Has Perry’s arrival caused him to up his game? With just over four months to go before real voters start making real choices in real elections about the Republican nominee the main contenders slugged it out overnight at the Ronald Reagan Library in California. This was the first outing at such an event by Rick Perry, governor of Texas, who has quickly moved into the favourite slot after entering the race last month. The big focus of the evening was…
Will his campaign for the nomination end in the same way? The Texas governor, Rick Perry, has become an even firmer favourite Betfair to take the nomination for the Republican party for next year’s White House race. His price seems to be getting tighter and it could be that in the next month or so that he touches evens. Certainly there appears to be very little money behind any of the other contenders. The fact that he seems to appeal…
Betfair Politics Could Obama be beaten? The chart shows the trend in the Betfair “winning party” market in the 2012 White House race. As can be seen sentiment has been moving to the Republican party although this has slightly eased over the past few days. – something that’s been driven by the polls showing a weakening in Obama’s position. His approval ratings, the key measure used in the US, have seen a steady erosion in recent months. It could be…
Betfair Politics Can the Texas Governor be beaten for the nomination? The latest round of polling on the GOP race for the nomination has looked good for Rick Perry – the outspoken governor of Texas. Latest Gallup GOP poll Rick Perry 25% Mitt Romney 14% Sarah Palin 11% Ron Paul 11% Rudy Giuliani 9% Michele Bachmann 7% Herman Cain 4% Newt Gingrich 3% Rick Santorum 3% Jon Huntsman 1% Other 1% No preference 12% All the candidates bar one in…
Is Huntsman crazy to suggest otherwise? There’s a new poll out, from PPP, in Iowa – the first state to hold a primary – in which those sampled were asked whether they believed in evolution or not – a question that has become something of an issue. To the British eye the responses are startling. This is from the Iowa Independent:- “Perry’s drawn some attention in the last week for his statements about global warming and evolution and although he’s…
Washington Examiner Should we believe Karl Rove? With time running out before White House hopefuls should be declaring their candidatures the leading strategist from the Bush days, Karl Rove, says he thinks Sarah Palin will enter the race within the next fortnight. In a Fox news interview Rove said Palin “has a schedule next week that looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity.” She’s a keynote speaker at a big Tea Party event in Iowa on Labor day…
Is this the guy who can beat Obama? The ease with which Texas governor Rick Perry has entered the GOP nomination race has sparked off fears within the party establishment that he is just too much for moderate Republican party voters and that they need to look elsewhere. For not only does the party need someone who will mobilise their core base but they have to consider who will appeal most in the key swing states. As discussed on the…
CDN Could Rudy be tempted to throw his hat into the ring? Overnight I’ve placed a fair bit of money on Rudy Giuliani for the Republican nomination at prices greater than 40/1 after watching a TV interview that he gave over the weekend. At this stage before the 2008 race Giuliani was the hot favourite for the GOP slot. It was his crazy strategy of avoiding the first round of primaries so he could throw everything into “Super Tuesday” that…