Good luck with this fellas: Newt Gingrich has a crazy idea. Sources close to his dwindling campaign say he is in talks with Rick Perry in hopes of getting him on a ticket before the Republican convention in August. “Gingrich insiders hope forming a predetermined ticket with Perry will unite the evangelical, Tea Party and […]
Tag: 2012 Republican Primary
While there’s a very long time left between now and November and while on the local and congressional level, Republicans may survive, or even take the Senate while retaining the House, the Repub
Over at the Prospect I wade into the debate about the use of caucuses in the presidential selection process. I think the current system works tolerably well, although I don’t oppose regulation i
I assume that after the not-only-delegate win in Ohio there won’t be much argument, although the immediate future consists of state tilted enough towards Santorum that some people will see an ongoing race.
What should be his concession speech but wasn’t because he’s Newt does situate him right at the heart of the Republican universe in one respect: the man is 100% pure resentment. It̵
This, from Silver’s Super Tuesday preview, is what I mean when I say that (implausible as it seems in the abstract) that Mittens has been inevitable since Perry imploded: In Ohio, most of the de
There’s a lot of speculation that Santorum’s emphasis on crackpot anti-contraception positions hurt him greatly among women, perhaps costing him the Michigan primary. The evidence for this is actually more mixed than you might expect. In the Michigan exit polls, Romney’s margin with women was 4 points higher than Santorum’s; consistent with the theory but […]
Rick Santorum was a victim of liberal persecution, receiving lower grades than he surely deserved because of his political views. Who can doubt it? Why, his American history professor probably didn
Obviously, I’m not changing my mind about the direction of the race after a Romney sweep. Michigan does make me understand why some people are stubborn about seeing a race here; I was skeptical
There’s an obvious contradiction at the heart of Little Ricky Santorum’s analysis of JFK’s speech — it would seem odd to say that JFK was against people of faith participating in the public sphere, when in fact JFK was, er, a person of faith participating in a public sphere. Of course, it all makes sense […]
“The problem with the auto bailout is that evil workers actually benefited. Had all the money gone to obscenely wealthy parasites like Mitt Romney, they might have been fine.” …sho
Since I’ve been baited, I suppose I should point out that Santorum is almost certainly not going to win the Republican nomination, for reasons that should be obvious: Here are some things to kee