see what happens on November 7, 2012

USA Today writer Catalina Camia covers the latest debate of the republican party for the 2012 presidential election. Catalina elaborates on and points out some key things that are significant to the GOP debate held in Iowa on Saturday, December 11, 2011.
The question(s) or problems addressed in this debate were:
Can Newt Gingrich keep his cool?
How hard will Mitt Romney swing?
Does Ron Paul make his move?
Can Rick Perry recover?
Will Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum stir things up?

Results and conclusions that may affect public policy were:
Newt Gingrich has made mistakes, which is well and fine as an ordinary person but may not sit, well with the voters, as a leader. It also seems as if Michele Bachmann is lacking behind in the polls and I sense some sort of childish animosity she has toward her competition.

New Information about the republican canidates I learned in this article:
Gingrich is winning the republican race
Rick Santourm is now fighting to stay in the republican race

I could use this information
To better understand the whole political process in choosing a leader. I also could use it to get a more detailed opinion of the republican party and their views on certain subjects.

The author of the article;
Seems to be very critique of each of the canidates. I can tell she isn't a republican but also isn't a biased democrat.