The Other McCain

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Herman Cain: Viva Las Vegas!

Mike Chamberlain at Cranky Hermit has a report of Herman Cain’s appearance at Chuck Muth’s “First Friday” event in Vegas: The day after an impressive performance in a Republican Presidential debate, Herman Cain left little doubt about his future intentions. He told the assembled local bloggers and print journalists at a briefing in Las Vegas, […]

VIDEO: Gingrich Fatigue?

It seems that Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign isn’t generating much excitement down home in Georgia: This week Newt Gingrich made news by opening a campaign headquarters in a Buckhead office building — with word that he expected to announce his presidential candidacy in the coming week. The response has been underwhelming. On Peach Pundit, […]

‘Smart’ Pundits Sneer at Herman Cain

Photo courtesy of Ellen Carmichael Herman Cain meets with reporters Thursday following the Republican presidential debate in Greenville, S.C. His communications director, Ellen Carmichael (in green blouse) checks her messages. “So now it’s the duty of the establishment pols and the establishment media to assure us that Cain can’t win . . .” — Jeff […]

Amity Shlaes Has a Big Sexy Brain

  Back in February we took notice of the “Draft Amity Shlaes for Senate” campaign proposed by Adam Brickley, who was the first to suggest Sarah Palin as GOP vice-presidential timber in 2008. It seems to have gotten an enthusiastic response — “Amity Shlaes Senate” yields 278,000 Google results. Her credentials are impressive, and she would certainly […]

Dept. of Not Getting It

Frum Forum contributor Noah Kristula-Green has a post about last night’s GOP debate titled, “Why is Pawlenty On Stage With These Crazy People?” Kristula-Green includes this statement: Herman Cain was not someone I gave high marks to during the debate but he “won” the Frank Luntz focus group that came on immediately after the debate. […]

S.C. GOP 2012 Presidential Debate UPDATE: HERMAN CAIN WINS!

UPDATE: “Hands down winner” says Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, who provides this video of the soon-to-be-famous Frank Luntz focus group on Fox News: “We can stop right there!” UPDATE — MIDNIGHT: Just got off the phone with Mr. Cain. “At least a few people know who I am now,” he said, laughing. I asked […]

Herman Cain Set to Win S.C. Debate

Herman Cain appeared on the Neal Cavuto show Wednesday afternoon to talk about Thursday’s debate in Greenville, South Carolina. Asked about the presumed GOP 2012 candidates who are skipping the debate, Cain said: “I think they’re making a mistake by not being here.” Indeed, the state’s new Republican governor says the same thing: With the […]

Moving On Up: Herman Cain Places Third in Patrick Ishmael’s ‘Hot Air Primary’

Sarah Palin was the runaway winner with 27%, while Mitt Romney (11.6%) edged out Herman Cain (11.3%) for second. It’s also interesting to see that all the hype for Tim Pawlenty couldn’t boost the former Minnesota governor past 6%, while Newt Gingrich didn’t crack 2%. Of course, this isn’t a random-sample scientific poll, but it does […]

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