The Other McCain

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Newt Gingrich Fires Iowa Political Director for Calling Mormonism a ‘Cult’

Warner Todd Huston says Craig Bergman’s “stint with the Gingrich campaign has to be one of the shortest in history” — he was hired five days ago and was fired today for something he said last week: Craig Bergman during a focus group on Wednesday with The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers said he thinks […]

Santorum Surge: New Poll Shows Gains in Iowa, Closing in on Perry, Bachmann

The Public Policy Polling article about their latest Iowa survey doesn’t even mention Rick Santorum — instead focusing on the closing gap between Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul — but when you look closer at the numbers, something else becomes apparent: CANDIDATE ……… Dec. 3-5 … Dec. 11-13 Newt Gingrich ………………. 27% ……. 22% Ron […]

Trump Quits as Dec. 27 Debate Moderator

Says he won’t rule out an independent presidential campaign in 2012, and probably still hurt that Michele Bachmann turned him down. OK, so with The Donald, will NewsMax and Ion network still host the Dec. 27 debate? Now that Trump is out, will the other Republicans now accept the Dec. 27 debate? Or was the […]

SANTORUM EXPRESS UPDATE: Pulls Even With Bachmann in New Iowa Poll, Gains Endorsement by Influential Pastor

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum moved into a tie for fifth place with Michele Bachmann in the latest survey of Iowa voters, the first poll to indicate an increase in the former Pennsylvania senator’s support with three weeks to go before the Jan. 3 caucuses. The poll by American Research Group, conducted Dec. 8-11, showed […]

Today’s News of the Weird

From Alabama, with love: A conservative Christian politician has a secret life as a sperm donor for lesbian couples – even though he has campaigned against gay marriage. American politician Bill Johnson has spent most of this year in Christchurch [New Zealand] helping run the earthquake recovery, all the while using the online persona “chchbill” […]

Iowa State University ‘Sexuality’ Professor Heckles Rick Perry at Campaign Event

Warren Blumenfeld, associate professor of “Multicultural & International Curriculum Studies,” academic heckler: A packed coffee house where Rick Perry spoke this afternoon turned into a bit of a ruckus that left the candidate heading out the back door and straight to his vehicle after several Iowans screamed questions about his views on gays. “Why do […]

Hey, Mitt Romney: Bet Me $10,000 I Won’t Post This Vintage Pinup Girl

Ha, ha! You lose! Lots of fallout today over last night’s debate, in which Mitt Romney offered Rick Perry a $10,000 bet that Mitt’s book did not include a call for nationalizing RomneyCare. The video: Lisa Graas reminds us that Mitt reportedly spent $45 million of his own money on his failed 2008 bid for […]

ABC Iowa Debate Reaction Roundup UPDATE: Jennifer Rubin, WTF?

UPDATE 12:45 a.m.: Several people — including Melissa Clouthier, Dan Riehl, Ace of Spades and William Jacobson — were expressing outrage on Twitter at the way the Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin scored the debate: Winners: Bachmann, Santorum, Perry — and because they can take steam out of Gingrich and he demonstrated a superior temperament, Romney too was […]

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