August 11, 2026

GOP Raw: An unabashed review of the Iowa Republican Debate

Tonight was the GOP Debate in Ames, Iowa. Hosted by Fox News, it was pure entertainment. Minnesotans Bachmann and Pawlenty returned tit for tat, Ron Paul waxed on about getting out of foreign wars, Gingrich whined about the press, Cain was questioned on his knowledge base, Huntsman distinguished himself as the moderate, and Romney walked […]

Gettin’ a little crazy out there…

No default. But no matter. It’s still not enough to make anyone happy.* In fact, just to read the headlines, I can’t help but think that it’s getting a little crazy out there. Check out a sampling of them from this screen shot of Real Clear Politics this afternoon: Among other things, here’ s a few […]

Mitt Romney and “the Mormon Question.”

The “Mormon” question. [sigh] Who hasn’t heard it yet? Can a Mormon be elected president? I can’t get into a conversation about politics and the 2012 campaign for the White House without Mitt Romney coming up. This includes conversations with your average voters and political insiders, family and friends, Democrats and Republicans alike. (Why, yes, […]

If they were companies, Huntsman would be trading up, Romney trading down.

Did you know that you can trade on the likelihood of a given politician’s chance of winning his (or her) election? You can, at Intrade, the “World’s Leading Prediction Market.”

Mitt Romney has an Onion problem.

Mitt Romney, candidate for President, is often accused of having a “healthcare” problem. The latest media outlet to question his healthcare policies while he was governor of Massachusetts is the Onion. In an interview there, he said he was sorry. “Every day I am haunted by the fact that I gave impoverished Massachusetts citizens a […]

Because it’s been one of those days…

Let us consider….Mitt Romney…through the eyes of Team Coco. (h/t Holly on the Hill)

A graphical look at the 2012 GOP nomination

FiveThirtyEight, a New York Times blog run by Nate Silver, has an interesting graphic up describing the 2o12 race for the Republican nomination for President. (Don’t forget to vote in the poll at the left ) His data is based on how well the candidates are trading on Intrade. It’s an interesting graphic, and the analysis […]