Neil Newhouse

Jeb Bush’s Call for ‘Restoration’ Counts on Education

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who based a political career on school reform, today called for a “restoration” of lost American values and economic mobility based on educational accountability.

Republicans Face Choice of Fight or Expanding Base After Losses

Republican leaders across the U.S. woke up yesterday confronting a choice: Do they want to govern or do they want to fight?

Tight Presidential Race Makes Split Decision Possible

The presidential race resumes today with frenetic candidate schedules as polls show that the most costly contest in U.S. history could yield a split decision.

Obama Camp, Romney Spar Over Omissions in Convention Speeches

President Barack Obama’s campaign and Republican Mitt Romney traded attacks yesterday over what the two White House candidates didn’t say at their respective conventions.

Wal-Mart Moms Torn on Health Care Become Campaign Targets

Angela Proxmire doesn’t know which is worse: keeping the health-care law President Barack Obama passed, which has cost her family money and peace of mind, or the prospect that Mitt Romney will be elected and scrap the measure outright.

Jets Owner Joins Trump Raising Romney Cash at the Waldorf

While Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney prepared for last night’s debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, 28 miles away, his top fundraisers dialed for dollars at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Christie Would Become Instant No. 1 in Race, Face Challenges

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie -- on the brink of deciding whether to run for president as Republicans shower him with entreaties to do so -- could catapult to the front of an unsettled party field, strategists say, even as he would face a difficult road to nomination.

Republican Presidential Field Taking Final Shape With Christie Decision

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s decision not to seek the presidency removes one of the last lingering questions surrounding the Republican presidential field just three months before the first round of voting is to begin.

Obama Gets Post-Convention Bounce Over Romney in Polls

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remained in a virtual tie among likely voters in an ABC News/Washington Post poll, though the incumbent opened up a six-point lead among registered voters following the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions.

Romney Campaign Mutes the Racial Dog Whistles for Tampa

Mitt Romney delivered a good acceptance speech that will help him in the polls. But it won’t fundamentally change the contours of his campaign, which now depends on compensating for his deficits with women and Hispanics by maximizing the white working-class male vote.

"You take a step back from this, you'll see exactly what this is: a very tight race that is very far from being decided right now."

- Neil Newhouse on Oct 31, 2012

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