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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Dems: Look Away from the Economy!
Senate Democrats, led by Machiavellian New York Senator Chuck Schumer, have become masters at the art of distraction. The nation is $16 trillion in debt and without a budget for the third straight year, so what should we all be talking about? Arizona immigration laws. This is the latest feint from the Democratic Party to take the focus […]
Read the rest of this entry »NY Primary Day Reminder
Just a reminder to any New York Republicans out there that the New York Republican presidential primary is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 24th. Polls are open from 6 am until 9 pm. Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum will all appear on the ballot. Primaries for House and state legislative races will be held later […]
Read the rest of this entry »American Civics Exchange Launches (Beta)
One of the smartest guys I know, who also has one of the coolest names going, Flip Pidot (Pid-Oh), has just launched a beta version of the first US-based commercial market for political futures. The American Civics Exchange, which is using play-money for now, will enable “businesses and investors to reliably hedge financial exposure to changes in public […]
Read the rest of this entry »Pentagon Portraits and Probes
Two Pentagon stories worth noting, one potentially scandalous, one downright hysterical. We’ll start with the light one. It was discovered this week that Pentagon pranksters hung the portrait of an ensign friend in a hallway of the edifice over the brass placard description: “Ensign Chuck Hord. USNA circa 1898. Lost at sea 1908.” It went unnoticed for seven months. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Week, Newt Gingrich
“I’m the tortoise in the race.” –Newt Gingrich
Read the rest of this entry »Newsflash: It’s the Economy, Dummy
A. Doesn’t this headline say it all? B. No @*%$, Sherlock.
Read the rest of this entry »Secret Service Party: The Pre-Planning is the Freak Out
The worst news yet about the Secret Service prostitution scandal is that it was pre-planned. It was bad enough that it happened, but in the grand scheme of life unsurprising. People are fallible and anything semi-spontaneous can happen when human nature and tequila are mixed. Trust me. But it now appears that the Colombian sex and booze fest […]
Read the rest of this entry »For Wisconsin Watchers
It looks like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is gaining strength in the union-led recall effort. The latest polling numbers show that, if the election were held today, Governor Walker would win fairly handily. That’s a substantial improvement over polling from a couple of weeks ago. Jonathan Tobin of Commentary has an interesting piece out today arguing […]
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