Photoshop: Reader Jimmy D. Yesterday, the SEIU and left-wing USA Action launched Spanish-language radio attacks on Mitt Romney for his support of immigration enforcement measures. One of Romney's advisers is Kris Kobach -- a constitutional law professor, Kansas Secretary of State, and staunch leader in the fight against illegal alien amnesty and ACORN-style voter fraud....
Read MorePhotoshop: Reader Jimmy D. Phew. So, it turns out: Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucus. Newt Gingrich's ex-wife, Marianne, is getting her revenge. Live by scorched-earth. Die by scorched-earth, eh, Newt? And Rick Perry is reportedly set to drop out today -- removing another body from another GOP debate tonight in South Carolina and freeing...
Read MoreAnother Republican debate showdown. Fox News Channel hosts the final five GOP in Myrtle Beach, S.C. starting at 9pm Eastern. The hosts: Bret Baier of Fox News' 'Special Report' and Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal. You can watch live online here. Twitter users can play "#dodge" or "#answer" . Seven more GOP debates...
Read MoreThe 'Stache chooses.
...not Newt Gingrich, who said he'd name the former U.N. ambassador as his Secretary of State. Bolton is going with...Team Romney. Via the WSJ: Former U.N Ambassador John Bolton is set to endorse Mitt Romney and will join his top team of foreign-policy advisers, according to people close to the campaign. Video of his announcement...
Read MoreRomney and McCain: The GOP Frenemies’ Club by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 Michael Corleone said to “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” But what, pray tell, do we do with our frenemies? This is the awful, election-year quandary of movement conservatives. And everything you need to know about our heartache can...
Read MorePlace your bets, cross your fingers, hold your breath, clip your noses. Whatever it takes. Most polls will close shortly at 8pm Eastern. According to this tweet from the NYT's Brian Stelter, "Network execs privately say they expect to be able to call NH for Romney at 8pm sharp. The race for 2nd will take...
Read MoreOut: 9-9-9. In: 23-23-23. That's where Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum currently stand as the results come in tonight from Iowa. Via @politicalmath, a graphic that says volumes about grass-roots discontent: If you're an Iowa reader, tell us how you voted. The politicos on tee-vee are all predicting that Huntsman, Bachmann, Gingrich, and...
Read MoreAs we wait for election results to come in tonight, enjoy my reflections on the snobs and sore losers exposed by the Iowa caucus process. Update: Results thread is here. Gingrich was true to sore-loser form, blaming super PACS and negative ads for his 4th place finish. *** Iowa-bashing snobs and sore losers by Michelle...
Read MorePhew. Are you ready? There are an estimated 614,000 active registered Republicans in Iowa. A small fraction of them will turn out tonight to vote in the first-in-the-nation GOP presidential caucus. The anticipated top three placers are a toss-up. Sunday's PPP poll had it 20/19/18 for Paul, Romney and Santorum. Election Projection's Scott Elliott posts...
Read MoreScroll for updates... En fuego. Big Government's John Nolte has a term for Rick Perry's devout adherents -- "Perrykrishnas." Tonight, after Perry's latest mortifying GOP debate gaffe in which he can't remember the name of the third government agency he would cut and gazes helplessly at Ron Paul to bail him out, Nolte tweeted: "Currently...
Read MorePhotoshop: Reader Jimmy D. Yes, I'm still struggling. Like many of you, I am still carefully weighing all the costs and benefits of each declared GOP candidate. As the candidates continue highlighting each other's unsavory left-wing alliances, I thought it might be helpful to compile a Hold Your Nose Tracker of the current top four...
Read MorePhoto credit: Cumberland County GOP Not that it's any surprise. Back in May, Gov Chris Christie gave Romney cover after his Obamneycare walk-back speech. In May 2009, Romney campaigned for Christie in NJ. Now: Just making it official today: Fire away...
