The Other McCain

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Determined to Lose the Catholic Vote, Newt Gingrich Says Homosexuality Is a Choice Like … Clerical Celibacy?

I understand the argument, but maybe the twice-divorced candidate isn’t the guy who should be making it: Q: Do you believe that people choose to be gay? GINGRICH: I believe it’s a combination of genetics and environment. I think both are involved. I think people have many ranges of choices. Part of the question is, […]

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 […]

Rick Santorum: Beer Gourmet?

NBC News highlights an aspect of the Republican presidential candidate’s personality that had previously gone unnoticed: AMANA, Iowa — In case you were wondering what sort of beers the former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum drinks, reporters trailing him Sunday now have a complete list. “It’s the stouts, the bocks, and then the white ales — […]

Newt Gingrich Fires Iowa Political Director for Calling Mormonism a ‘Cult’

Warner Todd Huston says Craig Bergman’s “stint with the Gingrich campaign has to be one of the shortest in history” — he was hired five days ago and was fired today for something he said last week: Craig Bergman during a focus group on Wednesday with The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers said he thinks […]

Santorum Surge: New Poll Shows Gains in Iowa, Closing in on Perry, Bachmann

The Public Policy Polling article about their latest Iowa survey doesn’t even mention Rick Santorum — instead focusing on the closing gap between Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul — but when you look closer at the numbers, something else becomes apparent: CANDIDATE ……… Dec. 3-5 … Dec. 11-13 Newt Gingrich ………………. 27% ……. 22% Ron […]

Trump Quits as Dec. 27 Debate Moderator

Says he won’t rule out an independent presidential campaign in 2012, and probably still hurt that Michele Bachmann turned him down. OK, so with The Donald, will NewsMax and Ion network still host the Dec. 27 debate? Now that Trump is out, will the other Republicans now accept the Dec. 27 debate? Or was the […]

SANTORUM EXPRESS UPDATE: Pulls Even With Bachmann in New Iowa Poll, Gains Endorsement by Influential Pastor

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum moved into a tie for fifth place with Michele Bachmann in the latest survey of Iowa voters, the first poll to indicate an increase in the former Pennsylvania senator’s support with three weeks to go before the Jan. 3 caucuses. The poll by American Research Group, conducted Dec. 8-11, showed […]

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