(1) It’s not at all surprising that Ron Paul would do well in New Hampshire. Not only was he helped by the fact that Independents (known as “undeclareds” in New Hampshire, and who are more likely to be Democrat-leaning than … Continue reading →
Yesterday I decided, New England being the small place it is, that I would go to one New Hampshire primary event. I had a few basic criteria. The first was that it not be a breakfast meeting (not a morning … Continue reading →
The other day the following metaphor came to me about the Republican race and the antipathy to Romney’s candidacy: In football (a sport about which I know next to nothing of the fine points), one thing I do know is … Continue reading →
There are so many articles floating around lately saying “Romney has the nomination all sewed up” that there’s hardly any need to link to them; if you do much reading about politics, you’ve already seen plenty (but, for the sake … Continue reading →
Let’s get one thing straight: to be a politician is to lie sometimes, or at the very least to tell half truths and/or shade the truth when it’s strategic to do so. And sometimes—as today, when Newt Gingrich called Romney … Continue reading →
Who are these people? The chorus line at Chippendale’s? The lineup for the baseball All Stars game? The cast of “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway? (Hint: now we’re getting a bit closer.) Or is it—yes—four of Mitt Romney’s five … Continue reading →
…if he were elected president? I’ve read many comments (at this blog and other sites) like this one from “geran” on the subject: “The worse habit of a ‘True Conservative’ is a certain disconnect with reality of any sort.” I’m … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker of Powerline has endorsed Mitt Romney, and John Hawkins of RightWingNews has said why he won’t be doing the same. Tigerhawk has summarized and compared the positions of both men, so I don’t have to do it. But … Continue reading →
…need to pay attention to the startling revelation that Romney likes olives on his Hawaiian pizza. That combo may be disgusting, but it’s certainly not dull. Oh, and he’s leading in New Hampshire. But that’s no surprise.
Continue reading →Is Newt’s star of the mere shooting variety, like the short-lived ascendancies of Bachmann and Perry and Cain before him? One would think so, from today’s editorials in the Washington Examiner and the National Review. The first comes right out … Continue reading →
They seem to be the frontrunners right now. I agree with Charles Krauthammer that they may be the ones to ultimately duke it out for the nomination, and I very much agree with Krauthammer when he writes this: My own … Continue reading →
Here’s a distinctive article about how Mitt Romney’s hair is his most distinctive feature: By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign … Continue reading →