The Other McCain

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

Perry Heartache In VA: Just A Bit Outside

by Smitty Via the Washington Post: Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening. Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Republican source familiar with the situation said that the Texas governor did […]

Romney: Maybe If I Make My Positions Sound Current, I Can Win

by Smitty Byron York, via Instapundit: “You don’t think we would have gone in [to Iraq]?” asked MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. “Well, of course not,” Romney answered. “The president went in based upon intelligence that they had weapons of mass destruction. Had he known that that was not the case, the U.N. would not have put […]

‘So Critical’

by Smitty Mitt Romney has a blog post up that sounds real swell. I wouldn’t damn this notion with anything but faint praise: The first step in returning to an Opportunity Society is scaling back our vast federal government. I will put every single government program to a simple test: Is this program so critical […]

Fear of a Ron Paul Planet

“Newt Gingrich’s lead in the race for the GOP presidential nomination has evaporated, according to a new national survey.” — Paul Steinhauser, CNN “The model gives [Ron Paul] a 44 percent chance of winning Iowa based on the current standing of the candidates and the historic uncertainty of polling-based forecasts. Mr. Romney has a 32 […]

Romney08 Demolishes The Dole Endorsement Given Romney12

by Smitty This is probably another one of those things we’re not supposed to notice. From 2008: And now, we have: A Letter To Iowans From Senator Bob Dole On January 3, Caucus For Mitt Romney And Get America Back To Work.

Gingrich Campaign ‘Imploding’ in Iowa; Ron Paul Leads; Rick Santorum Gains

Newt Gingrich’s campaign in Iowa is “rapidly imploding,” according to the latest poll, as the former House Speaker has tumbled to third place and Ron Paul has moved into the lead in the Hawkeye State, with Mitt Romney in second place just two weeks before the crucial Jan. 3 caucuses. Meanwhile, Rick Santorum moved into a three-way […]

Newt Staffer Fired for Mormon ‘Cult’ Comment Got a Raw Deal, Source Says

When I blogged about this controversy last night, I realized the story would cut at least three ways: Gingrich would be hurt by association with a “controversy.” Most people would just hear a blurb about it on TV or radio and absorb the notion that Newt was somehow connected to what would appear to be […]

Christine O’Donnell Endorses Mitt Romney; Des Moines City Council Member Endorses Rick Santorum

A friend whom I won’t name sent me an e-mail suggesting the headline, “Witches and Mormons, Oh, My!” Christine O’Donnell, the former Republican Senate candidate and a tea party favorite during the 2010 election, has officially endorsed Mitt Romney for president. . . . O’Donnell made clear that the Romney campaign did not “come to […]

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