Amy Walter
Analysis: Winners And Losers In South Carolina Debate
Posted by: Ken Bradshaw | January 20, 2012, 3:56 am 3:56 am Amy Walter – you are a hack, mouth piece for the globalists aren’t you? You should list a disclaimer that your “bosses” will not let you write the truth…that Ron Paul spiked the ball and danced in the end zone tonight. The other ... Read more »
Romney, Portman tag team Obama in Ohio on Father's Day
When Amy Walter of ABC News asked some in the Romney crowd today what they thought about Portman as a potential VP pick, Theresa Clark admitted she didn’t know much about him. “What state is he from?” she asked. " If Romney did pick Portman, Walter was told by another crowd member ... Read more »
N.H. Electoral College votes in play in 2012
It’s actually pretty easy to end up with a tie, which is 269 to 269,” said Amy Walter political director at ABC News, noting there are many web sites where you can play with the Electoral College numbers. Walter was part of a panel on the Tuesday (May 22) National Public Radio ... Read more »
Electoral College, Popular Vote Split is Possible, Experts Say
Amy Walter, political director at ABC News, said Romney will run closer to Obama across the country than 2008 GOP nominee John McCain, pushing him closer in the overall national vote tally. "They are not going to lose by the same margins that John McCain did in places like Illinois; you ... Read more »
Media: VP debate unlike any other
... stay or go.” And after a week where the media focused on the president’s poor performance, “this really is the first opportunity, certainly for the Obama campaign, to change the terms of the debate, so to speak, to change the chatter,” ABC News political director Amy Walter said in an interview... Read more »
ABC News Political Director Hot on Acai Berry
And what better commentary than that of ABC News Political Director Amy Walter, who’s pushing the superfood advantages of the Acai berry? In recent days Walter’s Twitter account has been hijacked, making it seem like she’s sending out weight loss tips like this one this afternoon: ... Read more »
Alabama and Mississippi: Primary Day In the South
"Gingrich wants to prove that he can win outside of Georgia," said ABC News Political Director Amy Walter. Gingrich has spent a lot of time campaigning in the two states, and he has lobbied the argument put forth by Sue Everhart against GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, saying that if Romney ... Read more »
Consensus that Santorum lost debate--McCaskill's new ad--Rove says brokered convention won't happen-...
Depending on how voters process the debate, it was either a middling night for Santorum or a bad one.” http://slate.me/yvd4co ABC’s Amy Walter: “Maybe it was the fact that the candidates were forced to sit in an odd, uncomfortable configuration. Or, maybe it was that after twenty of ... Read more »
Mitt Romney Ignores Rick Santorum, Promises 20 Percent Tax Cut
Mitt Romney Ignores Rick Santorum, Promises 20 Percent Tax Cut Mitt Romney Ignores Rick Santorum, Promises 20 Percent Tax Cut (ABC News) ABC News Amy Walter and Emily Friedman report: CHANDLER, Ariz. - Just hours before he meets his main rival for the 20th - and likely final - debate of ... Read more »
5 polls show Santmentum is real Gingrich sends Romney a Valentine
... STRATEGY UNDERCUTTING ELECTABILITY: “The ‘nuke Newt’ strategy may have worked in the short term, but recent polling shows just how problematic a purely negative campaign has been for Romney, especially among those independent voters Romney will need in November,” ABC’s Amy Walter writes... Read more »
Oh right... jobs
Cook Political Report's Amy Walter, late of ABC News, flags one item that was missing from President Obama's inaugural address: jobs. Walter believes Obama may get into that at his upcoming State of the Union address, though my colleague Josh Gerstein noted last week that ... Read more »
Mitt Romney's Loss Re-Examined
'" http://abcn.ws/rKowSc ABC News Political Director Amy Walter: After every election, the losing side usually engages in a combination of introspection and rationalization. Currently, the Republican Party is both acknowledging that it has a demography problem, while also continuing to ... Read more »
Joe Biden feisty or rude? Paul Ryan calm or overwhelmed? Reactions to vice presidential debate cove...
ABC News' Amy Walter thinks both sides came away with some positives: Partisan Democrats had a lot to be happy about last night’s vice presidential debate. Vice President Joe Biden turned in an aggressive and energetic performance that they wished they’d seen in President Obama. And ... Read more »
Debate Day In Danville: The Battle For No. 2 (The Note)
Apart from what happens on stage this evening, ABC News Political Director Amy Walter points out that tonight's event comes on the heels of a round of new polls showing last week's debate did not completely transform the race, but it did provide Romney the opportunity to improve his ... Read more »
The Polls
"There are now as many strong Romney supporters as strong Obama supporters - a wide gap in every earlier poll," a Pew associate researcher told ABC's Amy Walter. "And the GOP has re-opened a wide lead in engagement - the share of Republicans 'giving a lot of thought' to the campaign ... Read more »
Romney and Health Care: A Debate Over Semantics
ABC News Political Director Amy Walter says no. "Romney's tortured explanation for his change of heart on individual mandate will make for some uncomfortable moments at the fall debates," Walter says. "But, for the campaign as a whole, there's no reason why Romney can't benefit ... Read more »
Donald Trump: The Company Mitt Keeps
As ABC News Political Director Amy Walter points out, the appearance reflects Romney's challenge to keep parts of the GOP base engaged, while also not turning off moderates. DO THE MATH: Texas holds its primary today, and 155 delegates are up for grabs. To surpass the magic number of ... Read more »
Another Word About the Women's Vote
It happened this week when my friend Amy Walter, political director for ABC News, wrote about an online focus group of so-called "Wal-Mart moms" from several states that was convened by two pollsters -- one a Democrat, the other a Republican. I learned first that the moms all have ... Read more »
Obama Picks Tar Heels To Win Men’s NCAA Tournament
To see NCAA brackets through a nakedly political prism, check out “Swing State Brackets” as envisioned by ABC’s Political Director Amy Walter and other members of the political team... Read more »
US politics live: Arizona debate fallout sees Romney up and Santorum down
Amy Walter at ABC News was particularly scathing on Rick Santorum's performance, calling him the "clear loser" from the debate: Whatever momentum Santorum had came to a screeching halt in tonight's debate. Romney lured Santorum time and again into defending his record in Washington. And... Read more »
