With the Gingrich campaign announcing today that the former Georgia congressman will be dropping out of the Republican Primary for President next Tuesday (does that sound like a weird announcement to you?) it appears that we have a winner to the BlackberryAlarmClock chicken dinner contest. Unless someone can prove me wrong, Michael D. of New York City, […]
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Out of Bounds? “If I Wanted America to Fail”
Here’s an interesting if slightly-long conversation starter by the group Free Market America aimed directly at President Obama and his policies. The President is not mentioned once in this four-plus minute spot, but he clearly is the target. The video is sure to raise eyebrows and get under the skin of a lot of people, which undoubtedly […]
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The Obama campaign has worked for more than a year to position Mitt Romney as a moderate who would sacrifice his principles to win the Republican presidential primary. Indeed, Mr. Romney has been disparaged from every political direction as being a…God-forbid…centrist, so much so that that perception is now axiomatic. Ask a voter anywhere to use […]
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Senate Democrats, led by Machiavellian New York Senator Chuck Schumer, have become masters at the art of distraction. The nation is $16 trillion in debt and without a budget for the third straight year, so what should we all be talking about? Arizona immigration laws. This is the latest feint from the Democratic Party to take the focus […]
Read the rest of this entry »NY Primary Day Reminder
Just a reminder to any New York Republicans out there that the New York Republican presidential primary is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 24th. Polls are open from 6 am until 9 pm. Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum will all appear on the ballot. Primaries for House and state legislative races will be held later […]
Read the rest of this entry »American Civics Exchange Launches (Beta)
One of the smartest guys I know, who also has one of the coolest names going, Flip Pidot (Pid-Oh), has just launched a beta version of the first US-based commercial market for political futures. The American Civics Exchange, which is using play-money for now, will enable “businesses and investors to reliably hedge financial exposure to changes in public […]
Read the rest of this entry »Pentagon Portraits and Probes
Two Pentagon stories worth noting, one potentially scandalous, one downright hysterical. We’ll start with the light one. It was discovered this week that Pentagon pranksters hung the portrait of an ensign friend in a hallway of the edifice over the brass placard description: “Ensign Chuck Hord. USNA circa 1898. Lost at sea 1908.” It went unnoticed for seven months. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Week, Newt Gingrich
“I’m the tortoise in the race.” –Newt Gingrich
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