The Other McCain

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

Sarah Palin and Ado Annie

Yesterday, Turner Classic Movies showed the 1955 Rogers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma, which is why Ado Annie came to mind when I read this item at ABC News: It’s an exciting week in politics because this is the week Sarah Palin will tell the world her 2012 intentions. Or not. At least that’s what she […]

Herman Cain on Obama: ‘I’m Listening to All This Bulls–t That He’s Talking About’

The winner of the Florida straw poll gets “worked up” in an interview with my young friend Chris Moody: After a few caffeine-heavy refills at our corner table, I asked him about President Obama’s new effort to raise taxes on the wealthy, and Cain just about blew a blood vessel–especially when I mentioned the part […]

‘Any Real Chance’

“Pawlenty . . . is widely viewed as the only candidate in Thursday night’s Fox News debate with any real chance of becoming the nominee of his party or President of the United States.” — Ben Smith, Politico, May 6 Seems like forever ago, doesn’t it? T-Paw was “the only candidate . . . with […]

From Marco Rubio to Herman Cain: How the Crist Factor Hurt Perry in Florida

Marco Rubio and Sarah Rumpf Sarah Rumpf helped facilitate Florida state Rep. Scott Plakon’s endorsement of Herman Cain, which in turn helped Cain score his crushing upset of Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Saturday’s Orlando “Presidency5” straw poll. Today, I spoke at length with “Sunshine State Sarah” to get the backstory of that endorsement, and […]

Dear Bill Kristol …

PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT CHRIS CHRISTIE! Seriously, you’re starting to piss me off here, with your . . . idiotic assertion that the 37 percent of Florida straw-poll delegates who voted for Herman Cain were voting for “none of the above.” Did you notice that little . . . pause, Bill? Kind of a hint, […]

Buzzard Bait: Rick Perry’s Immigration Blunder Took Him From Hero to Zero

Donald Douglas at American Power links an important story from the Los Angeles Times: Perry has “a surprisingly tin ear” on the immigration issue, said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican strategist who is unaligned in the presidential contest. To most Republicans, denying tuition subsidies to illegal immigrants “is a question of fairness,” said Fabrizio. He added […]

ORLANDO GOP STRAW POLL RESULTS UPDATE: Herman Cain Beats Rick Perry

We will have results of the important crucial life-or-death world-historical cosmos-shifting Florida Republican P5 Straw Poll within mere moments. UPDATE: HERMAN CAIN WINS WITH 37.1% UPDATE II: The St. Petersburg Times calls the results a “stunning upset,” as Rick Perry finished a distant second with less than 16%! UPDATE III: Dave Weigel: By failing so convincingly, Perry’s ensured […]

CAIN-MANIA IN ORLANDO?
UPDATE: 7 Standing Ovations for Cain; Vultures Circle Perry’s ‘Sunshine Special’?

Supporters greet Herman Cain’s bus in Orlando.(Photo: Katrina Trinko) Last night I talked to Sarah Rumpf, the “Sunshine State Sarah” blogger who is a delegate to the Florida GOP gathering in Orlando that will announce the results of a crucial straw-poll vote this afternoon. Sarah was eager to tell me about how state Rep. Scott […]

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