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 […]
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Quote of the Day, Rich Lowry
“No one writing a political science textbook would ever recommend running a campaign the way Santorum does–on gut instinct and without ever delivering a speech that is written down. What he loses in crispness by this approach he gains in sincerity.” — Rich Lowry, 02-08-12
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Some days you just need a story like this one.
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It’s easy to be a coward as a New York Republican. You’re badly outnumbered and, unless you are willing to get yelled at frequently, it’s more painless to acquiesce to the general opinions of the day in polite society — to murmur tacit agreement — than to pull the pin on the hand grenade by […]
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“…if the trend continues over the weekend that we’ve started to see with Romney, sort of, bringing people together as people are saying, ‘Okay, look, if he’s going to win, let’s go ahead and get behind him.’ That’s what I think is starting to happen.” — Mike Huckabee on Mitt Romney
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 […]
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A print ad running in the Washington, DC metro goes too far. Republicans, Democrats, and independents should speak out loudly and clearly on it, and its sponsor should voluntarily take it down. The billboard spot for an upcoming anti-Obamacare film (I have no problem with that sentiment) ends “Go to hell, Barack.” Like Mr. […]
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“Five-year-olds, are you better off than you were five years ago?” — Hudson Hinkley 02-12 (Please see below.)
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