The Other McCain

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Santorum’s South Carolina Surge: Announces More Endorsements, Campaign Schedule for Weekend

Lots of news today for the Rick Santorum campaign, including three endorsements by South Carolina GOP leaders, Stephen Brown, Bill Connor, and Patrick Haddon. Brown had previously endorsed Michele Bachmann, and Haddon switched his endorsement from Rick Perry to Santorum. The Santorum campaign also announced endorsements by Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage […]

Somehow, I Thought This Was About The Republican Primaries

by Smitty via Miss Cellania

Can Mitt Be Stopped? ‘A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Romney Inevitability’

“The final tally in the New Hampshire primary showed Rick Santorum clinched fourth place and Newt Gingrich took fifth, according to the New Hampshire secretary of state. “Throughout late Tuesday night and early [Wednesday] morning when the votes were tallied, Gingrich had been fourth, but Santorum overtook him, beating him by just 138 votes, with […]

Froma Harrop And Procul Harum: Both Progressive Rock, But Only One A Band

by Smitty (via The Conservatory) Head over to Dan Collin’s place and watch it, since the embed isn’t playing nicely for us. The tone-deafness (if you will) reaches nearly creepy levels. rdbrewer at AoSHQ has some quoteworthy analysis: I’m left with questions. 1) Did she not know this was John Oliver from The Daily Show, […]

USMC: B(l)ad And Bladder

by Smitty There isn’t any way to defend the action of the Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. It was all over the NBC news last night. But step back and question the timing: In what context did this occur? The trial will be interesting, as we may discover that, while not justified, there were motives. […]

Founder of the Axis of Fedora

Pete Da Tech Guy is having a post-New Hampshire primary fundraiser. I’ve already contributed — Pete generously acted as my chauffeur during part of the New Hampshire trip, in addition to all his excellent blogging — and I therefore urge all my readers to do likewise. Whether it’s $10, $20 or $50, please HIT DA […]

Tragedy in Two JPEGs

by Smitty This has been all over the net. Most recently from Power Line. But it showed up in the Reader along with the following, via iOwnTheWorld: Update: linked by Surber and Dell.

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Bielat Sends Fundraising E-Mail for 2012 Campaign

Sean Bielat, the Marine veteran who mounted a surprisingly strong Republican challenge to Barney Frank in the 2010 mid-term election, has sent a fundraising e-mail to his supporters, seeking contributions for his planned 2012 campaign for the Massachusetts 4th District seat. In the e-mail, obtained exclusively by The Other McCain, Bielat seeks donations in the amount […]

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