The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 08.15.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Pentagon: Iran Training Pro-Assad Militias In Syria US continues to supply non-lethal aid to rebels; working with Jordan, Turkey on no-fly zone Thompson, Mica Turn Back Tea Party Challenges Connie Mack also wins in Florida Linda McMahon Defeats Chris Shays Former WWF exec to face Dem Congressman Murphy in […]

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Folks, Mitt Romney’s event tonight in Chillicothe was the best I’ve seen of this campaign. The crowd was huge — estimated between 5,000 and 6,000 — and the setting was awesome: In front of the beautiful courthouse downtown, with the sun just setting behind the courthouse and the sky glowing golden. The […]

Aye, The Economy. Also: The Tempo

by Smitty We have 84 days to go. Mataconis, emphasis mine: As I noted on Sunday, it strikes me that Romney’s campaign will be making a serious error if they allow this election to be about anything other than the economy. If it’s about Medicare, for example, then the campaign runs about against the fact […]

Romney Aide: Biden ‘Chains’ Remark Shows ‘Desperate’ Obama Campaign

LANCASTER, Ohio A top strategist for the Mitt Romney campaign denounced as “outrageous” Vice President Joe Biden’s assertion that the Republicans would put black people “back in chains.” “It just goes to show you that when the Obama campaign gets in a scrape, they scrape the bottom,” Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom said Tuesday afternoon while […]

‘Uncle Choo-Choo’ Biden Unsure Just Where He Is

by Smitty Poor ol’ Uncle Choo-Choo, so tragically misunderstood by the peasantry. In his defense, North Carolina and Virginia are adjacent. It’s just that those pesky details, well, they kinda matter in a role as consequential as VP:Then again, maybe Biden is crazy like a fox, and prepping his decision to withdraw from politics to […]

Ohio-Bound: Hitting the Road With Mitt

By the time you read this, I’ll be about halfway to Beallsville, Ohio, where Mitt Romney has the first of his three campaign stops today: 12:30 p.m. ET: American Energy Corporation 43521 Mayhugh Road Beallsville, Ohio 3:30 p.m. ET: Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl 532 Mcintire Avenue Zanesville, Ohio 7:00 p.m. ET: Ross County Court House […]

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran: Collectivist Way Ahead Of Warren And Obama

by Smitty Patrick Murray on FaceBook brings up an old chestnut, featuring my bloody-minded Congresstool in fine form. Here he anticipates the famous Elizabeth Warren diatribe, which also pre-figured #OccupyResoluteDesk’s “You didn’t build that” in Roanoke, VA. Virginia led this country to independence. Jim Moran, living in the shadow of Mount Vernon, would cheerfully lead […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.14.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Romney: Time To Be “More Like America” Mocks Obama’s record, praises Olympic team and Mars landing while campaigning solo in Florida. Meanwhile, in Iowa… Morsi’s Coup Against SCAF: The Hows And Whys Analysts discuss Egyptian President’s move for Al Ahram; junior officers silently back President Shooting Kills Three Near […]

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