Sarah Palin will continue to be one of the nation's most powerfully effective voices for grass-roots conservatism. She is at her best when challenging the Beltway GOP establishment and taking on the corruption and profligacy in both parties. More power to her. *** Gov. Palin broke the news on the Mark Levin radio show --...
Read MoreThis is a gimme. Seriously. I mentioned Rick Perry's DREAM Act debate blunder in my round-up post. It gets second place. The cringe-worthiest moment, by a hair, was when Perry botched what should have been his most potent attack on Mitt Romney's chronic flip-flopping. As I noted on Twitter when it happened, any random high...
Read MoreGraphic via FoxNews.com The latest GOP 2012 debate starts at 9pm Eastern tonight on Fox news. GOP Rep. Thad McCotter dropped his quixotic, redundant bid today (really, how many pro-bailout, pro-health care entitlement expansion Republicans do we need in the race), so he's off the schedule. Taking his place: Libertarian Gary Johnson. Yep, another quixotic,...
Read MoreLongtime readers are familiar with our time-honored tradition of marking inevitable Senate GOP sellout moments with the head-banging-against-the-wall animated gif. Well, it is time to resurrect it again to commemorate Mitch McConnell's latest maneuver that would give President Obama new power to automatically increase the federal debt limit. It's a convoluted way of abandoning the...
Read MoreAs readers of this blog know, I called on scandal-ridden corruptocrat GOP Sen. John Ensign to resign early and often. Flashback: John Ensign plays the victim card for cash 8/23/10 Flashback: I repeat: John Ensign needs to go away 8/2/10 Flashback: The GOP Crapweasel Club 5/18/10 Flashback: Republicans: Clean your own house 7/17/09 Flashback: Ensign...
Read MoreSorry. Can't work up much interest or passion about the RNC debate that just kicked off in D.C. this afternoon. Am I the only one? You can watch it here if you care and share your thoughts in comments or e-mail. The reason it's so difficult to muster up interest in these insider horse races...
Read MoreImitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
Currently the rather familiar-sounding headline on HuffPo as of 7:30pm, November 4: Yeah, you read it here first at 3a.m., November 3: You know what they say: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! Here's what GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell said that has the progs in fits: That's the spirit, GOP. Keep it up....
Read MoreScroll for updates... Great news here in Colorado and across the country, where statehouses/state legislative chambers are back in Republican hands. Via the Republican State Leadership Committee: Colorado Republican captured the state house early this morning. It is the 16th state legislative chamber to move into Republican hands. NH House NH Senate IN House [already...
Read MoreMaking pledges is easy. Keeping them? Not so much. Just ask Mr. Hope and Change. The new GOP pledge is fine as far as it goes -- especially the upfront acknowledgment that government's powers derive from the consent of the governed, not from the penumbras emanating from the fingertips of all President Obama's czars. But...
Read MorePhotoshop credit: Slublog Yesterday, GOP Sen. John Cornyn said it was "pretty clear" that sore loser Sen. Lisa "Evita" Murkowski would lose her energy post: Twenty-four short hours later, the Senate Republicans backpedaled faster than circus clowns on a high wire. Via
Spread the word and send your money. Corruptocrat Barney Frank has a strong GOP challenger who needs your help in advance of the September 14 primary. His name is Sean Bielat. He's a businessman. He's a Marine. He's a young father fed up with "systemic corruption" in arrogant Washington. He opposes cap-and-tax, will fight other...
Read MoreGOP 8-term incumbent Mike Castle a no-show at a recent Delaware voter forum. Conservative challenger Christine O'Donnell on the right. I've said it before and Republican voters need to hear it again: Entrenched incumbency is not an argument for more entrenched incumbency. Remember these cap-and-tax Republicans? Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti Well, 70-year-old, nine-term House cap-and-taxer...
Read MoreEmetic of the day: Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign clinging to his seat, begging donors to fatten up his anemic legal defense fund, and blaming liberals for all his self-inflicted problems. Pathetic: CREW may lean left, but they have indeed been equal opportunity when it comes to holding Democrats as well as Republicans accountable for...
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