The Other McCain

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

Two Famous Italians in Hats

AYER, Massachusetts Da Tech Guy dines at his favorite table in one of his favorite restaurants, the Nashoba Club Restaurant. Pete’s got me linked up. He’ll be my host for the next few days, so you probably want to go hit his tip jar for having to put up with me. Tomorrow: New Hampshire.

Fear and Loathing at Union Station

UNION STATION, Washington, D.C. My son-in-law dropped me off here about 1 a.m. My train leaves at 3:15 a.m.  So I’ve got a few minutes to do a quick blog post before I board the train and head off to Worcester and thence to New Hampshire. We’re trying to get Dan Collins of Piece of […]

New Hampshire, Here I Come!

The AmTrak ticket from Union Station in D.C. to Worcester, Mass., was $182. My son-in-law is coming to pick me up in a few minutes to take me to the station. Pete Da Tech Guy will pick me up Saturday afternoon in Worcester. Pete and I will cover Mitt Romney’s Sunday appearance at a Tea […]

Thanks for Answered Prayers, and Guess Who’s Going to New Hampshire?

OK, let’s start by saying that I’m waaaay behind on thank-you e-mails to those who’ve hit my tip jar in the past month. I’m going to catch up, I promise, but first, Da Tech Guy has an excellent point about answered prayers: So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What […]

Debbie’s Very Bad Day in Iowa

During my Iowa trip, I got lots of photos and videos I wasn’t able to upload at the time due to connectivity issues and the very hectic schedule. One of the items that never made it to the blog was an incident at the Iowa State Fair where DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz got heckled offstage by an […]

Fear and Loathing in the Airport Lounge: The Final Wisdom of My Iowa Journey

The National Affairs Desk, Atlanta Airport, 8:30 p.m. HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Atlanta My flight home starts boarding in about an hour, so this will have to be quick. There is no deadline quite so final as the call for final boarding, so I’ll have to jam this together without thinking about it too much. Michelle […]

Michele Bachmann and the Media Scrum

Michele Bachman is surrounded by media as she greets her supporters after the GOP Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa NEWTON, Iowa Yesterday, I was updating my post about the Iowa Straw Poll results when word came that the winner, Michele Bachmann, would be holding a press conference at her campaign bus in 15 minutes. By […]

Tim Pawlenty Quits!

NEWTON, Iowa I was sitting here at breakfast with Ladd Ehlinger just an hour ago when he said, “Pawlenty’s quitting!” Tim Pawlenty told supporters on a conference call Sunday morning that he is ending his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination after a disappointing third-place finish at the Iowa straw poll. Mr. Pawlenty thanked his […]

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