The Other McCain

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

Nuns for Santorum

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist pose for a photo with Rick Santorum in Lincoln Park, Michigan, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 TROY, Michigan It’s gonna be kind of hard for Mitt Romney to compete with Rick Santorum in terms of his straight-out appeal to Catholic voters in Michigan. At last night’s Lenten fish […]

Fear and Loathing in Romneyland

Herman Cain tour bus at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy, Michigan, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 WASHINGTON, Michigan Shortly after I arrived at Rick Santorum’s Michigan state headquarters in Troy yesterday evening, I was talking to one of his campaign workers, Joe Cella, when a volunteer walked in and said, “Hey, Herman Cain’s doing […]

New TV Ad Quotes Mitt Romney

This will probably be denounced as an “unfair attack,” given that Romney’s entire campaign has been about avoiding his own record: In a press release, Rick Santorum campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said: “Since Mitt Romney refuses to talk about his own liberal record, we figured we’d show people what Mitt Romney says about Mitt Romney. We wanted […]

Have the Deciders Decided? Examining the Post-Debate Examinations

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio This morning, I woke up and switched on Fox & Friends and watched them bring on Mitt Romney’s proxy Chris Christie to lead the 8 a.m. hour. Steve Doocy’s first question to Christie — this is from memory, but close enough to an exact quote that I’ll put it inside quotation marks — […]

CNN ARIZONA DEBATE

10:05 p.m. ET: It’s over. I actually nodded off for a few minutes there. The important thing, I think, is that Santorum was in the cross-hairs all night, and didn’t really sustain any serious damage. 9:27 p.m. ET: Newt Gingrich talks Iran and Ahmadinejad. 9:25 p.m. ET: Santorum reminds us that we have civilian control […]

Satan Angered by New Poll Showing Santorum Ahead 34%-18% in Wisconsin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Stopped in here at McDonald’s and got online to discover that Satan’s plan to destroy America is now the top story in the country. This is why neutral objective journalist George Stephanopoulos interviewed neutral objective Mitt Romney supporter Chris Christie about the urgently relevant Satan issue today. Stephanopoulos and Christie: What a team, […]

Romney’s Money Problems — and Mine

Yesterday, I put up a post with this headline: Campaign Cash Shows Unsustainable ‘Burn Rate’ for Romney and Gingrich  What I didn’t realize at the time was that Nate Silver of the New York Times had made the same point yesterday morning: Mitt Romney raised slightly more than his Republican rivals in January. His campaign […]

Franklin County, Ohio, GOP E-Mail Encourages Volunteers for Romney

When I was first told about this, I could scarcely believe it, but the e-mail was forwarded to me by an Ohio Republican: From: Doug Preisse and Brad Sinnott Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 Subject: Volunteer Opportunities for Mitt Romney To: [Redacted] Dear Fellow Republican, We here at the Franklin County Republican Party are committed […]

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