The Other McCain

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

IOWA CAUCUS RESULTS HQ
UPDATE: Santorum Surge in Precinct Numbers Exceeds Poll Projections

JOHNSTON, Iowa UPDATE 2:30 a.m. CT: Well, I’ve hit my deadline for The American Spectator, and Phil Klein of the Washington Examiner has invited me to breakfast. All rest of the press corps have left the Stoney Brook here, except for a guy filing an article for a French magazine. And this will be my […]

Pre-Caucus Night Nap Time

The rented Mustang convertible I got for the price of a Toyota JOHNSTON, Iowa Just got back from the Stony Creek Inn, across the highway from my hotel, where they’re setting up for tonight’s big victory celebration for Rick Santorum. Just so you know: Election Night events are always billed in advance as “victory” parties, because […]

Desperate Hours in the Hawkeye State

JOHNSTON, Iowa Republican voters are getting bombarded with robocalls all over Iowa. Last night, I talked to the night clerk at my hotel here. She’s a mother of three and a Republican, an undecided voter who isn’t even sure she’ll attend her precinct caucus tonight in Grimes. She told me she’s getting calls at home […]

Remember the Crying Girl?

JOHNSTON, Iowa Last night I called my wife and told her I loved her, after listening to Rick Santorum’s speech to his supporters at the final town hall meeting before Caucus Day here in Iowa. Santorum paid tribute to his wife, Karen, and also to his children, who have worked so hard and sacrificed so […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.03.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS 24 Year Old Arrested In LA Arson Spree Tough luck to those who had (redacted) in the pool Iranian Navy Test-Fires Cruise Missile Strutting their stuff during maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz Cuomo Gets Credit For Governing From Center Dismisses talk of White House run POLITICS Decision Day […]

Santorum, Duggars, And Fundraising As The Deadline Looms

by Smitty Stacy is getting down to crunch time, somewhere in the corner of an Iowa deli. He asks that I call your attention to something he put up in the Green Room, over at Hot Air: For months, Santorum has been the only Republican presidential candidate whose campaign didn’t have a big custom bus […]

Rule 5 Monday: Apocalypse Edition

— compiled by Wombat-socho So here we are in 2012, when according to a bunch of people who don’t understand Mayan the ancestors of today’s Guatemalans say the world is going to end. Whatever; we have pulchritude to post! On the off chance that your HR department gets to you before the Rapture happens, though, […]

After #Occupy Reaches The Full Zombie Apocalypse Phase, Remember This Clip

by Smitty via Make

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