UPDATE 1.4.12 (12:01): Rick Perry gives 1st concession speech of life. Not assessing gravity of back surgery & trying to run for presidency looms large. UPDATE (10:54 pm): NBC News Predicts Ron Paul places 3rd. Romney team can exhale. Republican establishment & Iowa state boosterism, inspired by threats of extinction, kept Paul from winning. Santorum [...]
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Santorum Surge and Alan Colmes’ Callousness
At Santorum’s first stop, in Polk City, the coffee shop’s maximum occupancy was listed as 49, but at least 200 filled the room and 100 more spilled into the street. In the media throng were journalists from Japan, Russia, France, Britain, Italy and Australia. “They weren’t here last week,” a pleased Santorum told the crowd. [...]
The GOP Fight Continues, But Some Things Never Change
UPDATED I hit quite a few nerves in the piece I wrote, “The Party’s Over,” on Sunday. In progressive quarters, it was retweeted by many, while I heard from quite a few prominent progressives. The response is representative of the issues I outlined, which Glenn Greenwald, Matt Stoller, as well as Cenk Uygur had addressed, [...]
The Party’s Over
There’s a reason Obama reelect doesn’t have a slogan. All they’ve got is a question: Are you in? Symbolic of this problem is what happened to Elizabeth Warren when her rise was met by Tim Geithner’s foot, and why Ron Suskind’s book Confidence Men made the Administration queasy. It’s seen in Wall Street firms earning [...]
Virginia’s A.G. Cuccineli Intervenes in GOP Primary Dispute
Updated below Political tango, anyone? Maybe Newt can quit crying now. The last straw embarrassment that revealed his campaign wasn’t all that is about to be fixed. Rick Perry already filed a law suit, but right now his team is scrambling trying to fix blame on why Perry bombed so badly when trying to run [...]
Bachmann’s Fantastic Flameout
Romney drew the support of 23 percent of likely caucus-goers in Iowa – identified based on interest, chance of voting and past participation – ahead of Paul, at 21 percent. They are followed by Santorum at 15 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry at 14 percent, Gingrich at 13 percent and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann at [...]
Sitting on the Sidelines with Newt
In Iowa, both Romney and Paul are each up five points among likely caucus goers from a CNN/Time/ORC poll conducted at the start of December. The new survey indicates that Santorum, the former senator from Pennsylvania, is at 16% support, up 11 points from the beginning of the month, with Gingrich at 14%, down from [...]
Mitt Cracks a Joke
Don’t look now, but Mitt Romney suddenly seems like the Iowa front-runner. …The former Massachusetts governor has carefully tempered expectations in Iowa all year… But as a crowd of conservative opponents keep the anti-Romney vote divided, his odds of a victory in the state that humbled him four years ago have never been better. – [...]
Obama the ‘Conservative’, Romney and Pondering Chris Christie
Everyone is looking to 2012 in this post-Christmas, eve of the New Year week. When you look at Iowa and Ron Paul’s power in that state, juxtaposed against his newsletter bigotry, it gives new meaning to what it takes to get nominated in the Republican primary fight and why in the Obama era Democrats are [...]
Ron Paul Newsletter Scandal, Iowa, and Trump’s Revenge
Can Ron Paul’s “rock solid” caucus strategy save him from the negative incoming? Paul’s PR troubles are real and the criticism deserved, but these types of things also can make die hard supporters of a candidate double down. Andrew Sullivan, who endorsed Paul, ended up spinning himself senseless today. But could Paul’s troubles help Mitt [...]
Newt and Callista, A Nightmare to Consider
What primarily stands between us and misrule, however, is the Constitution, buttressed by an independent judiciary. …He is the first presidential candidate to propose a thorough assault on the rule of law. – George Will How The Gingrich Stole Christmas narrated by Paul F. Tompkins from Paul F Tompkins Newt Gingrich’s latest political tactic: whining. [...]
Gallup and Matt Damon Reveal that 1979 Feeling Yet Again
“You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of this country, much better,” argues the We Bought a Zoo star. – Matt Damon I’ve written about this twice, this year and once in 2010. Gallup shows us the graph proving that 1979 feeling [...]
The Interview You Can Bet the White House Watched
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com This is where I tell you that national polls don’t mean much, then I cite national polls. It’s a snapshot in time moment. The good news today for Pres. Obama in match-ups is because of the Republican circus, in Iowa and in the House, but also because of the [...]
Romney ‘Baggage’ Attack on Newt Resonates, as Paul Takes Lead
Newt Gingrich’s campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa. He’s at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 2% for Gary Johnson. – PPP “He’s got too much baggage,” said Jan [...]
Crooks, Congress, Scalawags, and Spending
But after the vote, Casey and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) dismissed the Keystone project as “inside baseball,” arguing that middle-class families are more interested in getting a tax cut than an oil pipeline. [...] “I was responsible for putting it in this bill,” Reid said flatly. “That’s how legislation works. … Along with Manchin, Vermont [...]
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