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Friday night trites
on December 02, 2011
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What a day. I'm going to try to stay away from Newt-Mitt-fest, but no guarantees: Egyptian Unity: "All parties can agree on dislike for Israel" 25 year contempt of court sentence upheld. Yeah, but there's a back story. Someone is surging among Hot Air readers (I voted, but I...
Romney one step closer to Pawlentyville
on December 02, 2011
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What did I tell you just this morning. Mitt Romney needs to take on Newt face-to-face, mano a mano, to demonstrate that Mitt is not Tim Pawlenty, someone who can dish it out through surrogates or in television interviews, but not in person. This is a sign...
Politico following in MSNBC’s path
on December 02, 2011
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I noted about a year ago that I had moved away from Politico as a prime source of news because of it's anti-Palin, anti-Tea Party bias. That bias has been confirmed by the shoddy reporting of the accusations against Herman Cain, and its current obsession...
Pro-Romney bloggers’ attacks on Newt in one unfinished sentence
on December 02, 2011
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From NRO to The Washington Examiner to the Romneyquest WaPo blogger, Newt's record is being picked over and criticized by Romney supporters as not sufficiently or consistently conservative. I'll save you the trouble of reading the critiques, as they can be summarized in one sentence the...
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Televised Debates: The good, the bad, the — your time is up.
on December 02, 2011
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I take issue with Don Surber's recent piece, titled "Debates work.": The much-maligned mainstream media is doing its job and that is helping Republicans get their message out, while at the same time ridding the party of its losers quickly. Better to have a Rick Perry...
Why a default candidate is not enough
on December 02, 2011
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There was an unemployment report released this morning which showed the unemployment rate dropping to 8.6%. That's a big plus for Obama, even though the drop almost entirely is the result of people leaving the workforce, as Jame Pethokoukis notes: The mainstream media pays no attention to...
If Romney doesn’t confront Newt face-to-face, he’s Tim Pawlenty
on December 02, 2011
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Tim Pawlenty was the candidate who was going to be the not-Romney candidate conservatives could rally around. A successful relatively conservative Governor of a blue state, someone who had managed well, had campaign organization, and could bridge the gap between the Tea Party and establishment wings...
Nothing says random kindness and senseless beauty like Che
on December 02, 2011
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What shocks me, though, is that a fan of Che Guevara attended the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 2008. Quite unexpected. Thanks to reader Matt, who writes: Spotted this in the parking lot of my old neighborhood bar in uptown Denver. Couldn't help but start laughing....
Surrogate Fight Night – Open
on December 01, 2011
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A variety of things doing in the Stop Newt Express: The Romney campaign is going to use surrogates like Chris Christie to go after Newt: "Campaigning for the former Massachusetts governor in South Florida Thursday, Mr. Christie showed he may be the Romney attack dog." Isn't that part...
Incentives and lives matter.
on December 01, 2011
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Good news out of San Francisco today: A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that most bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning a decades-old law that made such compensation a crime. In its ruling Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a technological breakthrough makes...
Cain fighting back
on December 01, 2011
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He's seeking Ginger White's phone records, and denying that the alleged trip to the Tyson-Holyfield fight (the one where Tyson bit his ear) ever took place. Someone is lying, and we owe it to ourselves and the process to find out who. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A...
What do you see?
on December 01, 2011
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Michele Walk, who along with Kathleen helped me out on some social media things and who now works for Engage, links to an interesting post at Mashable about eye tracking of Facebook pages performed by EyeTrackShop Inc. Here's the image of what people see on a Facebook page: I'm...
“I’m the comeback grandparent” strategy working in Florida
on December 01, 2011
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On November 26 I noted that Newt's line at an overflowing town hall in Florida, “I’m the comeback grandparent”, struck the right chord. First, it distinguished Newt's prior "when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible" days from the person running for president. ...
“The idea that we could have controlled that process is absurd”
on December 01, 2011
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That's Doug Mataconis pushing back against my post We know who lost Egypt and similar arguments by others. The push back misses the point. Whether or not we could have controlled the situation -- and whether or not we should have tried -- the fact is that we...
All the king’s horses may not be enough for Romney
on December 01, 2011
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Mitt Romney had a disastrous interview with Bret Baier the other night, compounded by Romney complaining about the interview to Baier (video via Right Scoop h/t HotAir): As bad as the original interview was, Romney's reaction simply confirms the perception that Romney will have trouble in...
I guess it depends on the meaning of “having your back”
on December 01, 2011
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Spotted in Ithaca: ...
