Senator Tom Coburn Is Only Guilty Of Actually Saying What Most Everyone Is Thinking

Coburn on Newt Gingrich: Gingrich “is a super-smart man, but he doesn’t know anything about commitment to marriage,” he said of the thrice-married former House speaker. “He’s the last person I’d vote for for president of the United States. His life indicates he does not have a commitment to the character traits necessary to be [...]

“A Mom Awakening”

No matter what you think about Sarah Palin (or her chances in the 2012 Republican primary or the 2012 general election), her new web video is extremely well done. It is fascinating, to me, the level of polish and sophistication now regularly deployed for online video. And how quickly the prices associated with creating such [...]

You’re A Potential King Maker, Haley Barbour. Not A Potential King.

The self-proclaimed “King of K Street” thinks that he wants to be President. Yeah, that presidential campaign is going to get off the ground in the 21st century. Not. Next!

Why Romney ’12 Is Cooked (Part 2,491)

Hellllllllllo Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina mail pieces:

Shiny Glittery First-In-The-Nation Gossip

But first, the caveats! 1. I hate polls. 2. I love gossip, but let’s be honest, 8 times out of 10 gossip turns out to be total bullshit. And the other 2 out of 10 times the gossip gets it about 87% correct. But… I understand from a little bird that there are a series [...]

The General To The Granite State

Driving the weekend. Chatter! Chatter!

What Jim Merrill, Sarah Crawford, Mike Dennehy And Tom Rath Already Know

This. Bring on 2012!

Oh, Mitt Romney Just Spoke At CPAC?

Great! Let’s go to the video: Wait, damnit, that’s not it. Ok, let’s see what the Union Leader had to say about it: ONE of the reasons this newspaper has endorsed U.S. Sen. John McCain over former Gov. Mitt Romney has become clearer in recent days: When the campaigning gets serious and the gloves come [...]

Marc Ambinder, Andy Sullivan And Mark Leibovich Come Around On Palin ’12

The Gang of 500′s conventional wisdom on Palin ’12 is starting to come around to reflect the reality on the ground, not what Team Romney is spinning in DC steakhouses. Welcome to my nightmare, boys.

Why Independent Minded Voters Don’t Put Much Stock In What McConnell/Boehner/NRCC/NRSC/RNC Have To Say These Days…

…because it’s fairly easy to bitch slap all the spin dried nonsense that’s come out of their mouths over the last 12 months: The Republicans will (probably) pick up seats (everywhere) in 2010. But not because the Party has new ideas or new leadership. Just because the pendulum is swinging back the other way. And [...]