Last night, Sean Hannity chastised Rick Perry for attacking Mitt Romney for engaging in “vulture capitalism.” Hannity said Perry sounded “like something from Occupy Wall Street.” Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh attacked Newt Gingrich for attacking Romney’s Bain record, too: “Capitalism is under assault here in the Republican Party,” said Limbaugh. “I’m telling you, I don’t care […]
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Mitt Romney Didn’t Seem to Hate Europe So Much When He Was Living in a French Palace
As Steve mentioned earlier in GMN, Mittens Romney hates Europe… BUT. True story, and the best part: While a Mormon missionary in Europe, he was living in a palace at the same time that other young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam: According to Romney, proselytizing in la belle France was no picnic. […]
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There Might Be a Republican Enthusiasm Gap
FiveThirtyEight says that despite predictions of a record Republican turnout, it looks like the 2012 New Hampshire primary brought out far fewer voters than the 2008 primary. They’re projecting 185,000 votes this time compared to 240,000 votes four years ago. And it gets worse: The drop-off in turnout looks worse for Republicans since a higher […]
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Romney Wins New Hampshire
The Associated Press and CNN have already called it for Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. He’s the first Republican to win both Iowa and New Hampshire since Iowa became the first-in-the-nation state in 1976. Here’s what The New York Times has for totals: All that remains now is the number-watching. Will Romney beat his 2008 […]
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The Race Is Tied Between Huntsman and Romney…
…well, at least that’s the case in Dixville Notch, the tiny New Hampshire town that obsessively prides itself on voting before anyone else in the nation: Romney and Huntsman received two votes each. Coming in second with one vote apiece were Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. For the Democrats, President Barack Obama received three votes. […]
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It Could All Come Down to South Carolina
Mitt Romney is looking fairly unstoppable at this point. Barring some kind of miracle, he’s going to win New Hampshire tidily, and polls show him way up in South Carolina and Florida. But Politico reports that Newt Gingrich is building a Bain Bomb in South Carolina, in which Romney is going to come face-to-face with […]
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Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletter Is Nothing Compared to Ron Paul’s Crazy Racist Homophobic Direct Mailer
Explain this one away, Ron Paul: The eight-page mailer obtained by Reuters via Jamie Kirchick, who unearthed Paul’s newsletter archives in 2008, is mostly focused on a rambling conspiracy theory about changes to the dollar. But Paul tries to bolster his credibility on the issue by noting that his newsletters have also “laid bare the […]
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Rick Perry Is Hip, Like an iPad
This Rick Perry ad is like watching your parents try to dance to industrial music. What the fuck is up with the black fingernail polish on the model at the end?
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One Percenter Mitt Romney Doesn’t Want America to Know How Wealthy He Is
The New York Times says: Mitt Romney, who is one of the wealthiest men ever to seek the presidency, said on Wednesday that he had no intention of releasing his tax returns if he became the Republican presidential nominee, breaking with a long tradition in both parties. This is a big deal. First, it highlights […]
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John Boehner’s Office Cuts Off C-SPAN Cameras
Thanks to hot tipper Joe for sending this along: As Rep. Stenny Hoyer (D-MD) attempted to call for a vote to extend a payroll tax cut to middle class and working Americans, his Republican colleagues adjourned the House and walked out of the chamber. And if that weren’t odd enough, it got even stranger: As […]
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Bob Vander Plaats Asked the Woman to Step Out of the Way for the Real Christian Man
Yesterday, Rick Santorum unsurprisingly “scored” some evangelical Christian endorsements, including Family Leader president Bob Vander Plaats. Today, the news comes out that Vander Plaats asked Michele Bachmann to quit the race in order to throw some additional support to poor little Ricky Google-pants, who’s barely registering in the polls at all: The phone call took […]
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“This is not poker. This is not a game.”
As Steve noted in GMN, President Obama approval ratings are nearly at 50 percent. Here he is yesterday calling out the Republicans for voting to increase taxes of everyday Americans: Note the moment at 4:15, when he tells Republicans to be more like the men and women of the military and work together to do […]