The Other McCain

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Santorum Leads Latest Louisiana Polls; Newt Gingrich at LSU Tonight — Maybe

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Looking at the Politico candidate calendar, it’s slim pickings on the presidential campaign trail in Louisiana today: Mitt’s in DC, Rick Santorum’s got an event in San Antonio, Texas, and Newt Gingrich is scheduled for an 8 p.m. Tea Party forum at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Meanwhile, we have a new […]

Romney’s ‘Etch-a-Sketch’ Platform: Santorum’s ‘Act of God’ Moment?

TROUTVILLE, Virginia En route to Louisiana, I stopped here to meet Ali Akbar for lunch, then gassed up the car and was about to get back on the road when I decided I needed to get online and check my American Spectator column today (found four typos, now corrected). I got back home from Gettysburg […]

ILLINOIS PRIMARY RESULTS HQ

by Smitty 10:07 ET 65.1% reporting in IL, and Romney is at 47%? Really? Let’s hear it for people voting their conscience! 8:53 ET Media door was closed after McCain was done with his cigarette, and he entered to discover the Secret Service agent, who told Stacy, nervously holding up his media badge, that “He […]

Newt Attacks Santorum at Red State: Gingrich’s Bankrupt Narcissism

“Newt Gingrich has more debt than cash on hand, according to the FEC report he will file today. . . . Gingrich continues to carry $1.55 million in debt and the cash flow has evidently slowed. . . . [T]here are already complaints in the extended Gingrich universe about unpaid bills. . . . Gingrich’s […]

Ron Paul Raised $3.27 Million in February

Ron Paul’s campaign was the first GOP candidate to file his required Federal Election Commission report for February, and the Texas congressman reported that he raised $3,271,369.74 last month. Paul’s campaign spent slightly more ($3.5 million) than it took in during Feburary, and finished the month with about $1.4 million cash on hand. However, his campaign […]

Illinois Primary Today; Rick Santorum Schedules Rally in Gettysburg, Pa.

Polls indicate a sizeable win for Mitt Romney in Illinois, so if you live in Illinois and were planning to vote for Romney, you can just stay home. Meanwhile, Rick Santorum will be in Pennsylvania tonight: Former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will be visiting Gettysburg on Tuesday, according to his communications […]

Is Newt’s Campaign Bankrupt?

An article at National Journal about Obama’s $45 million February fundraising haul mentions a fact I’ve repeatedly emphasized: Obama’s numbers soundly trumped his GOP rivals in  February fundraising. Mitt Romney brought in about $11.5 million,  whereas Rick Santorum and Ron Paul brought in roughly $9 million and  $3.3 million, respectively. Newt Gingrich has not released his February  […]

One Thousand Miles to Drive

Rick Santorum will be in Mandeville, Louisiana, at 12:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday, and that’s more than a thousand miles from here. Google Maps says it’s an 17-hour drive, so if I left Tuesday evening and drove straight through, I’d arrive in time: Exhausted beyond words, yes, but in time. This would be completely crazy, but […]

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