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Sen. Dick Lugar's spokesman probably didn't offer the most helpful response to questions about his boss's legal residence.
Why Antonin Scalia's judgment on ritualistic peyote use has birth control rule supporters smiling.
At the big annual conservative bash, base GOPers express frustration and dejection over lame primary field.
From my pal Nell Scovell: "Instead of Firing Up The Base, Romney Mistakenly Fires The Base."
You can actually work with it. Maybe: "After failing to fire up the base, a frustrated Romney decides to fire the base."
Mix and match. I think it's got potential.
Who hasn't heard the one about an Oregon state Senator who runs a paramilitary training camp getting sued by his partners for allegedly funneling cash to GOP candidates.
I was talking to some reporters last night and the topic turned to the 2008 Democratic primary race and how important the actual convention and delegate rules became as the battle lasted into the summer. As we know, it never came to that. By the time the convention rolled around all the players had accepted that Barack Obama had won the nomination. But we may be getting to a similar point with the 2012 GOP race.
Read More →I saw the news this evening from PPP that their first night in the field with a new national poll has Rick Santorum as the new nationwide leader. So the Romney argument that Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado were just outliers or lightly-attended caucuses (plausible arguments in themselves) just won't cut it.
But of course this isn't about Rick Santorum who is clearly a 2nd or 3rd tier candidate, it's showing the depth of Romney's weakness as a candidate -- both as a candidate in this particular political moment and simply as a candidate for office in general. It even occurred to me that 'Santorum' doesn't mean all the those ucky things you see on Google. It's actually Republican for "F' it. I just don't like Mitt Romney."
I feel like Champollion deciphering hieroglyphics.
Want to catch up on today's CPAC events but fear for your sanity/ immortal soul? Have no fear, TPM's Michael Lester has boiled the day down into 100 mind-blowing seconds.
A Mississippi lawmaker wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico. You'll never guess to what...
A conservative pundit at CPAC fits Rachel Maddow and contraception into the most outrageous line of the day (so far).
Top dating tips from CPAC.
The iconic Rick Santorum sweater vest in cardboard cutout form -- and other pics from CPAC.
When attack ads attack attack ads.
The FBI releases the file it had on Steve Jobs.
Why Planned Parenthood knew it had to hit back hard when Komen pulled its funding.
It's the first day of CPAC and already its organizers are trying to work out how to avoid having their straw poll overrun by Ron Paul supporters. Meanwhile, you can follow TPM's live coverage of the forum via our livewire.
Pro-choice Republicans flip out over their leadership's latest stunt.
Today Mitt Romney is arguing that there were attacks from Rick Santorum this week that he didn't get a chance to rebut -- thus in some way explaining his three defeats on Tuesday night. But I see a different pattern. It's not unusual for also-rans to opportunistically pick up a caucus here and there, even when there's a more or less anointed frontrunner. And it's true Romney didn't campaign or spend aggressively in those states. But the frontrunner, already prepping for the incumbent, shouldn't need to go full court press just to stave off resounding defeats at the hands of a palpably second or third tier opponent. It looks more like Mitt Romney -- at least in this cycle -- is a sort of electoral Bubble Boy, unable to exist in the natural political environment without a protective layer of massive SuperPAC spending.
Look at the story in Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and Tuesday's contests. Each tells the same story.
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