The Other McCain

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

Three Scariest Words You’ll Read Today

“Run, Jeb, Run.” Three-word reply: God, please, no. PREVIOUSLY: July 8, 2009: The Existential Threat of Bushism May 20, 2009: Jeb Bush 2012 Bandwagon Begins Rolling? May 4, 2009: READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!

Herman Cain Fever: Catch It!

Ben Smith of Politico compares Herman Cain to . . . Dennis Kucinich? Eh, he means it as a compliment. And he also quotes a Tweet by top Iowa GOP operative Tim Albrecht:  “Prediction: Herman Cain is going to have some serious legs when he begins visiting Iowa.” Matthew Newman at Race 4 2012: Now, Cain has […]

Oh, My: Guess Who’s Getting On Board the Herman Cain 2012 Bandwagon?

Yes, even self-described “candy-ass” blogger Allahpundit: I know the basics of his bio — accomplished CEO, talk-radio host, cancer survivor — but not much more beyond that. Even so, it got my attention a few days ago when he won Red State’s 2012 “tournament,” topping Mike Pence in the semifinal and Palin in the final. […]

Rich Lowry: Palin-Hater

Aaron Goldstein at The American Spectator: Yesterday, Jim Antle drew our attention to Rich Lowry’s chart on how prospective 2012 Republican presidential candidates would vote on the Obama-McConnell tax deal in its present form. As I noted yesterday, Lowry’s chart was incomplete because he had left Sarah Palin blank. Palin, in fact, voiced her opposition […]

VIDEO: Herman Cain Tells Cavuto He Is ‘Prayerfully Considering’ 2012 Campaign

The multimillionaire former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza was slamming “back-door welfare” in the compromise tax deal when the host — who loves Herman, because everybody loves Herman — asked him about his frequent hints that he’s going to run for president: “We are looking at doing an exploratory committee real soon,” he says. You could […]

Election 2010 Finally Ends as Republican Randy Altschuler Concedes in NY-1

Painfully close, but not close enough: New York Republican Randy Altschuler has conceded to Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop, bringing the final undecided House race of the 2010 election cycle to a close. The final margin was less than 300 votes. I’d blogged Monday about suspicions of Democrat vote shenanigans. Sam Foster at Left Coast Rebel has […]

The Angry Left Turns Against Obama

Have you ever seen Fatal Attraction? He’s Michael Douglas, the Democrats are Glenn Close, and now it’s bunny-boiling time: Resentments between President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats that began simmering even before their mid-term disaster are nearing a boil on Capitol Hill, as liberals make clear that Obama’s efforts to strike a lame-duck deal with […]

NY-1 UPDATE: Judge Reviewing Ballots, GOP Suspects Illegal Voting by Dems

New York’s 1st District, encompassing eastern Long Island, remains the nation’s last undecided congressional race of 2010. Supporters of Republican challenger Randy Altschuler contend that incumbent Democrat Rep. Tim Bishop was the beneficiary of illegal votes: Absentee ballot counting ground to a halt at 11 a.m. Friday in the only still-undecided congressional race in the […]

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