Donald Trump’s combover endorses Mitt Romney
Donald Trump misses the limelight, so ... (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)
It's official: Donald Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney:
Meghan: As much as I like things about Mitt Romney—
Donald: No, he’s going to lose. He doesn’t resonate, you know?
Oops,...
Mitt Romney goes from ‘I’m concerned about the poor,’ to ‘I’m not concerned with the very poor’
Mitt Romney only hates the very poor (Jim Young/Reuters)
Good news ... apparently Mitt Romney only hates the "very poor." Here he was a few weeks ago:
I’m concerned about the poor in this country. We have to make sure the safety net is stron...
The problem with the Republican Party is not Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney
The Republicans chose Mitch Daniels to rebut President Obama's State of the Union speech. They chose Bush's budget director to talk about the economy. The guy who inherited the Clinton budget surplus and transformed it into the largest budget deficit ...
It’s official: Jon Huntsman drops out, endorses Mitt Romney
It's official: Jon Huntsman has dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican nomination and has endorsed Mitt Romney.
Sadly, due to a lack of interest in the candidate that most voters didn't even know was running, coverage of his announcement and endorsem...
Forget the ‘Santorum surge,’ Michele Bachmann is predicting a miracle
Forget those pesky poll numbers coming out of Iowa, because Republican candidate Michele Bachmann thinks she has an ace up her sleeve:
"Polls … sometimes belie the truth on the ground, and that's what we see," Bachmann said on ABC’s "This Week." "...
Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. Unless he’s not.
Will slow and steady (Romney—purple line) win the race?
(RCP)
Even in the world of politics, where a healthy ego is practically a prerequisite, it was seen as confidence teetering on the brink of cockiness. Earlier this week, a Mitt Romney staffer ...
Conservatives moan about Republicans not having their ‘A team’ on the field
As the rest of the country watches in head-scratching amazement as the likes of Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul take turns being the Not Romney in the race for the Republican nomination, conservative pundits are still dreaming of another candi...
House Republicans cave, Charles Krauthammer whines
While House Republicans finally agreed that raising taxes on 160 million Americans was a bad idea—for at least two months anyway—the conservative wingnuttia was already whining about being tricked. From the Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer:
T...
House Republicans getting creamed in the payroll tax cut PR war
From left to right: Republicans John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Jeb Hensarling ...
With higher taxes looming for 160 million Americans, it comes as no surprise to see House Republicans getting shellacked in the press. And deservedly so. Here's just a few ...
Herman Cain: A man or a louse?
Herman Cain searches for someone to blame (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
In the weeks since allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment and a long-term affair with his secret lady friend have been made against Herman Cain, he's spent most of that ti...
The 2012 election and the Herman Cain electability paradox
(Eric Thayer/Reuters)
For those scoring at home, it has now been roughly two weeks since news broke that Herman Cain had a rather disturbing array of sexual harrassment (and, if some the allegations are legit, sexual assault) charges being levelled a...
Herman Cain mounts a ‘defense’ (instead of a woman) to counter sexual harassment scandal
Herman Cain attempts to dig plank out of his eye (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
It's been nearly two weeks since the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal broke, and since the denials and backpedalling and baseless accusations against the left and the ri...
