Category Archives: GOP Primary

Santorum Drops Out

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Breaking news from CNN.com: Rick Santorum will speak live from Gettysburg, PA in a few minutes to “suspend his campaign,” or, as the not so euphemistically inclined among us would say, he’s dropping out.  And so ends one of the … Continue reading →

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The Fundamental Problem of Mitt Romney

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

David Javerbomb wrote a rather excellent opinion piece in yesterday’s New York Times.  I encourage you to read the whole thing, but one quote in particular stood out to me: Mitt Romney’s political viewpoints can be expressed only in terms … Continue reading →

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Please don’t make me defend Santorum

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Please don’t make me defend him. It makes me feel dirty. Frothy even. But, anyway, this is making the rounds on the liberal blogs (including this one, technically). I think Rick Santorum would be an absolute disaster for this country … Continue reading →

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Car elevators in La Jolla

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

So… Mitt Romney is building a car elevator at his mansion in La Jolla. I have two facts to share before I talk about this: 1) I used to live in La Jolla. And 2) my current neighbor has a … Continue reading →

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This man once led national polls for the GOP presidential nomination

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Any questions?

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GOP Primary Update – Another meaningless Romney defeat

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

So Rick Santorum won Louisiana yesterday, 49% to 27% for Mitt Romney. Santorum picked up 10 delegates while Romney picked up 5. There are still 31 delegates that have not been allocated for Louisiana. While this is somewhat humiliating for … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddow commits journalism again

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Unfortunately, I can’t seem to figure out how to embed the MSNBC player into this WordPress blog, so you’ll have to follow this link to see Rachel Maddow do something rather extraordinary in today’s journalism: she finds evidence of a … Continue reading →

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I think this one might stick.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

People are jumping all over Etch a sketch-gate. (Is that what we are calling it? Really? Ok.) I think we’ll be talking about this for years. Someone edited Mitt’s wikipedia page.

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Mitt Romney: Shake well before General Election

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

You have to love a campaign that is so completely clueless as to how their candidate is perceived by, well, everyone. The thing that unites liberals and conservatives about Mitt Romney is that nobody thinks he actually believes anything he … Continue reading →

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GOP Primary Update – Romney pulling away

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Last night Mitt Romney moved one step closer to his inevitable Pyrrhic victory to be the GOP nominee to lose to President Obama. Romney easily defeated Rick Santorum 47-35 in Illinois. While the margin of victory in votes was not very … Continue reading →

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