Conservative Pulse

Did Obama Do Much Better in NYC?

Barack Obama was defeated handily in the New York primary on Super Tuesday… but how handily?  There are accusations of some vote counting funny business in some districts around New York City… Barack Obama’s primary-night results were strikingly under recorded in several congressional districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, [...]

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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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Better for Republicans - Clinton or Obama?

With Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama locked in a death grip over their party’s nomination… the obvious question for Republican is who should we root for? Each candidate has their strong points.  Obama is generally considered more liberal than Clinton, so in a traditional race putting a liberal Democrat against a moderate Republican… the Republican should [...]

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Obama now leads in delegates

Illinois Senator Barack Obama now leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton by 100 delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential primary nomination. Superdelegates, who include VIPs such as governors and state party leaders, still hold sway as 796 other delegates who are not obliged to either candidate until the convention actually arrives. This marks [...]

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Obama Presses the Wrong Button

Why did Barack Obama, when he was in the Illinois State Senate, vote to strip millions of dollars from a child welfare office on Chicago’s West Side?  Seems like that wouldn’t make much sense for one of the most liberal U.S. Senators to have a vote like this in his past. Well, he didn’t mean it.  It [...]

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McCain, Obama Sweep Potomac Primaries

The polls have just closed in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.   With only exit polls and a few scattered early results in, it looks clear that Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will sweep their respective contests. Obama, in particular, has built some very big wins over Hillary Clinton tonight.  Not a surprise in D.C. and Maryland… [...]

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Shadegg to Retire, Maybe Run for Senate

Congressman  John Shadegg of Arizona announced his retirement Monday.  He becomes the 29th House Republican to opt out of running for re-election this cycle.  A serious stumbling point for any GOP hopes of reclaiming Congress. Some are speculating that Shadegg is preparing to launch a Senate campaign for John McCain’s seat.   Shadegg may be assuming that McCain will either be elected President and create [...]

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Ron Paul Will Not Support McCain

Well, so much for party unity. Long-shot libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has stated that he will not back John McCain if he is the Republican nominee this year. “I can not support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates, you know, perpetual war. That is just so disturbing to me,” Paul said. [...]

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Jeb Bush is Behind John McCain

Not a huge shock or anything, but former Florida governor and Presidential brother Jeb Bush issued a statement today formally endorsing and supporting John McCain for the Republican nomination. “John McCain is a patriot and devoted conservative leader,” said Governor Bush. “Like no other candidate in the field, John McCain has made tremendous sacrifices for this [...]

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Ron Paul’s Fundraising is Drying Up

Ron Paul’s primary strength in this campaign has been fanatical grassroots supporters who have raised tens of millions for the long-shot campaign.  But now that Congressman Paul has failed to break-out by winning in any state, that fundraising is drying up pretty fast. The week of January 21st, the Paul campaign added over $2.2 million to their [...]

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