The Other McCain

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

TAMPA, FLORIDA NBC DEBATE

by Smitty Thoughts: These debates are great. The GOP is going to the gym, and going to be very muscular, assuming it doesn’t have a heart attack and die from it all. The Dems for all their bluster, have got to understand that they are losing the mindshare. The various pleadings to Florida were interesting. […]

Note To Mitt: Cut The Donnie Osmond Noise; It’s Alice Cooper Time

by Smitty Via the Puffington Host: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared on Sunday that Newt Gingrich has been “an embarrassment” to the Republican Party who didn’t have the background or capacity to serve as an effective president. Appearing on “Meet the Press,” the top Mitt Romney surrogate didn’t refrain from sharp character attacks. “I […]

Is It Really Just Mitt, Or Is The Entire GOP Necropolis Facing Rejection?

by Smitty Byron York in The Examiner is worth a full read: Romney stages perfect events. For example, on the eve of the primary, Romney’s rally in North Charleston was perfect from a production point of view: stage just right, big flags, big Romney signs, smooth introductions from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Virginia […]

What Does This Sentence Mean?

“Base hostility will now be exacerbated by Mitt Romney’s backers now undoubtedly making a conscious effort to prop up Rick Santorum to shut down Newt Gingrich.” — Erick Erickson, Red State Last night I found myself talking to Caleb Howe, who said how much he hated the argument that a vote for Candidate X is […]

BHO SOU: “Building An Economy `That’s Built To Last` [Until 07 November, 2012]”

by Smitty The Hill relays, with some help in brackets by me, the news that #OccupyResoluteDesk used the weekly address to sound even more ominous, this time about asing tourist visa rules to attract more foreign tourists, as the latest example he has taken to boost the U.S. economy. It was also the latest example […]

‘Churchill’ Gingrich?

by Smitty IBD: A great debater. Politically polarizing. Prone to great error, but also prone to spectacular success. Steeped in history. Politically brilliant. Unorthodox. Audacious. All these qualities were once used to describe Winston Churchill. Today, you might use the same words to describe Newt Gingrich. Sound absurd? Not when you think about it. Read […]

Althouse Mis-understimates Newt

by Smitty Ann: Perhaps if Gingrich is the candidate, Obama won’t debate him. Why give him a chance to shine? Here’s why. Obama will predict that the majority of Americans will prefer the nice man who is President over the strange and brash man who is attempting to crush him. and: All Obama will need […]

Romney No’ Doin’ So Weel In SC?

by Smitty Leahy at Bearing Drift reports from South Carolina: I was out of the political loop for a spell yesterday and so missed Bob McDonnell’s arrival in the state to stump alongside Mitt Romney in what appears to be, and feels like, a spectacular collapse in support for the former Massachusetts Governor. Romney, who […]

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