The Other McCain

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

Erick Erickson, Santorum Consultant?

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio In the preceding post, I described Erick Erickson as hating Rick Santorum “with the heat of ten thousand suns,” which evidently prompted commenters to call my attention to Erickson’s post-debate analysis at Red State: It was the last debate. Newt Gingrich won it. He was the only candidate who repeatedly steered the questions […]

Have the Deciders Decided? Examining the Post-Debate Examinations

JOHNSTOWN, Ohio This morning, I woke up and switched on Fox & Friends and watched them bring on Mitt Romney’s proxy Chris Christie to lead the 8 a.m. hour. Steve Doocy’s first question to Christie — this is from memory, but close enough to an exact quote that I’ll put it inside quotation marks — […]

$5 Fuel By Mid-March?

by Smitty My per-gallon prices for diesel: Date $/Gal 2/14/12 3.899 2/23/12 4.294 A dumb linear regression shows that I’ll break $5/gallon by mid-March. The good news for #OccupyResoluteDesk is that high energy costs are only the President’s fault in a Republican administration. And why is that evil raaaaacist zombie George Bush doing this to […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.23.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Romney Claws Back Into The Race Mitt doing better in polls, performs well in debate – can he hang on in Arizona? GOP Candidates Agree On Arming Syrian Opposition Romney, Gingrich support bringing down Assad; Santorum evasive on the topic Ministers Announce Support for Former FM Rudd Leadership battle […]

CNN ARIZONA DEBATE

10:05 p.m. ET: It’s over. I actually nodded off for a few minutes there. The important thing, I think, is that Santorum was in the cross-hairs all night, and didn’t really sustain any serious damage. 9:27 p.m. ET: Newt Gingrich talks Iran and Ahmadinejad. 9:25 p.m. ET: Santorum reminds us that we have civilian control […]

Is The World’s Youngest Blogger Shooting Gang Signs In His Sleep?

by Smitty Almost seven months old, still literally sleeping in dad’s arms, yet already signs of possible trouble ahead:

Satan Angered by New Poll Showing Santorum Ahead 34%-18% in Wisconsin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Stopped in here at McDonald’s and got online to discover that Satan’s plan to destroy America is now the top story in the country. This is why neutral objective journalist George Stephanopoulos interviewed neutral objective Mitt Romney supporter Chris Christie about the urgently relevant Satan issue today. Stephanopoulos and Christie: What a team, […]

Romney’s Money Problems — and Mine

Yesterday, I put up a post with this headline: Campaign Cash Shows Unsustainable ‘Burn Rate’ for Romney and Gingrich  What I didn’t realize at the time was that Nate Silver of the New York Times had made the same point yesterday morning: Mitt Romney raised slightly more than his Republican rivals in January. His campaign […]

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