The Other McCain

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

Buzzard Bait: Rick Perry’s Immigration Blunder Took Him From Hero to Zero

Donald Douglas at American Power links an important story from the Los Angeles Times: Perry has “a surprisingly tin ear” on the immigration issue, said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican strategist who is unaligned in the presidential contest. To most Republicans, denying tuition subsidies to illegal immigrants “is a question of fairness,” said Fabrizio. He added […]

ORLANDO GOP STRAW POLL RESULTS UPDATE: Herman Cain Beats Rick Perry

We will have results of the important crucial life-or-death world-historical cosmos-shifting Florida Republican P5 Straw Poll within mere moments. UPDATE: HERMAN CAIN WINS WITH 37.1% UPDATE II: The St. Petersburg Times calls the results a “stunning upset,” as Rick Perry finished a distant second with less than 16%! UPDATE III: Dave Weigel: By failing so convincingly, Perry’s ensured […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Republican Nightmare Campaign Tour

“Empty feelings present themselves, and grief enters our lives on a deeper level, deeper than we ever imagined. This depressive stage feels as though it will last forever.” — Professor William Jacobson “The only thing worse than going out on the campaign trail and getting hauled around in a booze-frenzy from one speech to another […]

RICK PERRY IN FREEFALL?

Three headlines after last night’s debate: Perry is blowing it — Philip Klein, Washington Examiner Orlando GOP debate: A strong night for Santorum as Perry fades — Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Rick Perry Blindsided Again In Debate On Immigration, Rick Santorum Has Big Night — Sam Stein and Jon Ward, Huffington Post Now, those are […]

Perry Boomlet Already Fading?

In a comment on my own post Aug. 9, I wrote: There have been a few little things . . . that lead me to think Perry is a lot less certain ultimately to win the nomination than some people seem to think. What I fear will happen is that Perry will spend several months […]

VIDEO: Bobby Jindal Talks About His Endorsement of Rick Perry

TAMPA, Fla. These videos were recorded just moments ago:

Republican Debate Reaction Round-Up: Romney vs. Perry; Huntsman WTF?

From my point of view, the two biggest questions about last night’s Republican debate were, (a) why was Jon Huntsman on the stage and (b) why did he get so much time? It is absurd to include the man I’ve dubbed “Governor Asterisk” — denoting his status as an irrelevant footnote to the 2012 campaign […]

GOP Debate at Simi Valley, California

9:49 p.m. ET: And it’s over! Let the spin begin. If you’re watching this on MSNBC, you’ll get to see Rachel Maddow hosting the post-debate show with Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton and Lawrence O’Donnell. I think I’ll skip it myself. 9:47 p.m. ET: Brian Williams references LBJ in asking a question of Ron […]

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