Why do I think that someone is going to frame this Real Clear Politics chart of the Republican presidential primary and sell it for millions? It’s just begging for wall space at the Museum of Modern Art.
Read the rest of this entry »Can Rick Santorum Put it Together?
The growing question is not how does one stop Mitt Romney’s inexorable march to the Republican nomination, but how does one stop Rick Santorum — if he can put it together. The former Pennsylvania senator looked like a winner to me on stage last night in Louisiana, not because he had just won the Alabama and Mississippi […]
Read the rest of this entry »Game of Chicken Dinner
If Newt Gingrich were to drop out of the presidential race, Rick Santorum would have a legitimate shot at the Republican nomination for President. I don’t think the same goes for Newt Gingrich if Rick Santorum dropped out, but it doesn’t matter what I think. Mr. Gingrich thinks he would end up on top if […]
Read the rest of this entry »Election’s Over? Poppycock!
It’s incredible how quickly we jump to conclusions in politics. I do it all the time, and then prove myself an ass. Just read some back entries of this blog and that will be made clear. The latest meme is that the 2012 election is but a foregone conclusion — that an admittedly strange Republican […]
Read the rest of this entry »Making Sausage, GOP Style
Eye rolls are in vogue these days when talking about the GOP presidential primary. “Boy, how the Republicans are blowing this” is the narrative. “They’re handing the election to President Obama.” I’m not so sure about that, for a few reasons. An interesting statistic popped in a poll Wednesday, showing that Mitt Romney’s popularity among […]
Read the rest of this entry »Political Blood Sport
A candidate I once worked for launched a political campaign on a television program, pledging to stay positive throughout the race. The interviewer burst out laughing on the set –genuinely. I remember thinking at the time, “We’ll show him.” A month later, we were in the thick of one of the nastiest campaigns in memory. The Ron Paul […]
Read the rest of this entry »About Herman Cain
I like Herman Cain. I am rooting for him. I haven’t decided who I’ll vote for in the Republican primary, but Herman Cain is on my list. But it would be intellectually dishonest to dismiss as a “witch hunt” the information that has come forward about sexual harassment settlements made on Mr. Cain’s behalf in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newt’s Notes
The socialist magazine Mother Jones is definitely getting its mojo together (Mojo also happens to be its nickname.) I couldn’t disagree more with its premise, but it is impossible not to acknowledge that it has put together a crisp group of Lefty writers who are drawing eyes from both sides of the political spectrum. Mojo […]
Read the rest of this entry »How Will Herman Do?
A lot of eyes will be on businessman Herman Cain in tonight’s Republican Primary debate in New Hampshire. Cain’s dramatic rise in the polls is being seen as a temporary phenomenon by most political professionals. But what if he continues to excel in the polls? What if he continues to get better as a candidate? Is there room for a complete outsider in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hmmm…
Back story here.
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