The Other McCain

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

It’s Hard to Beat a Man …

. . . who refuses to quit. Haley Barbour quit. Donald Trump quit. Mike Huckabee quit. Guess who didn’t quit? Four years ago at the studios of WSB Radio in Atlanta, I interviewed talk-radio host Herman Cain, who had only recently recovered from cancer. He smiled as he vowed, “Death’s going to have to catch […]

Jonah Doubts the Cain Magic

Jonah Goldberg got some blowback about a column on the 2012 campaign that didn’t mention Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann or Herman Cain: As for Herman Cain, I’m also catching a lot of grief for not discussing him. For the record, what I’ve seen of Cain I like. I certainly respect the guy, though I was […]

NY-26 Update: Jane Corwin Ad

Responding to Democrat attacks, the GOP is really trying to blur the Medicare/Social Security issue: The most effective part of this ad is Corwin’s appearance at the end. She just seems nice, doesn’t she? Dave Weigel is up in the district covering the campaign, and has a report on Wednesday’s debate between Corwin and Democrat […]

VIDEO: Iowa Loves Herman Cain

This 4-minute video features an interview by Lynda Waddington of the Iowa Independent. But never mind that part: Pay attention to the enthusiastic reaction Herman Cain generates from the grassroots GOP in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: You see what I’m talking about? People love this guy. He is a people person. And that makes a huge […]

Defeat Obama Radiothon Thursday!

The Campaign to Defeat Obama will have a radiothon Thursday night with guests including Michelle Bachmann, Andrew Breitbart, Phyllis Schlafly, Rick Santorum and . . . well, me, among many more.  You can read more about this big event here. They’ve got a Facebook page and you can follow them on Twitter (@DefeatBarack). Here’s one of their latest TV ads: […]

Newt Gingrich to Democrats: ‘Hey, No Fair Quoting What I Said on National TV!’

“Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood, because I have said publicly those words were inaccurate and unfortunate.” — Newt Gingrich, in Fox News interview Tuesday UPDATE: Oh, this is classic: Newt’s spokesman Rick Tyler calls Gingrich’s critics “sheep,” whom he accuses of “not wanting to be dropped from the […]

Herman Cain: Georgia GOP Speech

I’d asked around to see if someone had video of the full speech that Herman Cain gave this past weekend at the Georgia State Republican Party Convention in Macon. Thanks to Omega Six for finding it: Isn’t it time you joined the online grassroots army at Citizens for Cain?

NY-26 Update: Tea Party Express Endorses Republican Jane Corwin

We are now just a week away from the special election in New York’s 26th District, and our Syracuse-area friend The Lonely Conservative reports: The Tea Party Express showed up in the Rochester, NY area [Monday] to officially endorse Jane Corwin in the NY26 special election. They also denounced the fake Tea Party candidate Jack […]

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