Entries by Joe Miller

Cost of gas, food has skyrocketed under Obama

So far, during the presidency of Barack Obama, the price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 83 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the same period, the price of ground beef has gone up 24 percent and price of bacon has gone up 22 percent. When Obama entered the […]

Obama’s Middle East Miscalculation

  A little-noticed event gives a grim insight into what is really happening in the Middle East. The euphoria of the “Arab Spring,” the instant Twitter-style transition from dictatorship to democracy, is seen for what it is: an illusion. Yes, the dictatorship of one kind has gone, but democracy in the sense we understand it […]

Santorum’s Choice

Rick Santorum (and his supporters) have a decision to make. Does Santorum still believe that Mitt Romney is “the candidate that will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear” as he said when he endorsed him four years ago instead of Mike Huckabee (he said Romney and not Huckabee was “the only […]

Behind the numbers: Debates, late deciders propel Gingrich to win

Newt Gingrich posted a double-digit victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, with late deciders delivering a clear rebuke to Mitt Romney, the one-time-front-runner. In the exit poll of voters as they left polling places in South Carolina Tuesday, nearly two-thirds said recent debates were an important factor in their vote, and Gingrich won them by […]

Newt Gingrich Wins. What it Means

No candidate has won the GOP nomination for President without winning South Carolina since Ronald Reagan in 1980. But every one of those candidates who won had also won either Iowa or New Hampshire. We’re now confronted with a designated front runner, Mitt Romney, who got less votes in Iowa in 2012 than he got […]

Romney Fading Nationally?

Mitt Romney is a considerably weaker front-runner among Republican registered voters nationally than he was at the beginning of the week. Romney now leads Newt Gingrich by 30% to 20%, with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul tied at 13%. At the beginning of the week, Romney had a 23-percentage-point lead over Gingrich and Santorum. The […]

Romney demands Gingrich house ethics files

Newt Gingrich slammed a request Friday by Mitt Romney that he release all files from a congressional ethics investigation in the late 1990s, reminding reporters that Romney has refused to release his tax returns. “Give me a break,” Gingrich said after a rally in Orangeburg, S.C. “I refuse to take seriously any request from the […]