The Other McCain

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Santorum: Election ‘About Obama’

“I think we need — and I think the Tea Party people are going to realize we need a clean, clear contrast. We need this race to be about Barack Obama and his record, not with Republicans agreeing with that record. I mean, that would be the last thing we should be nominating is someone […]

Cain on CNN: ‘In Terms of the Mechanics of the Campaign, Nothing’s Gone Wrong’

Talking to Candy Crowley today on her State of the Union show: Herman Cain ascribed his recent drop in the polls to false sexual harassment allegations and voter confusion about his positions on abortion and foreign policy, saying Sunday that some of his remarks over the past month had been taken out of context. “Obviously false accusations […]

Santorum Claims Victory in CNN Debate UPDATE: Gingrich Goes Soft?

Press release from Rick Santorum’s campaign: SANTORUM ISN’T POLITICALLY CORRECT, HE’S JUST CORRECT Washington, DC — At this evening’s CNN/Heritage Foundation/AEI Republican National Security Debate, Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum (R-PA) showed he is the one candidate ready and able to answer the 3am phone call to ensure our nation’s security and safety. Hogan Gidley, National […]

Cain Seeks to Satisfy Foreign Policy Snobs

Alex Pappas and Jamie Weinstein of the Daily Caller report: Almost every day, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is handed a one-page briefing from his chief foreign policy adviser on news from around the world. It’s one of several things his campaign says the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, who has never held elective office before, […]

Vegas, Baby: Republican Armies March Toward Political Battle of the Century

From: NVDebate (NVDebate@cnn.com) To: r.s.mccain@att.net; Date: Wed, October 12, 2011 2:53:06 PM Subject: RE: CREDENTIALS REQUEST – NEVADA DEBATE Hi Robert, You have been issued credentials. Please note: The credential will grant journalists access to the press filing center and media spin room, which will be located in Hall G of the Sands Expo and […]

CNN: Sarah Palin Turned Down Invitation to Appear in Tonight’s Tea Party Debate

TAMPA, Fla. Didn’t expect to get actual news during the media walk-through of the debate hall here at the Florida State Fair, but CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Geist disclosed to reporters that Sarah Palin had been invited to participate in tonight’s event sponsored by the Tea Party Express. Palin ranks third in the latest […]

Dana Loesch Explains Her Ephesians 6 Tattoo, Jolly Roger Necklace and More

TAMPA, Fla. Now at the media filing center at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Highway 301. Just got back from lunch with Ali Akbar, Shaun McCutcheon and Dana Loesch, who’s here as a CNN commentator: We’re about to do a media walk-through of the debate stage, so I’ve got to run. Hit the tip jar!

CNN’s Toobin on May 31: ‘What Andrew Breitbart Was Insinuating About [Weiner] With Young Girls Is Outrageous’

There’s no possible way Breitbart could be right, right, right, while CNN’s “senior legal analyst” was wrong, wrong, wrong — or is there? “This is a silly little thing that happened”? “Not a big deal”? Yeah, idiot: Tell that to the cops who just interviewed the teenage girl in Delaware! Maybe some of the numbskulls […]

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