The Other McCain

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

Radtke Reports 2nd Quarter Fundraising Numbers for Virginia Senate Campaign

Jamie Radtke is the Tea Party candidate in next year’s Republican primary for the Virginia seat being vacated by the retirement of one-term Democratic Sen. Jim Webb. Her biggest obstacle is overcoming the GOP Establishment’s support for former Sen. George Allen. While many conservatives know and admire Allen personally, Radtke’s grassroots campaign offers an opportunity […]

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz E-Mails Me

Once you sign up for any liberal e-mail list, you’re going to get e-mails from all of them, and this one came from the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee: Friend — My first campaign made me an organizer. Every day, through a hot Florida summer, I knocked on doors and asked my neighbors for […]

Cthulhu 2012

“Why settle for the lesser evil?” Sarah Palin on the current evil in Washington: It’s a matter of public record that I did not go to Harvard Law School, but I can add. The same “experts” who got us into this mess are now telling us that the only way out of our debt crisis […]

Everything You Will Ever Need to Know About ‘Political Communication Strategy’

“Total candor with the press — or anyone else, for that matter — is not one of the traits most presidential candidates find entirely desirable in their key staff people. Skilled professional liars are as much in demand in politics as they are in the advertising business . . . and the main function of […]

I Bet Doug Hoffman Is Laughing Today

“The law can change from state to state, from nation to nation, from city to city. I guess I have to go by a higher law. . . . Yeah, I consider myself a road man for the lords of karma.” — Hunter S. Thompson, 2003 You remember Doug Hoffman, the Tea Party-backed candidate who […]

Another Cain Iowa Staffer Resigns

Shane Vander Hart was first to report this: Charlie Gruschow, former leader of the Des Moines Tea Party, resigned from the campaign on Sunday “to pursue other interests.”  Gruschow had been an early supporter and activist for Cain having been with him since last year even though he was only on the payroll since May.  […]

‘Signs of Strain Within the Campaign’ UPDATE: You Call This ‘Rumors’?

Politico has a story today about “speed bumps” for the Herman Cain campaign, a couple parts of which I’ll quote: The move . . . comes after weeks of swirling rumors between Cain’s staff and volunteers in the Hawkeye State accusing each other of affairs, homosexuality and professional misconduct. “A lot of volunteers, who worked […]

Michele Bachmann Boogies!

Will this cost her the Baptist vote? Shane Vander Hart has more of Bachmann’s Des Moines Tea Party rally. I hadn’t realized, or perhaps didn’t remember, that Shane lives in Iowa. (Note to self: Apply for sofa-crashing privileges.)

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