The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.11.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Promises No Long War Against ISIS; Some Legislators Skeptical Dem Senators Begich, Udall skeptical that president can keep that promise Saudi Arabia to host “train-and-equip” program against Islamic State Obama orders airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State Plan poses test for Democrats, Republicans alike EU Delays Sanctions As […]

Professional GOP Swindlers

It seems that David Dewhurst’s campaign manager broke Rule One of the Republican Party Operative Handbook: “Don’t get caught.” AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s campaign manager is under criminal scrutiny, suspected of stealing at least $600,000 — and possibly more than $1 million — from the Republican’s political accounts over the past several years. […]

The Obama Age: ‘That ’70s Show’

In last night’s traditional Christmas round-up — genius! — I began by quoting Rob Long’s doom-and-gloom comments from a New York magazine feature about the post-election National Review Caribbean cruise, an article you should read in its entirety, if you want to be thoroughly depressed about the uselessness of our conservative elite: Wonks, pundits, pollsters […]

How Romney Lost America

AOSHQ co-blogger Drew M on Twitter recommended this Boston Globe retrospective on the Romney campaign as thoroughly depressing: It was two weeks before Election Day when Mitt Romney’s political ­director signed a memo that all but ridiculed the notion that the Republican presidential nominee, with his “better ground game,” could lose the key state of […]

$118.9 Million

In the final weeks of the 2012 election season, Mitt Romney’s campaign collected $85.9 million in contributions. During the same time period, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife donated $33 million to two Republican “super-PACs.” They lost. Maybe you noticed. Suggestions of more helpful uses for that money are hereby solicited. Sheldon Adelson never […]

Ideology, Personalities and Competence

Last week, I was a guest on “The Rebecca Diserio Show,” and Becca Lower has been kind enough to transcribe the first half of the interview here. We were talking about Saxby Chambliss and I compared it to the situation with Charlie Crist in 2009-2010: Now, I’m all in favor of electing a Republican majority […]

Jonah Goldberg Is Wrong

He has made his peace with “compassionate conservatism” with an argument that bespeaks intellectual fatigue: The evolving demographics of the country, combined with the profound changes to both the culture and the economy, demanded that the GOP change both its sales pitch and its governing philosophy. Compassionate conservatism increasingly faded from view after 9/11. Bush […]

Paranoid Theory: ‘Karl Rove Was Out Raising Money to Keep Santorum Alive’

James Yanke at Reaganite Republican links to an article at Business Insider in which Grace Wyler gives credence to a paranoid theory offered by evangelical leader David Lane: Karl stepped on Rick Perry and then Newt Gingrich every chance he got — albeit with deceit and sophistication — and elevated Mitt Romney at strategic, crucial […]

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