August 11, 2026

Every time Gingrich calls himself a conservative, an angel loses its wings.

Ok, maybe not an angel. But I am sure that Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave. This one’s for you, Marco. Today’s witness to the lack of conservatism in Newt Gingrich is George Will who, frankly, says things better than I do, including when he calls Newt the “anti-conservative”: When discussing his amazingness, […]

Why hope for a one-term Obama Presidency relies on this question: can Mitt still beat Newt?

Recently, I’ve been getting calls, texts and emails from my less politically involved friends and family, and they all seem to be asking one question: Is there any hope for Mitt? Or can we expect four more years of Obama after Newt Gingrich gets trounced in the fall? The messages come to me from Texas, […]

from Newt.org: “A Tale of Three Wives…”

Nope, it’s not a story about Newt’s three wives…though I can’t help but wonder who let the story get headline status on Newt’s site. For a guy who has been in three marriages, this kind of headline is more than a bit ironic. Never mind context. (Ironically, it’s not the candidates with polygamy in their […]

“Pay no attention to that man behind the ego…”

  [Salt Lake Tribune]

Could Google predict the next “not Romney” candidate? Maybe…but what about Ron Paul?

Could Google predict who’s next in the “not-Romney” race for the nomination? Maybe, suggest political scientists. Says Erik Voeten at The Monkey Cage: One of the driving forces behind the creation of Google Insights was the observation that Google searches can predict flu epidemics more quickly than other types of observations. Shauna Reilly, Sean Richey, and Benjamin Taylor have a forthcoming article (nongated), […]

Seven weeks to go…which will you vote for?

                      [Justin Hart at Red State]

Hanover Economic Debate: A different debate, a similar result.

This debate was different. I tried and tried and tried to write a post about Bloomberg’s “Hanover Economic” Debate on Tuesday night, but just couldn’t do it. I started watching it late, from the beginning, and by the time I finished, even the pundits had packed up. The immediacy of the event had passed, and any […]