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VIDEO: Stapleton In Shambles – No Plan B

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VIDEO: Stapleton In Shambles – No Plan B

Stapleton Stumbles Through Questions On Petitions, Makes Awkward TV After telling Colorado he would withdraw all 19214 petition signatures, Walker Stapleton took some questions from reporters, and boy, did it get awkward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8hZXx92gE&feature=youtu.be Question: This wasn’t something you’ve been contemplating all along as a backup option though was it? It’s not like you’ve been softly…

Republicans Running For Governor in Oklahoma Would Make the Education Crisis Worse

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Republicans Running For Governor in Oklahoma Would Make the Education Crisis Worse

3 Candidates Would Not Have Signed Small Teacher Pay Raise, Cornett Ducks Question On the seventh day of Oklahoma’s statewide education crisis, Republican candidates used a policy forum to tout that they’d be even worse than Mary Fallin on education. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, businessman Kevin Stitt and attorney Gary Richardson all said they would not have…

The “Nasty, Vacuous” PA-GOV Primary Has “Republican Leaders Worried”

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The “Nasty, Vacuous” PA-GOV Primary Has “Republican Leaders Worried”

Wagner and Mango Spend Millions on a “Race to the Bottom” The GOP primary in Pennsylvania continues to dive further into the gutter as Paul Mango and Scott Wagner continue to spend millions on ads featuring insults and name-calling that would make even President Trump blush. Onlookers are calling the race a “slap-fight,” “varsity mudslinging,”…

Stapleton In Shambles: Blunders Ballot Access And Withdraws All Signatures

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Stapleton In Shambles: Blunders Ballot Access And Withdraws All Signatures

Who Campaigned Worse: Jeb Bush or Walker Stapleton? While the world thought there could be no sadder Bush-family campaign moment than “please clap,” Jeb’s cousin, Walker Stapleton said, “Hold my beer.” Today, he announced he would withdraw all 19214 petition signatures he submitted to gain access to the ballot. Stapleton’s campaign told reporters today they…

Day 21: Rauner’s Outreach to Ives Was One Text Message, and He Lied About It

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Day 21: Rauner’s Outreach to Ives Was One Text Message, and He Lied About It

At a press conference yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner was absolutely besieged by reporters’ questions about his efforts to patch relations up state Representative Jeanne Ives. Rauner claimed his campaign “called” Ives’ “office right after the primary”, and that they “were told…that she did not have an interest in speaking with me.” As embarrassing as this…

Tim Pawlenty Says He’s No Lobbyist And Simply Oversaw Them

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Tim Pawlenty Says He’s No Lobbyist And Simply Oversaw Them

Conservatives Declare Announcement A “Belly Flop”, Describe Him As “Rattled” After months of buildup, and plenty of time to prepare for the inevitable questions about his lobbying career, Tim Pawlenty failed his first test last Friday in attempting to explain exactly what he did in D.C. You may believe the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) –…

Scott Walker’s RGA Pushes Panic Button in Wisconsin

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Scott Walker’s RGA Pushes Panic Button in Wisconsin

The same morning that Governor Scott Walker went on Fox and Friends to “sound the alarm” about his reelection odds, the RGA pushed the panic button and announced it would be dumping $5 million into propping up his floundering campaign. Walker served as Chair of the RGA through 2017 and is currently on their executive committee. “Scott Walker is…

A Duck Dogs DeWine On Dodging Healthcare Questions

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A Duck Dogs DeWine On Dodging Healthcare Questions

It’s a mouthful, but it’s true. For the last week, a large inflatable duck has been following Mike DeWine around Ohio, highlighting his refusal to give a straight answer on what he would do about Medicaid expansion. While current-Governor John Kasich expanded Medicaid, the Republican candidates running to be his successor have been mum on…

Rauner’s “Current Status” with Ives: She Won’t Talk to Me

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Rauner’s “Current Status” with Ives: She Won’t Talk to Me

At a press conference this morning, Governor Bruce Rauner lamented the sad state of his relationship with primary challenger state Representative Jeanne Ives: Watch Here Reporter: Have you and Jeanne Ives spoken? Have you reached out to her, can you just walk us through your contact with her [inaudible]? Rauner: We called her, her office,…

The Top 5 Insults Republicans Are Calling Each Other Right Now

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The Top 5 Insults Republicans Are Calling Each Other Right Now

Expensive Mudslinging Is At An All-Time High In GOP Gov Primaries Republican gubernatorial primaries around the country are heating up and getting nasty. And since this is Trump’s Republican Party now, no GOP primary fight would be complete without some aggressive and childish name calling. Here are the top five insults Republicans recently launched at…

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