While Gingrich is promising to stay in the race even if Romney wins Florida, his candidacy is starting to look like the longest of long shots—a “moon shot,” even. It’s been said before, but reflect for a minute on how ridiculous this is. The 2012 GOP nomination field is/was supposedly the most wide open in … Continue reading
Anyone else pretty surprised by how terrible Newt Gingrich appears to be at deflecting and responding to criticism? Now that Romney’s gone on offense, he’s gone into full-on “Crumble-Buckle Mode.” Gingrich was completely unprepared to face serious attacks. I’m no psychoanalyst, but Newt’s surprising wimpishness does fit a larger pattern. It explains why he’s so hard … Continue reading
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Much has been made of the GOP presidential field’s newfound interest in populist appeals—especially on the heels of Mitt Romney’s declaration that he “likes to be able to fire people.” Cue the predictable coverage: Will this make Romney seem out of touch with ordinary Americans struggling in a tough economy? Romney’s opponents—especially Newt Gingrich and … Continue reading
Really quickly: It seems to me that (Willard) Mitt Romney’s opponents should be able to get all kinds of traction against him by playing on regional squabbles. In my experience, most of New England hates Massachusetts. They love Boston (Cf. the Sox, above all else), but they
Starting to see some stories on Ron Paul as “candidate-now-being-covered-as-the-candidate-who-can’t-get-covered,” as I predicted in my last post. For what it’s worth, I still think he’s the most likely GOP candidate to win Iowa. Gingrich is still the unlikable cad he always was, and Romney’s (still) not catching fire. Santorum appears to be on the lips … Continue reading
Hey, Andrew Sullivan! Ron Paul could well win the Iowa caucuses. Seriously. Why? Paul is polling in the neighborhood of Mitt Romney and not excessively behind Newt Gingrich. Neither of these men has invested in a ground game in Iowa, and neither has committed supporters energized to help muscle out a win by persuading wavering … Continue reading
George Will’s Washington Post column this Sunday was a panegyric in Texas Governor Rick Perry’s honor: Perry would rather not run, but his wife, who has a nursing background and is alarmed by Obamacare, says that sometimes desires are secondary to duties. Perry, who sensibly did not watch the Republicans’ recent New Hampshire debate because … Continue reading
[Don't get it? First look here, then look here.] …But no simple court conspiracy could subdue the lion-hearted Gingrich. Treacherous Rick Tyler and his fellow traitors lay unmanned, broken and bloodied on the ground. Tweets yet oozed from Tyler’s brow, now spilling noiselessly onto the dusty ground. “Yea,” declared the political lion, “Forsooth, I stand … Continue reading
[In memory of Rick Tyler...who's just quit the Gingrich campaign.] It had been a hard battle for Gingrich. Emerging from the billowing smoke, his sword’s steel still hot from the pitched fight, he brushed a broken tweet from his bloody armor. The dust of trivia caught in his throat. Seeing a leftover cocktail aside one … Continue reading
