The Other McCain

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Republican Ted Cruz, the ‘Marco Rubio of Texas’

WASHINGTON, D.C. When former Texas solicitor general spoke today at the FRC Values Voter Summit, as Cameron Joseph of The Hill says, the crowd went wild: Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz might not be a household name, but the candidate for Senate was cheered heartily at the conservative Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rick Santorum Interview

WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the FRC Value Voters Summit, I was walking through the lobby of the Omni Shoreham Hotel when I saw a familiar face: One of the daughters of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. The candidate’s three oldest children and his lovely wife were sitting in the lobby, awaiting the candidate’s return from […]

Herman Cain in D.C. Area Today

Two events: Herman Cain will appear noon Friday a the Costco in Pentagon City to sign copies of his new book, This Is Herman Cain! Herman Cain will speak at 4 p.m. at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in D.C. This basement-office pundit game gets old after a […]

The Herman Cain Story

A new Pew Poll shows the astonishing surge for Herman Cain in the GOP field since the Sept. 22 debate in Orlando. Cain trailed Rick Perry by four points Sept. 22-25, but by Oct. 1-4 Cain led Perry 18-15, while front-runner Mitt Romney softened slightly, declining from 25% to 22% in the span of little […]

Storm Center: J.D. Gordon Takes Charge as Herman Cain Communications Director

Cmdr. J.D. Gordon (USN, Retired), former Pentagon spokesman, is now communications director for Herman Cain’s presidential campaign. Saturday, I was the first to report that former Pentagon spokesman J.D. Gordon was taking over as de facto press secretary in the wake of Ellen Carmichael’s resignation. Today, I had my first phone interview with Commander Gordon, […]

Some Better Ideas For Primaries

by Smitty Noting the latest in the primary brinksmanship, maybe the parties could consider: All 50 states at once. No one gets a jump. Not a lot of news and vetting, but at least no one is pre-eminent. A purely random distribution. Have a meeting a year before commencement of hostilities, and treat it like […]

BLAME ME!

Rejection is painful, and I’m sure that Sarah Palin’s supporters blame themselves for her decision not to run. But don’t blame yourself and don’t blame Sarah — it was all my fault. Mea culpa. Mea magna culpa. Don’t ask why or how I was personally responsible for Sarah Palin not running for president. Don’t torture […]

SARAH PALIN WILL NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT, SHE TELLS MARK LEVIN

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin broke the news that she will not be a candidate in 2012 on Mark Levin’s nationally syndicated radio show, Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator reports: Palin acknowledged the disappointment of her supporters (Matt Drudge  e-mailed to say it was a “sad day”) but said the decision had been reached […]

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