Prospective Republican presidential candidates…
…would do well to heed Kyle-Ann Shiver’s advice.
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George Stephanopoulos has a new co-pundit: Ginger White
It would be funny if it weren’t so sad: George Stephanopoulos gives us the earth-shattering news that Cain’s latest accuser, that well-known political commentator Ginger White, is of the opinion that Herman Cain would not make a good president. This … Continue reading →
Cain and the women: what constitutes enough proof?
Herman Cain continues to strongly deny Ginger White’s allegations that they had a 13-year-long consensual affair, but he’s thinking of dropping out of the race because, as he puts it: It’s also taken a toll on my wife and family, … Continue reading →
Ruth Marcus can’t excuse Obama, although that doesn’t stop her from trying
Most of Obama’s cheerleaders lost energy for that enterprise quite some time ago. Now their efforts seem limited to attacking the Republicans who might oppose him. For example, liberal Ruth Marcus of the WaPo is clearly running out of steam, … Continue reading →
Pigs fly, and the WaPo writes the article I thought they wouldn’t write about Newt Gingrich’s divorce
It’s not perfect. But Paul Farhi offers a relatively fair narration of the events in question—you know, the ones I’ve been writing about (here and here) concerning the rumors that have been spreading for many years to the effect that … Continue reading →
The sages at TNR chime in: again with the “Newt served his wife with divorce papers when she was in the hospital with cancer” yada-yada-yada
Surely there’s enough truth with which to attack Gingrich without resorting to lies. But apparently not, just as I predicted (don’t mean to blow my own horn, but…). First on TNR’s list of terrible things Gingrich has done and said … Continue reading →
The National Enquirer would be ashamed…
…to publish this story. But not Politico. [ADDENDUM: Actually, it seems the story first appeared in the Washington Examiner, a fairly conservative rag.]
Continue reading →The disorganized Cain campaign
I’m in agreement with the following observations by Pejman Yousefzadeh about Cain and how he’s handled the sexual harassment controversy: Can we agree that the Herman Cain sexual harassment fiasco is exactly the kind of catastrophe that is bound to … Continue reading →
The press and the non-politician candidate
For the moment the issue in the Cain sexual harassment case has become “Cain should have been ready to answer these charges. So this shows he’s not ready for prime time.” It’s a good point, but not a great one. … Continue reading →
Politico’s Alexander Burns trips himself up…
…but will anyone notice? According to Burns, Herman Cain has been contradicting himself in his descriptions of what he remembers about the sexual harassment charges against him in the 90s [emphasis mine]: Herman Cain once again revised his account of … Continue reading →
Herman Cain and the sexual harrassment allegations
So, Politico has dug up some dirt on Herman Cain. And it’s dirt of a sort so common in our modern PC world: allegations of sexual misconduct of an unspecified nature that ended with a payout (from the National Restaurant … Continue reading →
Herman Cain, Republican du jour: perceptions, the press, and the public
Herman Cain is the Republican frontrunner for now among Iowa’s voters: A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%. One Republican … Continue reading →