…no one is a hero in the eyes of his ex-wife. And this all seems like Old News type of stuff (h/t: Memeorandum). We know that Gingrich is erratic and less than a moral paragon. Going into it now just seems like the hell what hath no fury irrupting. Can’t say I blame her, but It… Read More Without Commenting on the Accuracy of Marianne Gingrich’s Allegations…
…Ace of Spades would be the one still upset that her football-star boyfriend is out of the running for Prom King, due to an academic supsension, even though, like spluh! he’s obviously better looking and cooler than anyone else, and they’re all just jealous for not seeing it. …Other McCain would be the one constantly… Read More If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…
Stacy McCain links this damning comparison of the 2012 primary election to the 2008 primary election. I’m thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party’s elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to… Read More The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.
Just because I’m cynical about the remaining forlorn hope for a Not-Mitt doesn’t mean I’m any more pleased about it than say, the gang at Protein Wisdom. Let’s consider some other possibilities. Either of the Ricks (Perry or Santorum) Might Win South Carolina. New Hampshire has an open primary. That means Democrats and Independents voted.… Read More In Which I Argue Against Every Point I Just Made About the Election
Apparently “Santorum” is Catholic for “Huckabee.” Personally, I don’t expect much to change in South Carolina. Last time ’round, South Carolina was supposed to be the last bastion against John McCain. South Carolina makes a good last bastion. More to the point, Gingrich has once more demonstrated his tactical incompetence. Who the hell told him… Read More The Bearable Tedium of Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich stands out amid the current GOP field in one particular way: he has a talent for arguing the premises of the question, and rejecting those too long accepted. His rise from the pit to brief front-runnership was aided by little else. Which is why I found this exchange so irritating: Gingrich needs to… Read More How Newt Shot Himself In the Foot on the Chickenhawk Question…
…for not being liberal enough. This is why I didn’t get so excited as others on the starboard side over Taylor Marsh’s denunciation of Obama. She was upset with him over being insufficiently supportive of abortion rights. And for all the dramatic thrust of the closing statement, Marsh isn’t going to actually vote for the GOP… Read More The Liberals are Abandoning Obama…
Ye gods, but election followup is repetitive. Let’s see if there’s anything in this I haven’t heard a thousand times. 1. Negative campaigning works. It’s always refreshing the way pundits discover this anew every four years. 2. The rules of campaigning have changed. Except for the fact that negative campaigning still works. Otherwise, Internetz! 3.… Read More PJ Tatler Teaches Us the Same Things We Always Learn.
Romney wins Iowa by 8 votes. He got 25 percent of the vote. Which means GOP voters want anyone other than Romney by a margin of 3-1. THE FALLOUT BEGINS: Michelle Bachman calls it a day, although she’s late to her own press conference. THE KNIVES COME OUT FOR SANTORUM: As they would for any… Read More Iowa Caucus Result: Not-Mitt Wins
Get out of my head, man: Of course, Paul is a disaster as a candidate, and his ties with various unsavory types less careful about expressing their bigotry than he has been would sink him in a general election. But he does come across onstage as anti-establishment — while not carrying the “baggage” of faith… Read More Jeff Goldstein Explains Ron Paul
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