Remember the story of Icarus from Greek mythology? The precocious young man is given wings of feather and wax from his father, the master craftsman Daedalus. “Don’t fly too close to the sun,” the cocky youngster is admonished. But once magically plumed, Icarus’ soaring ambitions know no bounds. He flies higher and higher on the […]
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I hate when people say, ” Can you imagine if x had said that?! Huh…huh. Can you imagine.” But can you imagine if Mitt Romney had no idea of the size of the federal debt? Somehow, there wasn’t so much follow up to this one.
Read the rest of this entry »The Economy Freak Out
Note to Westchester homeowners: Don’t get a reappraisal — unless you absolutely have to. This is one case where ignorance is better than knowledge. Trust me. My wife and I got our house reappraised last month. It was like a 2-by-4 upside the head. We knew it would sting, but we had no idea how […]
Read the rest of this entry »Huntsman Floats Self for VP
] “If you love this country, you serve this country.” With that sentence spoken on CNN today, former Utah governor John Huntsman effectively takes himself out the 2012 Presidential Primary and puts himself on the market as a Vice Presidential running mate. First he blanches at the thought of running alongside Mitt Romney, presumably because they are both Mormon, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Corporations ARE People
Mitt Romney is supposedly in hot water for uttering a plain truth while campaigning before a boisterous crowd in Iowa. The former Massachusetts governor was confronted by a corporate-bashing gaggle of young moaners yesterday and said: “…corporations are people, my friend.” Damned straight. Romney should stick to his guns on that remark. He should take not […]
Read the rest of this entry »Perry ThisClose
Politico is reporting that Texas Governor Rick Perry will all but announce his candidacy for President in South Carolina on Saturday. The fact that he’s planning to run isn’t exactly a secret, but lots of candidates get right to the edge of the pool and never jump in. This suggests he’s already in mid-air. The interesting thing to watch over the next […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Bachmann Headache
Starkly different reactions out of the Romney and Pawlenty camps on Michele Bachmann’s reported migraine attacks reflect not so much the opinions or character of those two candidates, but their very different position in the polls. Pawlenty has said it is an issue — although he’s now half- walking it back — and Romney has […]
Read the rest of this entry »Huntsman Shows Life; Goes Negative
The one thing you don’t want to be in a crowded presidential field is the front runner. The front runner gets all the media scrutiny and all the attacks from the also rans. Mugging the front-runner on camera is how one gets attention in a race where one is being ignored. Members of the media covering his campaign will cover your campaign’s attack. […]
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