The Other McCain

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Amity Shlaes Has a Big Sexy Brain

  Back in February we took notice of the “Draft Amity Shlaes for Senate” campaign proposed by Adam Brickley, who was the first to suggest Sarah Palin as GOP vice-presidential timber in 2008. It seems to have gotten an enthusiastic response — “Amity Shlaes Senate” yields 278,000 Google results. Her credentials are impressive, and she would certainly […]

Dept. of Not Getting It

Frum Forum contributor Noah Kristula-Green has a post about last night’s GOP debate titled, “Why is Pawlenty On Stage With These Crazy People?” Kristula-Green includes this statement: Herman Cain was not someone I gave high marks to during the debate but he “won” the Frank Luntz focus group that came on immediately after the debate. […]

S.C. GOP 2012 Presidential Debate UPDATE: HERMAN CAIN WINS!

UPDATE: “Hands down winner” says Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, who provides this video of the soon-to-be-famous Frank Luntz focus group on Fox News: “We can stop right there!” UPDATE — MIDNIGHT: Just got off the phone with Mr. Cain. “At least a few people know who I am now,” he said, laughing. I asked […]

Gerrymandering: Boring, Yet Important

by Smitty Over at Pajamas Media, Robert Zubrin touches on an important topic: The degree of contrivance behind the design of a set of districts is directly related to the oddness of the shapes employed to reach the election-rigging objective. There is a precise mathematical way to measure such malformation. That is, if you take […]

Herman Cain Set to Win S.C. Debate

Herman Cain appeared on the Neal Cavuto show Wednesday afternoon to talk about Thursday’s debate in Greenville, South Carolina. Asked about the presumed GOP 2012 candidates who are skipping the debate, Cain said: “I think they’re making a mistake by not being here.” Indeed, the state’s new Republican governor says the same thing: With the […]

Moving On Up: Herman Cain Places Third in Patrick Ishmael’s ‘Hot Air Primary’

Sarah Palin was the runaway winner with 27%, while Mitt Romney (11.6%) edged out Herman Cain (11.3%) for second. It’s also interesting to see that all the hype for Tim Pawlenty couldn’t boost the former Minnesota governor past 6%, while Newt Gingrich didn’t crack 2%. Of course, this isn’t a random-sample scientific poll, but it does […]

Just a Coincidence, I’m Sure

Aleister at American Glob: September 11, 2009 – Obama Skips Ground Zero Memorial, Sends Joe Biden September 11, 2010 – Obama Skips Ground Zero Memorial, Sends Joe Biden May 5, 2011 – Obama to visit Ground Zero And how convenient that he’s decided to visit Ground Zero on Thursday — same day as the South […]

Selecting The Next Bob Dole Proving More Than A Trifle Tedious

by Smitty American Power picks up on the quest for more 2012 GOP candidates. Rubio’s firm withdrawal matches Christie’s. Who, then (emphasis mine)? So for Republicans in 2012, while it seems late in terms of the “invisible primary” of money, media, and polling, in fact there’s still plenty of time for other candidates to throw […]

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