“Things are ugly for Republicans right now. But that might just be because things are ugly all over. And when it comes to enthusiasm, my hunch is that more people will be excited to vote against Obama than to vote for him.” — Jonah Goldberg, NRO, 02-24-12
Read the rest of this entry »The New “It”
Rick Santorum crept up in the Iowa polls in recent weeks as the last standing social conservative who could challenge Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination. As Newt Gingrich’s and Michele Bachmann’s supporters looked for a relevant place to cast their vote, Mr. Santorum, who campaigned endlessly in Iowa, became the latest, and maybe last, “it” […]
Read the rest of this entry »Did Robert Reich Just Signal Hillary’s Willingness to Run for VP?
Former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich revived speculation today that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden will trade places for the 2012 election. I can’t help seeing this as more an official floating of the idea than a thinking aloud piece from Mr. Reich, who enjoys a long friendship and professional relationship […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Newt Bubble — and Temper — Go ‘Pop’
So much for staying above the fray. The constitutionally acerbic Newt Gingrich, who promised to remain positive in the Republican presidential primaries, but who is now falling in the polls like an April barometer, is unleashing his pent up frustrations this week with fury. Mr. Gingrich and his campaign are accusing Mitt Romney of being […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newt’s $30,000-Per-Hour Question
Newt Gingrich is such a target rich candidate that his fellow GOP primary candidates don’t seem to know where to begin harming him politically. They hit him with a quip on one thing and then move to another — before any real damage is done to his candidacy. What needs to be performed is a sustained […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newt Gingrich, Fool’s Gold
Conservative icon George Will has been pounding the daylights out of Newt Gingrich in his syndicated column lately. And for good reason. Will has been writing about Mr. Gingrich for years. He knows him. He knows that Mr. Gingrich is a megalomaniac first, an opportunist second, and a conservative third — at best, and […]
Read the rest of this entry »No Way Newt Stays on Top
Newt Gingrich is the latest in the anyone-but-Romney bunch to skyrocket in the polls. After hovering in single digits for months, Mr. Gingrich suddenly finds himself leading his fellow GOP contenders in at least one poll. It won’t last. Yes, Mr. Gingrich is smart, too smart perhaps. And he is brash at a time when […]
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 »Romney Solid as a Rock in Granite State Debate
The New York Times has it right today: Mitt Romney won last night’s debate in New Hampshire hands-down by staying above the fray –and looking well-prepared to challenge President Obama next year. All the Republicans in last night’s debate comported themselves well. Each was articulate and well briefed. But Romney was most impressive, looking for the first […]
Read the rest of this entry »Is “Soft” the New “Malaise”?
President Obama has been doing interviews with local television stations for months now in the hopes of getting softer questions than he might speaking to network anchors. But that didn’t help him one bit yesterday in Orlando while speaking to the local NBC affiliate. Here, very much reminiscent of President Carter’s “malaise” remarks, President Obama inexplicably says that America has gone “soft.” […]
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