I knew this was coming, but it still feels so, so good. In brief: Newt Gingrich is scaling back his campaign to the point of irrelevancy. Politico says: Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign’s full-time staff, and has replaced his manager as part […]
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The Mandate Argument Didn’t Go So Well at the Supreme Court Today
It seems that President Obama’s own claims that the health care mandate wasn’t a tax is causing a problem for his lawyers before the Supreme Court today: “The president said it was a tax, didn’t he?” Scalia asked. [ U.S. Solicitor General Donald] Verrilli argued, “The President said it wasn’t a tax increase because it […]
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Mitt Romney’s New Summer Home Comes with Its Own Car Elevator and Lobbyist
Politico says: At Mitt Romney’s proposed California beach house, the cars will have their own separate elevator. There’s also a planned outdoor shower and a 3,600-square foot basement — a room with more floor space than the existing home’s entire living quarters. Those are just some of the amenities planned for the massive renovation of […]
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“19 Reasons & Counting to Vote for Rick Santorum”
A plague o’ Duggars take turns praising Santorum. Speaking of the worthless opinions of inappropriately spilled seed, the crispy T-shirt under my bed endorses Ron Paul. Thank you, Christian Nightmares.
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Crazy Republican Base-Land Prepares to Embrace Mitt Romney
Over on conservative group blog Red State, a blogger named Erick Erickson prepares to get behind Mitt Romney. He’s still not happy about it: Theoretically, Rick Santorum could keep Romney from getting to 1,144. But as Romney piles up more and more wins and neither the Gingrich nor Paul campaigns remain factors, let alone have […]
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“Thank You,” He Signed
News of this has been circling the internet for a few days now, but Buzzfeed just ran video: Here’s what the deaf student in the video wrote about his experience on Twitter, according to Buzzfeed: The moment I will never forget was when he looked at me. He gave me a chance to talk to […]
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Two Thoughts About Jeb Bush Endorsing Mitt Romney
So here’s Jeb Bush’s statement from earlier this morning: Congratulations to Governor Mitt Romney on his win last night and to all the candidates for a hard fought, thoughtful debate and primary season. Primary elections have been held in thirty-four states, and now is the time for Republicans to unite behind Governor Romney and take […]
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The Factual and Fictional Mitt Romneys Are Blurring Together
Politico quoted from the press’s pool reports about Romney’s visit to Google’s Chicago headquarters: Another amusing exchange as he walked past an employee with a big blue lava lamp (turned off) on his desk: “That’s a big lava lamp, congratulations,” Romney said. That’s a perfect mixture of this video… …and this Calvin Trillin piece imagining […]
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Newt Gingrich Demands President Obama Apologize for Robert De Niro’s Bad Joke
MSNBC reports on the latest celebroversy in the 2012 campaign: “I do want to say one thing on behalf of both my wife, and on behalf of Karen Santorum and on behalf of Ann Romney and that is I think Robert De Niro is wrong,” Gingrich said as he began his speech at Strawn’s Eat […]
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Another Poll Shows Fritz With Wide Lead Over Nolan—For Now
A new poll (PDF) released by Commissioner Amanda Fritz today offered some more good news in her bid to fend off a challenge from her much-better-funded opponent, State Representative Mary Nolan. According to the telephone survey of 402 likely voters, conducted earlier this month, Fritz has a 34-point lead over Nolan—eight points larger than in […]
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Who Knew a Mitt Romney Rap Video Would Be So Very Watchable?
This video is making the rounds, and it is incredible. It makes the glory days of Autotune the News look like amateur hour. This is required viewing: Uh… with regards to abortion… uh…. You can choose your own adventure. It’s a Republican dementia. And I’m more concerned about the banks: they’re unable to lend. Corporations […]
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Mitt Romney Says the Economy Is Coming Back
According to Politico, Mitt Romney said this in Springfield earlier today: “I believe the economy is coming back, by the way,” Romney said. “We’ll see what happens. It’s had ups and downs. I think it’s finally coming back. The economy always comes back after a recession, of course. There’s never been one that we didn’t […]