The Other McCain

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Rick Santorum: Beer Gourmet?

NBC News highlights an aspect of the Republican presidential candidate’s personality that had previously gone unnoticed: AMANA, Iowa — In case you were wondering what sort of beers the former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum drinks, reporters trailing him Sunday now have a complete list. “It’s the stouts, the bocks, and then the white ales — […]

Newt Gingrich Fires Iowa Political Director for Calling Mormonism a ‘Cult’

Warner Todd Huston says Craig Bergman’s “stint with the Gingrich campaign has to be one of the shortest in history” — he was hired five days ago and was fired today for something he said last week: Craig Bergman during a focus group on Wednesday with The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers said he thinks […]

House Calls Obama’s Bluff, Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension He Promised to Veto

However it turns out, score this a win for Boehner: Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the House on Tuesday passed a bill extending a cut in Social Security payroll taxes for 160 million Americans for another year. But the Democratic majority in the Senate vowed to reject the measure because of objections to […]

Burning Mosques, Rabbi Hammerman?

by Smitty via Ace I realize this is hyperbole, sut still: If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants. While America has become more inclusive since Jerry Falwell’s first political forays, a Tebow […]

Santorum Surge: New Poll Shows Gains in Iowa, Closing in on Perry, Bachmann

The Public Policy Polling article about their latest Iowa survey doesn’t even mention Rick Santorum — instead focusing on the closing gap between Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul — but when you look closer at the numbers, something else becomes apparent: CANDIDATE ……… Dec. 3-5 … Dec. 11-13 Newt Gingrich ………………. 27% ……. 22% Ron […]

Trump Quits as Dec. 27 Debate Moderator

Says he won’t rule out an independent presidential campaign in 2012, and probably still hurt that Michele Bachmann turned him down. OK, so with The Donald, will NewsMax and Ion network still host the Dec. 27 debate? Now that Trump is out, will the other Republicans now accept the Dec. 27 debate? Or was the […]

#OWS: Obama’s Willing Scum
UPDATE: Occupiers Wreck Stolen Truck En Route to Portland Demonstration

The puzzle pieces begin to form a picture: Rep. Issa asks Obama official why illegal camping of Occupy DC was permitted Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Tuesday announced he wants answers on whether “political judgments played a role” in allowing Occupy D.C. protesters to remain camped in Northwest Washington. Issa, chairman of the powerful House […]

Cuts Like a Knife

But it feels so right: Romney’s role: The Hillary Clinton of 2012? — Politico That kind of comparison slices Mitt like cold cuts and, while we’re at it, consider the case of an amateur online oppo-researcher: The damage wreaked by Kaczynski’s work points to an irony of politics in the Internet age. Technological advances have […]

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