The Other McCain

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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 […]

CAIN-MANIA IN ORLANDO?
UPDATE: 7 Standing Ovations for Cain; Vultures Circle Perry’s ‘Sunshine Special’?

Supporters greet Herman Cain’s bus in Orlando.(Photo: Katrina Trinko) Last night I talked to Sarah Rumpf, the “Sunshine State Sarah” blogger who is a delegate to the Florida GOP gathering in Orlando that will announce the results of a crucial straw-poll vote this afternoon. Sarah was eager to tell me about how state Rep. Scott […]

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 […]

ORLANDO DEBATE: Open Thread UPDATE: ‘You Don’t Have a Heart’

Nine Republican candidates will be debating in Orlando, Florida (Fox News , 9 p.m.) tonight and, rather than live-blogging, I’ll be aggregating and occasionally updating. Karl Rove has “handicapped” the debate. Thad McCotter is dropping out of the GOP race, after being repeatedly excluded from the debates. UPDATE 9:25 p.m. ET: After the first commercial break, […]

The Prisoner on Flight 1884

The National Affairs Desk, 4 p.m., Sept. 13, 2011 “Shortly after the election-night returns [in the 1972 Florida Democratic primary] showed Muskie hopelessly mired in fourth place behind Wallace, Humphrey, and Jackson, the Man from Maine called an emergency staff meeting and announced he was quitting the race. This stirred up a certain amount of […]

No Time for Final Wisdom in Tampa

TV satellite trucks in front of Monday night’s debate venue. TAMPA, Fla. My flight boards at 11:30 a.m. for the return flight home, and so there’s no time now for any elaborate explanation of what happened here during the CNN/Tea Party Express debate. Here’s a quick survey of headlines at Memeorandum: Perry Wears a Bull’s-Eye […]

Sunshine State Spin

Rick Santorum talks to the press after Monday’s debate. TAMPA, Fla. No debate is complete without the post-debate spin, and here are a few photos and videos of the action in the “Spin Room” after last night’s debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a “spinner” for Rick Perry, is swarmed by media. Tea […]

CNN/TEA PARTY EXPRESS DEBATE

TAMPA, Fla. Greetings from the Florida State Fairgrounds where we’re about to get under way with the CNN/Tea Party Express debate. UPDATE 9:52 p.m. ET: Herman Cain: “I’d bring a sense of humor to the White House, because America is too uptight.” And that’s it! LET THE SPIN BEGIN! UPDATE 9:50 p.m. ET: Ron Paul […]

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