MEMO: What To Expect In Nashua
TO: Interested Parties FROM: Brad Woodhouse, President, American Bridge 21st Century RE: What to Expect in Nashua DATE: April 17, 2015 Republican presidential candidates are descending like a swarm of locusts on Nashua, New Hampshire, this weekend for the NHGOP’s First in the Nation Leadership Summit. With more than 20 candidate events scheduled in addition to Friday and Saturday’s speaking slots, American Bridge will be working overtime to document every word from targeted candidates and continue our work holding Republicans accountable for their extreme positions and words. Here’s what we’re expecting to hear.
VIDEO: El Sueño de Marco Rubio es una Pesadilla para los Hispanos
Marco Rubio's "New American Century" is premised on his ability, as a young Latino legislator, to expand the shrinking GOP electorate. But 15 years in, this country and its Hispanic community have clearly left Rubio behind. As American Bridge highlighted on Monday, Rubio is stuck between a rock and a hard place with two constituencies he needs to win: Latinos and Tea Party conservatives. And as only a pandering politician like Rubio could, he's somehow managed to alienate them both.
Marco Rubio digs deeper on anti-gay rights
Marco Rubio keeps digging himself into a hole on LGBT rights. He says he believes states should have the final say on legalizing same-sex marriage but his record tells a different story.
Marco Rubio: Pro People, Anti "Events"
Anyone tuned into Marco Rubio's interview with FOX News' Sean Hannity last night could be forgiven for not realizing that…
ICYMI: Roll Call: Marco Rubio’s Opening Speech Had a Goof
The problem with the senator’s statement is that the government is neither taxing, nor borrowing, nor regulating like it did in 1999. In fact, in 1999 there was a surplus, shrinking the debt owned by the public. Taxes were much higher in 1999 — 19.2 percent of gross domestic product, versus 16.7 percent in 2013, with President Barack Obama agreeing to permanently extend the Bush-era tax cuts for 99 percent of taxpayers at the end of 2012.
Jeb Bush is hiding from Ohio's auto workers
Jeb Bush is in Ohio today rubbing shoulders with business leaders, but it's not the first time he's chosen the business elite over middle class workers. Bush opposed the auto rescue and would’ve let 850,000 jobs that are tied to the auto industry disappear. Not exactly a winning message from Bush: Protecting his Wall Street allies and leaving Ohio workers to fend for themselves.
No one is happy with Marco Rubio on immigration
Marco Rubio's first day as an official candidate didn't go very well. He's facing heated criticism for backtracking on his immigration reform bill after tying his political fortune to its success. Rubio is stuck between a rock and a hard place with two constituencies he needs to support him: Latinos and tea party conservatives. Tea Partiers are unhappy with Rubio's key role in immigration reform and will never forgive him. At the same time, four out of five Latino voters oppose Rubio's immigration stance, as American Bridge pointed out this weekend, and they're feeling abandoned by the senator. Mark Murray from NBC has it right: Immigration is "toxic" for the Rubio campaign. This is one issue that isn't going away.
VIDEO: Marco Rubio: New Face, Same Old Problems
Marco Rubio's presidential announcement should trigger yawns from anyone who has followed his career. A typical politician, Rubio is plagued…
MEMO: Polling Proves Marco Rubio Has the Wrong Priorities for Latinos
TO: Interested Parties FROM: Brad Woodhouse, President, American Bridge 21st Century RE: Polling Proves Marco Rubio Has the Wrong Priorities for Latinos DATE: April 11, 2015 Marco Rubio jumps into the presidential race facing a skeptical conservative base. As a darling of the Tea Party, Rubio’s quick rise through the U.S. Senate seemed pre-ordained. But he has faced right wing, conservative, criticism from the GOP base for changing his positions when it’s politically convenient, as he did on immigration. Rubio’s core electability message to right wing Republicans is his supposed strength with Latinos in the general election. We agree with Rubio that Latinos are a key demographic he will need to win over if he has any chance of becoming president. However, we disagree – and the polling backs this up – that Latinos are ready to side with Rubio.
Delusions of Randeur
The honeymoon of Rand Paul's presidential announcement lasted all of a few hours. If his extreme record and alarming history weren't enough, his temperament and glaring inability to deal with the media torpedoed his candidacy before the lights were turned off in Louisville.