The Other McCain

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

OHIO: MATH IS HARD

Nate Silver approaches a clue and almost gets it: For Romney to Win, State Polls Must Be Statistically Biased Missed it by that much, as Maxwell Smart might say. His headline summarizes exactly what Republican poll-mongers have been saying since September, as they see poll after poll with crazy oversamples of Democrats. As for example, […]

SCENES FROM OHIO ‘ALL-STAR’ RALLY

A Romney supporter in West Chester, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2012 (Photo by Ali Akbar) BLUE ASH, Ohio Friday night’s event at Union Centre in West Chester has been called a Republican “all-star” rally, the largest so far for the Romney campaign, as the Cincinnati Enquirer reports: The presidential race returned to Ohio for the final push Friday […]

Words Matter, But The Motive Behind Them Drives The Deed

by Smitty #OccupyResoluteDesk is so, so thoroughly spent. Maybe this remark was a tell about why he hung Woods and Doherty out to dry? via RBPundit

WEST CHESTER, OHIO: MASSIVE CROWD FOR ROMNEY-RYAN RALLY

That tiny speck on the stage? Rudy Giuliani. BLUE ASH, Ohio I’ll have more photos later, but right now I just want to tell you how awesome tonight’s rally was. Rudy Giuliani’s speech was off the hook — the best takedown of the Obama administration I’ve heard this entire cycle, bar none. What Rudy said […]

FOUR MORE DAYS: Kid Rock Tonight in the Only County That Matters

The National Affairs Desk, Blue Ash, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2012 BLUE ASH, Ohio Six days since Ali Akbar and I arrived in Ohio, four days until Election Day, and we are right now at the epicenter of the political universe: Butler County may prove to be the key to the entire 2012 election, Ground Zero […]

VIDEO: ‘It’s Time for the Truth’

New ad from Women United PAC hits Obama on the Benghazi cover-up: It’s a video. On the Internet. And the Muslim Brotherhood won’t like it. Meanwhile, the latest news: Sources, emails point to communication breakdown in Obama administration during Libya attack

Political Chick Flick In A Nutshell

by Smitty This is great: The larger question is, Why. Are. People. Voting. Hormonally? If I’ve gleaned anything these last years, it’s that the more simple, boring, rational, and close to a mathematical proof that politics are, the better. Sure, appeals have to be made to the testosterone and the estrogen; we are humans after […]

Fred Thompson Makes News With Benghazi Comments at AFP Event

It was weird: @ali and I were the only media in the room. I was nodding off until — BOOM! Fred makes news. spectator.org/blog/2012/11/0… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 1, 2012   Fred Thompson speaks in West Chester, Ohio BLUE ASH, Ohio News happens in weird ways. While we were driving to today’s Americans […]

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