Conservative Pulse

Huckabee blocking Romney for VP?

It seems that Mitt Romney’s Vice-Presidential hopes are being torpedoed by former Presidential rival Mike Huckabee — remember him? Apparently, former Huckabee supporters have decided that it’s too dangerous to let McCain put Romney on the ticket. The official line being used by the Huckabee folks is that Romney’s flip-flops will be a [...]

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Is Massachusetts in play for McCain?

A new poll out from Suffolk University should give Barack Obama some concern. Despite being an overwhelmingly Democratic state, John McCain is only trailing him there by 9%. The survey has Obama at 47% and McCain at 38%. Consider also that a poll by the same University in June showed Obama up [...]

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The reasons not to pick them?

Everyone has been running down lists of potential running mates for John McCain, usually including positive and negative points for each candidate. But since Vice-Presidential candidates have done more harm in recent history than they have good, we thought we’d consider worst case scenarios for each of the top wannabe Veeps. 1. Mitt Romney - [...]

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Mitt Romney won’t be VP?

Mitt Romney appeared on a Denver Radio station today and seemed to be playing down the chances that he would be selected as John McCain’s running-mate. This could be Romney playing down the expectations in case he isn’t picked, something the Romney camp did very well during the primaries. But it could [...]

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Romney’s Endorsement Seals the Republican Nomination for John McCain

Mitt Romney will today announce that he’s throwing his endorsement and support behind Senator John McCain to be the next Republican nominee for President.  This isn’t much of a surprise, ever since Romney suspended his campaign at the CPAC meeting it’s been expected he would throw in behind McCain.  But now that it’s actually happened, [...]

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Romney calls a time-out

Officials with the campaign have said that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will suspend his run for the Republican primary nomination, following a disappointing series of state and district-wide losses on February 5.  He currently controls only 270 delegates, approximately one-third the number held by Arizona Senator John McCain.  The original story has been released by CNN and is [...]

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