Sad trombone... It looks like Ron Paul isn’t going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa. His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary to have...
the feeble 2012 GOP field
I am shocked, shocked by the lack of a Mississippi-Alabama-Hawaii results thread. Do the readers of LGM not deserve the sort of close analysis of Mississippi regional politics that only.
Sabato et al have broken down the rest of the GOP primary race by date, delegate, and demographics. A couple thoughts: 1. Colorado notwithstanding, I have trouble seeing the Pacific.
Politico, I will not underestimate you... twice. Just in case the 2012 Republican primary race hasn’t already had enough twists and turns – welcome back, Rick Santorum. After winning Tuesday’s non-binding contests in Missouri and Minnesota by thumping margins, bruising Mitt Romney and proving again that the GOP...
Politico, or the Onion? The Republican presidential primary might be ready for another twist. Rick Santorum, the winner of the Iowa caucuses who has finished poorly in the four contests.
Chuck Norris edition: For my wife, Gena, and I, we sincerely believe former Speaker Newt Gingrich is the answer to most of those questions and deserves our endorsement and vote..
Rick Santorum on nullification: So much for South Carolina. From the standpoint of your modern GOP, this makes Ricky a dangerous radical.
I am sad, and even more sad. What I want from this year's GOP primary is entertainment, and if Romney wins Iowa it's going to be the dullest primary season.
Dear Dr. Lemieux, Please refrain from declaring my victory in the upcoming Presidential election "inevitable." Yours truly, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
A few outliers aside, Republicans have stumbling over themselves to critique Obama for the withdrawal from Iraq, despite that fact that this position polls very badly. Some thoughts: 1. As Jonathan Bernstein has repeatedly argued, primary campaigns are about capturing the party elite, not capturing...
I have a piece up at Right Web on how the GOP Presidential field approaches relations with China, with a focus on Mitt Romney. Long story short, while confrontation is.
Hey now, it's not as if knowing whether China has nuclear weapons is at all relevant to the practice of American foreign policy: I do view China as a potential.