The Other McCain

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GOP Wins Recall Battle in Wisconsin

Outspent 2-to-1 by Democrats and unions, Republicans held onto control of the Wisconsin state senate, winning four of six challenged seats in Tuesday’s recall elections. And next week, two Democrat senators will face their own recall challenges. Allahpundit live-blogged the whole thing and concludes: “After months of agitation over the collective bargaining law, the supreme […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.10.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS London Police Flood Streets As Rioting Continues Riots spread to other cities; EDL announces mobilization to deter rioters “We Can’t Cope” Police Admit Stocks Rebound After Fed Pledge On Rates Bernanke commits to maintaining low rates Fundamentalist LDS Leader Gets Life In Prison Eligible for parole in 45 years; […]

Meanwhile, on the Cain Campaign …

DES MOINES, Iowa Because of my late return from Monday’s event in Council Bluffs — I didn’t get back here until nearly 3 a.m. Tuesday morning — I decided to skip the road trip today, and only made one brief outing to the state capitol where I saw the Rick Perry supporters. So I missed the […]

Don’t Let The Plural Mislead You, Barbara

by Smitty Barbara Espinosa is an excellent friend of this blog. She’s lovely, fun, busts Stacy McCain’s chops at a pleasant frequency, and supports any American running against a RINO with admirable aplomb. Yet, at times, we all can use a bit of help with the modern nuance. See, when the President says “My Singular […]

Young Minions of the Sith Lord of Texas UPDATE: Perry Coming to Iowa Sunday

DES MOINES, Iowa For the past several days I’ve been referring to the prospective Rick Perry 2012 candidacy as the “Phantom Menace” looming over the Ames Straw Poll. Today I unexpectedly encountered the menace in the form of perky Texas coeds in burnt orange “Americans for Rick Perry” T-shirts: While I’m usually very much pro-coed — especially […]

Council Bluffs Loves Herman Cain

One of the phenomena I’ve struggled to explain to those who haven’t traveled with Herman Cain is how, wherever he goes, people want to shake his hand, talk to him, get their picture taken with him. Here’s a brief video clip from Council Bluffs, where Cain had just finished his speech and his campaign staff […]

I Would Just Like To Point Out. . .

by Smitty . . .that anybody who is surprised that a mortal man cannot magically fix the economy ought to have their head examined. Yeah, he was supposed to be all that and scoop of ice cream, the most over-sold thin since XML. Sure, it’s a bad thing that his ideas aren’t proving much. But […]

The Cain Train Keeps Rolling

Herman Cain speaks at Monday’s rally in Council Bluffs. Last night there was no time to blog about the late-afternoon Herman Cain rally at Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs. Dave Weigel, who had been there for Michele Bachmann’s earlier event, said Cain actually drew a slightly larger crowd than Bachmann. But I didn’t have time […]

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