The Other McCain

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

In Praise Of Jennifer Rubin

by Smitty You have to admire the courage of somebody who can assert Herman Cain is having a tough time. He had a rocky debate. His campaign centerpiece, the 9-9-9 tax plan, is being skewered. He had a rocky debate? Are you sure he didn’t debate Bullwinkle?What, precisely, was rocky? Any details? And who is […]

Herman Cain’s Day in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada Herman Cain spoke this afternoon at the Western Republican Leadership Conference here: Earlier today, I went with Steve Foley of Citizens for Cain to a luncheon at Maggiano’s Little Italy hosted by the Republican Women of Las Vegas: After Cain’s luncheon speech, he posed for photos with well-wishers while surrounded by the […]

Ace Rips Herman Cain Pretty Good

Remember the whole Gitmo-release thing with Wolf Blitzer yesterday? Ace really didn’t dig that at all: He literally seems to be making it all up on the fly, and I mean all, so when he’s asked a question like this, all he knows about the situation is literally just that which was contained in the question. […]

Herman Cain: ‘The Real Deal’

Herman Cain answers reporters’ questions Tuesday night in the ‘spin room’ at the Sands Expo and Convention Center (Photo: Robert Stacy McCain) LAS VEGAS, Nevada This morning, I remember the first time I ever heard Herman Cain’s name: My brother Kirby called me from Georgia and said, “Have you heard about this guy? . . […]

Ron Paul’s “Restore America”: Spot On

by Smitty It’s an 11 page .pdf that is as serious as lung cancer about doing something concerning federal over-reach and over-spending, nuking: Department of Education Department of Commerce Department of Energy Department of the Interior Department of Housing and Urban Development What gives me pause about the bulk of the candidates is that they […]

Foreign Policy and the Cult of Experts

Daniel Drezner at Foreign Policy  mocks Herman Cain: So I thought I’d go over to Cain’s campaign website and spend an equal amount of time to analyze his foreign policy thinking. I found…. a total of five paragraphs on “national security.” That’s it. No white papers, fact sheets, bullet points, or list of advisors. So […]

Savage Weirdness at Final Boarding: Did Team Perry Put the Blame on Rubio?

The National Affairs Desk, in the smoking lounge at Dulles International Airport, 1:10 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Less than hour until final boarding for my flight to LAX en route to Vegas, and no time to waste on trivia now. While I was checking in the one-way rental car ($164), I […]

‘Howdy. Thank You, Erick.’

Those were the first four words of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s announcement speech at the Red State Gathering in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 13. At the time, I was the only one who saw Perry’s diss of Iowa Republicans — his deliberate attempt to upstage the Ames Straw Poll held the same day — as an […]

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