The Other McCain

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

Cuts Like a Knife

But it feels so right: Romney’s role: The Hillary Clinton of 2012? — Politico That kind of comparison slices Mitt like cold cuts and, while we’re at it, consider the case of an amateur online oppo-researcher: The damage wreaked by Kaczynski’s work points to an irony of politics in the Internet age. Technological advances have […]

Hey, Mitt Romney: Bet Me $10,000 I Won’t Post This Vintage Pinup Girl

Ha, ha! You lose! Lots of fallout today over last night’s debate, in which Mitt Romney offered Rick Perry a $10,000 bet that Mitt’s book did not include a call for nationalizing RomneyCare. The video: Lisa Graas reminds us that Mitt reportedly spent $45 million of his own money on his failed 2008 bid for […]

BREAKING: Team Romney Snubs Conservative Media in Anti-Newt Call UPDATE: Team Romney Denies

UPDATE (8:50 p.m. ET): Both Da Tech Guy and Hot Air have received e-mails from the Romney campaign denying that there was any bias in the operation of the conference call. However, I have received an e-mail from Matt Lewis saying he sticks by his story. So: Accusation or denial — which do you believe? […]

Lisa Murkowski’s Endorsement Of Mitt Romney May Not Pack The Heat Of Charlie Sheen’s, But It’s Still ‘Winning’

by Smitty Who says ‘Ruling Class Overlord’ more than Princess Lisa? Mitt Romney announced today that he had been endorsed by Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski, Really hard to say. John Kerry, maybe? via The Corner Update: linked at The POH Diaries

This Vintage Pin-Up Girl Is Not Endorsed by the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader

Until the allegations made headlines, cable TV news today was all-Newt, all-the-time, with an occasional mention of Mitt Romney, so that the media deciders — among them New Hampshire’s largest newspaper — are not-so-subtly trying to tell you that these are your only two “real” choices in the Republican presidential campaign. Some headlines: Newt Gingrich in 1989, […]

BOOM! Michele Bachmann Publishes Gingrich’s 2004 Pro-Amnesty Letter

Michele Bachmann today offered what she called “more evidence indicating that Newt Gingrich is the most liberal GOP candidate,” in a press release that cites a pro-amnesty letter Gingrich signed in 2004. The Gingrich letter, sponsored by the neoconservative National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), called for President Bush to offer a “new path” via […]

Sen. ‘Name That’ Thune Names Romney

by Smitty Dondero reports that Senator John Thune has endorsed ol’ Willard Mitt for POTUS: “Mitt Romney has shown throughout his life in the private sector, as leader of the Olympics, as governor and in this campaign that he will not back down from difficult challenges.” Come to think of it, having led the Olympics […]

WOW! Latest Rasmussen Poll: Cain 26%, Romney 23%, Gingrich 14%
UPDATE: Wrong: Data From Nov. 3

This is shocking: The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 21-22, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. . . . Among likely GOP primary voters nationwide, Romney is just behind businessman Herman Cain with 23 percent support; Cain earns 26 percent of the vote and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in third […]

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