Okie Pundit

Mary Fallin, the GOP nominee for governor, announced today on Twitter that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will visit Oklahoma to campaign for her.  The details are not yet available. Bush, who is extremely popular in Republcian circles, has been campaigning for several reform-minded Republicans around the country.  His campaign schedule has led to speculation [...]

Rasmussen Reports has released their Oklahoma governor poll and it shows Congresswoman Mary Fallin with significant leads over both Drew Edmondson and Jari Askins. If the race were held today, Rasmussen predicts Fallin would defeat Edmondson 48% to 39%, with 10% percent undecided.  Edmondson has gained slight ground since Rasmussen’s last poll in February, which showed [...]

Sparked by a blog post on Muskogee Politico, Randy Brogdon supporters have been spreading a false claim on Twitter that Mary Fallin , the Lt. Governor, contributed to Brad Henry’s re-election campaign in 2003, something that would be disturbing to Republican voters.  The Muskogee Politico post was based on incomplete and misleading information from a website [...]

Oklahoma Republican candidate for governor Mary Fallin issued the following statement last night following Republican Scott Brown’s epic upset in the Massachusetts Senate race: “Scott Brown’s historic win tonight is yet another sign that voters across America are tired of the kind of policies that put big government first and the interests of the people [...]

If you want to read the worst spin put out to date by a campaign in the race for Oklahoma governor, read this (via McCarville) from State Senator Randy Brogdon. It is mind-boggling. Sen. Brogdon needs to fire the spin doctor who put that out.  Besides the mortal sin of overusing exclamation marks like a [...]

The prominence of social networking sites like Facebook in political campaigns is rising as evidenced by two events that happened just this past week.

The Fair Tax maybe a great way to reform our nation’s tax code, but the organization would be well served to keep a tighter leash on its representatives who are violating its own disclaimer against endorsing particular candidates

As a candidate, Barack Obama frequently told voters that he would unite usher in a new era of bipartisanship. Well, President Obama is keeping his promise, only it’s a bipartisanship defined by opposition to the president’s environmental agenda – specifically the 1,200 plus page, “Cap and Trade” bill that narrowly passed the House yesterday.

With the end of session, several legislators have set their sights on higher offices. Here’s a quick look at the announced candidates for various state offices that will be on the ballot in 2010 as well as the race for the next Republican leaders in the House and Senate.

Congresswoman Mary Fallin is asking fellow Oklahomans to honor those men and women who have died in our nation’s service this Memorial Day by posting a message of support on her campaign website. “We owe them a debt of gratitude that can only be repaid by continuing to remember their service to our country… As [...]

Former Congressman JC Watts, who is widely rumored to be eyeing a run for Governor but has not yet announced his intentions, won a straw poll tonight in Stephens County.

A survey of 500 likely Republican voters conducted by Oklahoma based Wilson Research Strategies shows that JC Watts leads all other Republican candidates for Governor. The survey, conducted May 7-9 asked respondents who they would support if the election for Governor were held today. 39% said JC Watts, Mary Fallin was close behind with 36%. The WRS Survey confirms what most political observers have speculated: although JC Watts has yet to enter the race for Governor, his name recognition and statewide support give him an early edge over the rest of the field.

Fifth District Congresswoman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Mary Fallin took to the airwaves recently saying she was “insulted” by comments J.C. Watts has made about the current choices for governor. Watts, who is strongly considering a gubernatorial bid himself, has said recently that he believes Oklahoma Republicans aren’t completely satisfied with their current choices for [...]

Congresswoman Mary Fallin, the anointed candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, reported a pretty embarrassing fundraising total today. In the first fundraising quarter, the incumbent Congresswoman raised barely over $100,000, and only reported $94,000 on hand. To put that in perspective, Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who is considering a run for Governor on the Democratic [...]

One of the benefits of being unemployed is that I get to participate in the TEA parties.  I was asked by my friend and OU CR President Tessa Breder to emcee the OU TEA Party on Monday.  Even though it was apparently too early for anyone from the OU newspaper to get out of bed [...]