Presidential Campaign

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Presidential Campaign

Introduction

Initially weakened by defeats in elections in 2006 and 2008, the Republican Party could not prevent the adoption of health insurance reform in 2010. Exceeded on the right by a populist Tea Party was struggling to channel it to his advantage, the party of Lincoln was in trouble until 2010.

However, it operates its recovery from January 2010 election, winning a symbolic victory in a partial Senate in Massachusetts (election of Republican Scott Brown in the Democratic stronghold "liberal" Fire Ted Kennedy). Driven by the growing discontent of the middle classes face the economic crisis, Republicans went on to win the midterm elections of November 2010 , including winning the most seats in the House of Representatives (Condon, 2011)

The candidates

Mitt Romney, the favorite

Ron Paul, the libertarian

Newt Gingrich, the ghost

Rick Santorum, the last minute guest

Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party

Rick Perry, the blundering

Jon Huntsman ambassador

Campaign

Among the leading personalities "presidential" of the Republican Party, the names of Mitt Romney, of Mike Huckabee, of Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are those who face the greatest success in the surveys between 2008 and 2010.

It was not until spring 2011 to see the first credible candidates announce their intention to run for the Republican nomination. The first of these is the former governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, known for his veto against decisions of Washington, who announced his candidacy on 21 April 2011. On 11 May following, it is the turn of former MP of Georgia Newt Gingrich , leader of the " Republican Revolution "of the Clinton years, to launch his candidacy. This application is May 13, 2011 followed by that of the libertarian Ron Paul. These first three Republican candidates campaigning, like the Tea Party, for a decline in ...