Category Archives: GOP

Romney Gets Big Endorsement From Architect Of Arizona’s Immigration Law

This is a pretty big endorsement, considering that the GOP primary season is heading into South Carolina, a state with a large illegal immigrant population, and which has passed an Arizona type law (Washington Times) Mitt Romney collected the endorsements Wednesday of the architect of Arizona’s immigration-crackdown law, marking the final step on a journey […]

Super Helpful Manager Mitt Romney For President

You read the headline correctly: I staking my little spot in the Right-O-Sphere and endorsing Mitt Romney. Why? Let’s consider something that Jonah Goldberg wrote today that resonated with me …Romney has his faults, but his 2 percent milk personality makes him hard to demonize. He seems more like a super-helpful manager at a rental […]

Romney Takes New Hampshire, On To South Carolina

Not that it was a particularly big surprise that Romney won the Granite State (CNN) Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won a convincing victory in the New Hampshire primary, the second straight triumph for Romney and one that bolsters his front-runner status to take on President Barack Obama in November. All six Republican contenders head […]

Newt Then And Now

Via the Democratic Underground, which links the photo to an article at Talking Points Memo entitled Newt Goes Full ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Against Romney Apparently, Newt is in full scorched earth mode, where he now doesn’t care about getting Obama out of office, he just wants to destroy Romney. Allahpundit has audio of Rush Limbaugh […]

Wait, There Was A Debate Sunday, Too?

Was anyone else aware of this, other than The Politico’s Maggie Haberman, or, were we all focused on the NFL Playoffs? Fortunately, Maggie was there to provide 6 takeaways 1) For the most part, the attacks on Mitt Romney didn’t stick Romney was under much more forceful attack in Sunday morning’s debate than he was […]

Eugene Robinson: Extreme Rick Santorum Shouldn’t Be Let Near White House

One thing that I have missed during the King Obama years has been the truly unhinged lefties being unhinged. They were a lot more fun when Bush was president, but, hey, with the 2012 silly season in full swing, they are coming out of the woodwork (Washington Post) Before there was the Tea Party to […]

Poll: Romney Leads Among Likely GOP Primary Voters, Santorum Rising

But Newt is still hanging in (Rasmussen) Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, coming off his photo finish with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, is now in second place among Republican voters in the race for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken the night after the caucuses, shows […]

Santorum: Can A “Social Issues” Guy Win In An Election About The Economy?

Now that Rick Santorum has caught fire, coming in second in the Iowa caucuses by a mere 8 votes to Mitt Romney, can he keep that momentum going into New Hampshire and South Carolina? Or, is he the flavor of the week? George Will calls him a “fun candidate“. USA Today says he is within […]

Mitt Wins Iowa, Bachmann And Perry Likely To Drop Out

But, Santorum did exceedingly well (Politico) Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses — a margin that amounted to a tie in the crucial opening act of the 2012 presidential race and propelled the newly reshaped contest to New Hampshire and beyond. After a three-way dead heat for […]

Palin Tells Bachmann To Give It Up

I know many folks are a bit tired of me going after Ron Paul, so, how about some Sarah Palin bashing instead? Via Hot Air comes this quote “As for Michelle Bachmann. She has a lot to offer, also, but I don’t think it is her time this go around. And I believe that unless […]

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