Mitt Romney Is Going to Mess Up His Pretty Hair

If he gets his nose buried any further up John McCain's ass, that is.

Yesterday, he credited the brilliant war strategist with being the person who"authored some time ago the philosophy that said a surge would work in Iraq."

"Authored the philosophy" that bringing in a whole boatload of people (who arguably should have been elsewhere doing things of more moral and strategic value) is one way to overwhelm an enemy?

I mean, that might very well be true, but it's a concept that can be grasped by any second grader.

Romney's argument also implies that McCain had a much more hands-on role than he probably did in planning the current tactics in Iraq.

More Douchebaggery from Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum, who may be using his religiosity to overcompensate for being a closeted fag, is now making robocalls on the part of Mitt Romney.

Clearly not a good sign for Team Mitt, they're pulling out an old card that they think will get them a few points on their fall down Mount Sinai...stopping just shy of saying that McCain's time in the Hanoi Hilton left him a nut, unfit to serve.

Hope the good lord appreciates your efforts, Mitt and Rick.

Mitt Romney...The Change Candidate?

This picture in the NY Times today struck me as a little bit funny.

Kind of a mixed message they're sending here...

Mittsy the Sissy

Funny little item from Bighead DC.

clipped from bigheaddc.com Mitt Romney, when asked by People magazine what he couldn’t live without on the campaign trail, revealed that he just might be the biggest sissy running for president, especially compared to the other front runners: McCain: Iraqi GI Bracelet Clinton: Blackberry Obama: Webcam Edwards: iPod Huckabee: Travel Bible Romney: Homemade granola with Dora the Explorer bowl Saturday January 12th, 2008 12:12 PM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Silly, Elections

I See Boston, I See France...

I see Romney's underpants! The Baltimore Sun packs in a nice story.

Hello, Little Girl. Do You Like Candy?

Romney Gets the Most Votes in Ames; Huckabee Wins

One of the truisms I learned in Mr. Horvath's government class is that the primary season is all about 
expectations.

If you're supposed to win, you better win big.  If you are supposed to get nothing and wind up with 10 votes, you really win.

We saw this yesterday at the Ames Iowa Republican straw poll.

Flipp Romney, who spent like a drunken sailor, came out on top, but for that kind of bling, he should have.  Mike Huckabee, running a comparatively shoestring campaign came in second with 18% of the vote.  He was closely trailed by Kansas Senator Sam Brownback with 15%.

The votes that #s 2 & 3 got represent the conventional wisdom 'base vote' 
of the party. 

Notably, the no-shows Giuliani, McCain and Thompson barely even registered yesterday.  You do need to organize in Iowa and they consciously stayed out of this one.

The next exciting thing to watch is how Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and Nevada jockey for position in how they time the dates of their caucuses/primaries to maximize influence (money) in the upcoming season.

"He's Gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in Less than a Week!"

That was GOP Presidential Hopeful Flipp Romney on Barack Obama's interesting foreign policy suggestion that we pull out of Iraq immediately and then start bombing the hell out of Pakistan.  

This comment took place during the ABC This Week debate that's going on now.  

I will listen to the podcast and post up some more goodies on that later.

Faith Bigotry From Rudy Campaign?

People in glass cathedrals shouldn't throw stones.

While I obviously can't vouch for the authenticity of the email referenced in this posting, some folks are alledging a whispering campaign about Romney's Mormon faith from the Giuliani campaign.

Let he whose religion is without counterintuitive dogma send the first email.

Shame, shame, shame.

Why Mitt Romney is Leading in the Polls

I never thought I'd see the day when I cite a Michael Douglas movie in support of a claim, but these are strange days.

I watch this campaign in partial bewilderment of the the recent successes of the Romney campaign. Fortunately, some new polling data show that McCain and Giuliani are breathing down his neck and my next-best-hope, Fred Thompson, is not losing much by sitting on the sidelines waiting for the call to step in and save the game.


The American President is a movie that always kind of chokes me up. While it makes buffoons of the GOP (what else can we expect of Richard Dreyfuss?), it's dramatic, patriotic and inspiring.

Towards the end, the Douglas and Michael J. Fox characters are arguing about whether to get in the mud with Dreyfuss' character. While Romney is not a mudslinger, he's an empty suit, speaking the script, but bringing nothing real to the table.

I probably sound incredibly Pollyana-ish, but I really hope something better comes along. I can't stomach seeing this guy as our representative for the next howevermany years.

SHEPHERD (Douglas) Look, if people want to listen
to Bob Rumson--

LEWIS (Fox)They don't have a choice! Rob Rumson's
the only one doing the talking. People want leadership. And in the absence of genuine leadership, they will listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership, Mr. President. They're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.

SHEPHERD (Douglas) (evenly)
Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand, 'cause they're thirsty, Lewis. They drink it 'cause they don't know the difference.

Script from The American President

Rudy Slips to 3d in Iowa Polling

I noticed last night that Boston is in first place in the AL East...but I'm not throwing down a lot of scratch with my bookie on the fall classic yet. I know better than to rest it all on any bum from New England...whether they wear a Sox uniform or special undies when he's with his wife.

Depending on how you frame the question, and whether you include the unannounced candidacies of Newt and Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney is doing very well these days and Rudy has measurably slipped in the latest Des Moines Register poll.

A Rare Moment of Agreement with Eleanor Clift

On this weekend's McLaughlin Group, one of the middle segments was on Thursday night's Republican Debate from the Ronald Reagan Library in California.

Ms. Clift, who I usually have little use for beyond a target for an empty bag of chips, agreed with the assessment here.  

The Ice Queen of the left also found Romney's use of cloning to rationalize his changing life/choice position to be pathetically "slick."

They don't have the transcripts for this show up yet, but it should be on its way.

BYE BYE!

Romney's Change of Heart on Abortion

At the GOP debate last night, Candidate Romney explained away his change of heart on abortion in a very slick way. He's becoming quite adept at this, but one has to wonder who he thinks he's fooling.

When he ran for the US Senate against Ted Kennedy, Romney charactarized himself as pro-choice. About two years ago, curiously coinciding with when he probably had to start acting on his Presidential aspirations, he became pro-life.

Last night, he explained to the audience, that included Nancy Reagan, that his change of heart was due to some more thought about cloning and how it related to the issue.

It's hardly worth mentioning what a deception this is.

Could I be converted to an anti-gas-station-holdup guy only after taking an economics class? Could I become anti-nuclear war only after earning a masters degree in physics?

This guy is just too slick for me and it will be a cold day in hell when I vote for him.

Mike Huckabee Hijacking the Straight Talk Express?

I've enjoyed what little I've seen so far of Mike Huckabee.

While I'm not sure he has a snowball's chance in Hades of making the final cut, stranger things have happened and, if nothing else, he's holding the feet of current GOP candidates to the fire.

The latest example came yesterday when he appeared on Face the Nation and spoke about Elmer-Fudd-Come-Lately, Mitt Romney:

“He certainly wants to appeal to a lot of the voters that I naturally
appeal to … who truly value their Second Amendment rights. It would be like me
saying I’ve been a lifelong golfer because I played putt-putt when I was 9 years
old and I rode in a golf cart a couple of times."