The Other McCain

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Team Newt Implodes: Top Aides Quit Gingrich 2012 Presidential Campaign

This news just broke in the past hour: Republican Newt Gingrich’s senior aides on his presidential campaign have resigned, according to the Associated Press. Press secretary Rick Tyler told the AP that he, campaign manager Rob Johnson said other strategists and aides in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina stepped down. UPDATE: Politico points to […]

Herman Cain Speaks Bluntly: ‘I Believe Homosexuality Is a Sin … Their Choice’

In an interview on CBS News: “I believe homosexuality is a sin because I’m a Bible-believing Christian, I believe it’s a sin. But I know that some people make that choice. That’s their choice.” OK, I know for a fact that Herman Cain has GOProud supporters, and it will be interesting to see their reaction […]

Are Krauthammer and Will Non-Traditional Supporters Of A Non-Traditional Candidate?

by Smitty Doug Ross surveys two generally sharp fellows. A brace of otherwise savvy pundits. They have watched the crisis progress over decades. They know the history. The must know that the ruling class patterns that brought the country to this point are not going to succeed. Yet they claim to be against one obvious […]

Herman Cain Hits the Big Time

Kate Zernike features Cain in the New York Times: MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann was campaigning just north of here, the Sarah Palin tour was rumored to be arriving soon, and Mitt Romney was on his way to announce his entry into the presidential race. Yet here was another voter swooning for Herman Cain. “I […]

Draft Reynolds 2012?

“The people who think they’re smart enough, and morally superior enough, to run everyone else’s lives are risible. They’re not smart enough to run their own lives competently, and they’re actually, overall, morally inferior … They pursue power, and they exercise power, as much for deference as anything else.” — Professor Glenn Reynolds He’s got […]

T-Paw Gets the Kiss of Death

David Brooks lumps Tim Pawlenty in with Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney and says, “I think it’s going to be one of those three.” You noticed whom Brooks didn’t mention, right? Herman Cain.

Nate Silver: ‘Hey, You Know, Maybe We Should Take Herman Cain Seriously’

The polling savant of the New York Times takes a look at the recent Gallup numbers and is intrigued: I would not suggest that Mr. Cain is one of the leaders. But in a field where the three insider favorites to win the race — Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, and Jon Huntsman — collectively poll […]

Dave Weigel: ‘Hey, You Know Who’s Doing Pretty Good? Herman Cain.’

Our boy Dave takes a look at the Gallup numbers and notices that the Hermanator has zoomed up in the GOP 2012 pack without benefit of much previous national media exposure, and despite the generally dismissive attitudes of such pundits as Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer and Michael Barone. Here are the numbers: Mitt Romney . […]

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