Ezra Klein Archive: 2012 Presidential
Tim Kaine for Senate?
James Webb will not run for reelection in 2010. That means, I'd think, that some members of the Obama administration had better be on the phone telling Tim Kaine to get in the race. Kaine is a former governor...
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| February 9, 2011; 2:32 PM ET |
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An opportunity for Mitt Romney?
I think Ben Smith is right that if the fight over health-care reform moves from the Congress to the courts, Mitt Romney's viability in the Republican presidential primary improves dramatically: During last year's debate, Romney struggled to distinguish the...
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| February 1, 2011; 11:27 AM ET |
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Will Obama's poll numbers scare off some challengers?
I don't tend to take poll numbers very seriously until an election is right around the corner. A poll in January is just not sufficiently predictive enough of a poll in November for me to care about it. So the...
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| January 24, 2011; 11:04 AM ET |
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Think about conditions, not candidates
The speculation over Ambassador Jon Huntsman's presidential aspirations -- and really all the potential 2012 contenders -- is too focused on candidates and not focused enough on conditions. But candidates can really only be judged in relation to the...
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| January 3, 2011; 10:00 AM ET |
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Who speaks for the Republicans?
When the inevitable showdown between the revived Republican Party and the Obama White House occurs, who will speak for the Republicans? In 1994, they had Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, both of whom were nationally credible leaders, at least...
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| December 29, 2010; 10:37 AM ET |
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Chris Christie's Pepsi problem, cont'd
I thought this was going to take longer to happen, but it looks like Gov. Chris Christie's extremely aggressive style is wearing a bit on his state: The polls, from Quinnipiac and Rutgers-Eagleton, show Christie's approval rating in New...
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| December 21, 2010; 10:17 AM ET |
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