The Oregonian has a mayoral election scoop this morning: Charlie Hales tells the daily that he’s going all in for a run at the city’s top spot in 2012, taking the first plunge among a large field of rumored candidates that includes incumbent Mayor Sam Adams, County Chairman Jeff Cogen, former Senate candidate Steve Novick, […]
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Obama 2012 Produces the Best Campaign Paraphernalia Ever
For $15, the Obama 2012 campaign will send you a coffee mug with President Obama’s birth certificate on it. On the other side is a photo of the president and the words “MADE IN THE USA.” This is fucking brilliant. Go donate here.
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A Mess of Santorum: Rick Says John McCain Doesn’t Understand Torture
Another Santorum slip-up! Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum doesn’t think former POW and torture survivor John McCain quite understands how torture works. Expect a lot more Santorum messes in the next few months; Santorum spreads everywhere!
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Trump Out
Someone call the waaaaaahmbulance: Big real estate baby Donald Trump has decided his widdwe ego can’t handle a run for president: I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and […]
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Let’s Read the Hilarious Results of the New Zogby Poll of Republican Candidates
Yesterday, Zogby announced the results of their most recent poll about Republican presidential candidates. The results are awesome: Chris Christie, the teabaggy governor of New Jersey, is in the lead. (He has repeatedly said he isn’t running.) Here’s the top of the list: Chris Christie 17% Herman Cain 14% Ron Paul 10% Mitt Romney 9% […]
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The Sarah Palin Brand Is Losing Value
Newsweek thinks Sarah Palin might be over: Between February and April, according to an analysis for NEWSWEEK by General Sentiment, a company that tracks and measures online content, posts involving Palin fell 38.3 percent, to 235,032, over the past 30 days. Social-media mentions dropped in lockstep, down 32 percent over the same period, to 135,421. […]
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Best Part of Last Night’s Republican Debate: Ron Paul on Heroin
And the best part of the best part: As Ron Paul starts in on his heroin lecture he’s basically being laughed off the South Carolina stage. Then, in just two minutes and thirty seconds, he manages to gently point out the giant contradiction in a bunch of small-government, freedom-first conservatives cheering for government to interfere […]
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Someone in Texas Disagrees with Me
Just got an e-mail from Fort Worth, Texas regarding my Osama bin Laden story in this week’s Merc: Subject: Black Hawk Rising I stopped reading after the first paragraph… O and his pals have made a mess out of this. Bring some adult leadership back to the WH like the guys that killed O. Here’s […]
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Santorum Gurgles on Obama’s Foreign Policy
Politico: PELLA, Iowa — Rick Santorum said Monday that the killing of Osama bin Laden won’t serve as a deterrent to other enemies because they don’t fear President Barack Obama. Asked if bin Laden’s death would make it more difficult to argue that Obama is weak on defense or national security, Santorum said this simply […]
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The Trump Brand Is Innovative and Dynamic
The Christian Science Monitor has the best analysis of what’s going on with Donald Trump’s potential presidential run. Short version: It’s all business, with a tiny bit of wait-and-see on the political front. “It’s a win-win situation,” says Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, a University of Southern California expert on celebrities in US society. At best, the door […]
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Musical Protest Over WikiLeaker’s Treatment Disrupts Obama Fundraiser
The San Francisco Chronicle was the designated media outlet covering a high-dollar Obama fundraiser this morning, and the paper managed to catch the awkwardness that ensued as half a dozen people stood up and started singing a protest song over the harsh captivity of Bradley Manning, the Army private who sent a mess of classified […]
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Obama, Off the Record
Yesterday at a fundraiser for his 2012 campaign, President Obama talked very candidly about his feelings on Republican legislative tricks. He didn’t realize he was speaking into an open mic. I hope that if he gets a second term and doesn’t have to worry about reelection that he speaks this candidly all the time: He […]