The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Herman Cain: The Third Koch Brother?

WASHINGTON, D.C. An accusation to which he’s proud to plead guilty: After a tough week of media scrutiny, Herman Cain retreated to friendly turf Friday with an address to a conference sponsored by Americans for Prosperity . . . Liberals have criticized Cain for his connection to the group, funded in part by Charles and […]

MITT TO CHINA: DROP DEAD

WASHINGTON, D.C. OK, maybe the NY Post-style headline slightly overstates Mitt Romney’s tough talk on China here at the “Defending the American Dream” summit. Instead the former Massachusetts governor promised that, as president, he would evaluate federal programs in terms of deficit spending financed by borrowing from China. “For each program we have in the […]

Today’s Herman Cain Headlines

Headline at The Week: Herman Cain’s accusers: Should they be allowed to tell their side? And my post from two days ago is cited in arguing that not only should they be “allowed” to tell their side, they should be compelled to tell their side — and under their own names. Anonymous accusations in such a serious […]

999 Ninth Street NW

“You’re very attractive,” says Erik Telford WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the Renaissance Hotel — the address of which is the title of the post — I was working hard, trying to get an important story written, but my friends insisted on buying me beers and talking about Herman Cain. The Americans for Prosperity “Defending the […]

PJM’s Pollock Publishes First Specific Account of Cain Harassment Charge UPDATE: PJM Makes Corrections

Hat-tip to Ace of Spades and congratulations to Richard Pollock at PJM for finally getting the specifics on the record: Both sources, one male and one female, worked at the time — mid-1990s — for the governmental affairs department of the National Restaurant Association, as did the woman. According to both sources, Mr. Cain and […]

Can the Cain Campaign Stand the Strain?

Our young friend Cody is calling for Herman Cain to fire Mark Block, which I seriously doubt is going to happen. As I said the other day, victory ultimately becomes its own argument and as long as the campaign is winning — ahead in the polls and kicking ass in fundraising — Mark Block will remain […]

Will Perry Be Blamed for Cain Scandal?

Sunday’s original widespread suspicion that the Rick Perry campaign was responsible for the “oppo” hit at Politico appears to be shared by many others, including the target himself: In the summer of 2003, Cain recalls briefing Anderson—his general campaign consultant at the time—that sexual harassment claims were brought against him while he was chairman of […]

Santorum Ad Cuts To The Heart Of The Real/Fake Problem With Politicians

by Smitty There isn’t a thing for me not to admire in this ad: Rick Santorum is to Newt Gingrich what Tim Pawlenty was to Mitt Romney; Rick has all of the knowledge of how the sausage is made, without seeming a two-dimensional cardboard cutout. I keep wanting to respect the fact that the Iron […]

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