Category Archives: GOP

White House Supposedly Comes Out Against SOPA, House Shelves It

Saturday, the White House responded to two petitions asking that SOPA and PIPA be killed as legislation Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act, and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). […]

Fact Checker Gives Gingrich Attack Ad 4 Pinocchios

The Fact Checker even compares Newt to Michael Moore (Washington Post) Newt Gingrich, meet Michael Moore! The 29-minute video “King of Bain” is such an over-the-top assault on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney that it is hard to know where to begin. It uses evocative footage from distraught middle-class Americans who allege that Romney’s deal-making […]

Romney Attacked For…Wait, Speaking French?

Well, this is a strange one (Politico) A new Web ad from Newt Gingrich’s campaign, “The French Connection,” stresses the similarities between Mitt Romney and John Kerry, tying the two Massachusetts politicians together with the fact that both of them speak French. “Just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too,” the ad’s narrator says of […]

Sideline Sarah Takes Shots At Mitt

For someone who refused to be serious and take the Next Big Step, Palin sure has a big mouth (Big Government) Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has called for Gov. Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, as well as the data that could substantiate his claim of having created 100,000 jobs as CEO […]

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 […]

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