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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 43 Comments

Things going down (not in the depraved freak sense): Newt's tax returns show 32% rate. Tim Scott not happy with Romney position on tax returns. Left-wing blogger says Newt "understands the Republican id perfectly," which is why he's feared, in my opinion. Mitt defends ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 25 Comments

Be careful, very careful, about embracing anything Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart or Saturday Night Live or any of the other liberal entertainment media types do. Sometimes it is very, very funny.  Stewart in particular is an equal opportunity mocker, and seems the least malicious of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 19 Comments

Via WaPo: All told, Obama held four fundraisers in New York on Thursday, flying here after unveiling a new proposal in Orlando, related to boosting tourism. While his four remaining Republican rivals held another televised debate in South Carolina, Obama was filling his war chest by talking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 43 Comments

Last night ABC News aired the much ballyhooed interview with Marianne Gingrich, Newt's ex-wife. The ballyhoo was not warranted.  The "interview" was not so much an interview as an 8-minute ABC News attempt to portray Newt in an unfavorable light interspersed with very short clips of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2012 2 Comments

More thanks to reader Danelle in Electra, Texas: Ronnie Wilson opened up his print shop over 30 years ago. He mostly prints signage for the locally owned oil field operations and trucking companies. He's also known to put out bumper stickers and signage reflecting current political...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 101 Comments

Endgame assessment: Newt stole the buzz with the opening smackdown of John King over the issue of his ex-wife. After that Santorum was very aggressive, going after both Romney and Newt time and again; people either will like it or hate it. After a while...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 9 Comments

My predictions: Rick Santorum is angry, and as I have said before, Rick Santorum does angry much better than even Newt does angry. He's in a no win situation -- if he scores enough points to damage Newt, he hands the SC election to Romney and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 36 Comments

Some things which got pushed aside for the breaking breaking news: When Mitt's lost National Review on releasing tax returns now. Ann Coulter is sounding more and more like Marianne Gingrich. Hezbollah receiving more powerful, longer range missiles from Syria. Hyperbole in defense of Bain is a vice, don't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 13 Comments

I was wondering when someone would bring out the Mike Huckabee line from the 2008 campaign, when he was attacked by Romney much the way Romney attacked Newt in this election cycle. Romney always starts it.  He did it in Iowa in December 2007 against Huckabee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 40 Comments

There's more to the story than you are hearing in the media.  Marianne Gingrich is no innocent, and she was the one who broke the marriage and cleaned out the house, via Robert Costa via AP report from 1999 (h/t Burke): Documents related to the divorce filed Friday in Cobb County...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 62 Comments

Full speech by Rick Perry withdrawing from the race and endorsing Newt. If you want just the section endorsing Newt, it's here, but I recommend listening to the whole speech, it's worth it. The Perry endorsement is huge not because Perry had a large percentage (although even...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 10 Comments

Instapundit: ISN’T THIS LEAKING DIVORCE DETAILS OF A RIVAL kind of an Obama trademark?  I’m just sayin’ . . . . That would presume Drudge got the tip from an opposing campaign, and forced ABC's hand to release it prior to South Carolina in order to influence...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 55 Comments

So this is the big bombshell? video platform video management video solutions video player The story she tells is not consistent with this 1999 interview in which she said Newt told her he wanted a divorce and she was totally shocked. Brian Ross says that this is the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 54 Comments

So reports Peter Hamby of CNN via Twitter: Rick Perry will drop out of the Republican presidential race today, two sources tell CNN. Updates:  Perry just scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference. Via HotAir, Perry will endorse Newt. Things are moving fast: The Daily Caller has learned that 100 tea party...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 15 Comments

There's a whole lot of punditry who have been singing the inevitability of Mitt Romney because for the first time in history a single candidate won both Iowa and New Hampshire in an open race.  The narrative was stupid -- because on election night Romney...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2012 1 Comment

From reader Danelle, this vehicle was spotted in Electra, Texas: ...

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