The Other McCain

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VIDEO: Iowa Loves Herman Cain

This 4-minute video features an interview by Lynda Waddington of the Iowa Independent. But never mind that part: Pay attention to the enthusiastic reaction Herman Cain generates from the grassroots GOP in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: You see what I’m talking about? People love this guy. He is a people person. And that makes a huge […]

Defeat Obama Radiothon Thursday!

The Campaign to Defeat Obama will have a radiothon Thursday night with guests including Michelle Bachmann, Andrew Breitbart, Phyllis Schlafly, Rick Santorum and . . . well, me, among many more.  You can read more about this big event here. They’ve got a Facebook page and you can follow them on Twitter (@DefeatBarack). Here’s one of their latest TV ads: […]

Newt Gingrich to Democrats: ‘Hey, No Fair Quoting What I Said on National TV!’

“Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood, because I have said publicly those words were inaccurate and unfortunate.” — Newt Gingrich, in Fox News interview Tuesday UPDATE: Oh, this is classic: Newt’s spokesman Rick Tyler calls Gingrich’s critics “sheep,” whom he accuses of “not wanting to be dropped from the […]

Herman Cain: Georgia GOP Speech

I’d asked around to see if someone had video of the full speech that Herman Cain gave this past weekend at the Georgia State Republican Party Convention in Macon. Thanks to Omega Six for finding it: Isn’t it time you joined the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain?

NY-26 Update: Tea Party Express Endorses Republican Jane Corwin

We are now just a week away from the special election in New York’s 26th District, and our Syracuse-area friend The Lonely Conservative reports: The Tea Party Express showed up in the Rochester, NY area [Monday] to officially endorse Jane Corwin in the NY26 special election. They also denounced the fake Tea Party candidate Jack […]

Don’t Overthink It, Byron

Byron York has a wonderful interview with Herman Cain, keying off the South Carolina debate: Republican pollster Frank Luntz conducted a focus group on Fox News and found near-unanimous agreement that Cain was the winner. “I’ve done maybe 35 or 40 of these debates for Fox, and I’ve never had this kind of reaction,” Luntz […]

Donald Trump Drops 2012 GOP Campaign, Citing Herman Cain Surge

What? Wait a minute — this can’t be right. I just read the entire official statement in which Donald Trump announced that he won’t be seeking Republican presidential nomination and he didn’t say a single word about the unstoppable momentum of Herman Cain. Never mind. Ed is right: “Hardest hit — Charles Krauthammer?”

Holy Freaking Crap: Time Magazine’s GOP 2012 Chart Omits Herman Cain!

Da Tech Guy points out that Time magazine’s resident political “expert” Mark Halperin has a chart giving odds on candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a chart that completely omits the hands-down winner of the first debate in South Carolina. Halperin also omits Rick Santorum and gives thousand-to-one odds against Michelle Bachmann — and Bachmann, whatever the […]

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