The Other McCain

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

Conservatives Launch NotMittRomney.com

New Media genius Ali Akbar strikes again with NotMittRomney.com, a petition endorsed by many familiar names — including John Hawkins and Pamela Geller — and gets a write-up from Zeke Miller at Business Insider: A coalition of conservatives have launched a campaign against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney’s candidacy to prevent him from becoming the GOP nominee next year. […]

Dear Byron York: Huh?

“This could have been Tim Pawlenty’s moment. With many Republicans writing off Rick Perry, worried Herman Cain can’t last, and perpetually dissatisfied with Mitt Romney, the former Minnesota governor might have gotten another look, had he stayed in the race. Given all the changes that have taken place in the GOP presidential contest, who knows? […]

Herman Cain Accuser’s Lawyer: ‘No Value of Revisiting the Matter … Now’

“Lawyer ethics” — Hold a press conference to announce that you don’t want to discuss your smear-job against your client’s former boss: Joel Bennett, whose client is one of two women that lodged written sexual harassment complaints against Cain during his three-year tenure leading the group, did not identify the woman. He said she felt […]

Herman Cain: The Third Koch Brother?

WASHINGTON, D.C. An accusation to which he’s proud to plead guilty: After a tough week of media scrutiny, Herman Cain retreated to friendly turf Friday with an address to a conference sponsored by Americans for Prosperity . . . Liberals have criticized Cain for his connection to the group, funded in part by Charles and […]

MITT TO CHINA: DROP DEAD

WASHINGTON, D.C. OK, maybe the NY Post-style headline slightly overstates Mitt Romney’s tough talk on China here at the “Defending the American Dream” summit. Instead the former Massachusetts governor promised that, as president, he would evaluate federal programs in terms of deficit spending financed by borrowing from China. “For each program we have in the […]

Today’s Herman Cain Headlines

Headline at The Week: Herman Cain’s accusers: Should they be allowed to tell their side? And my post from two days ago is cited in arguing that not only should they be “allowed” to tell their side, they should be compelled to tell their side — and under their own names. Anonymous accusations in such a serious […]

999 Ninth Street NW

“You’re very attractive,” says Erik Telford WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the Renaissance Hotel — the address of which is the title of the post — I was working hard, trying to get an important story written, but my friends insisted on buying me beers and talking about Herman Cain. The Americans for Prosperity “Defending the […]

PJM’s Pollock Publishes First Specific Account of Cain Harassment Charge UPDATE: PJM Makes Corrections

Hat-tip to Ace of Spades and congratulations to Richard Pollock at PJM for finally getting the specifics on the record: Both sources, one male and one female, worked at the time — mid-1990s — for the governmental affairs department of the National Restaurant Association, as did the woman. According to both sources, Mr. Cain and […]

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