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02.17.12 | 10:37 am
When You Prick My OS, Do I Not Bleed?

Defecting from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum, former Sen. Mike DeWine (OH) toasted Santorum as “human.”

02.17.12 | 9:33 am
Fine Line Between Clever and Stupid

300 year old curmudgeon and former Sen. Alan Simpson weighs in on Foster Friess’s birth control advice. Watch.

02.17.12 | 9:21 am
The Mouse that (Tried to) Roared

I’ll note that Santorum is trying to get some of that Newt magic by trying to go full rage-storm on the ‘MSM’ over the Foster Friess story. But what really comes through to me is that Santorum just doesn’t have the secret rage organ that makes it so electrifying for that core of Republican base voters. I’m not saying it’s nothing or that it couldn’t help him in Michigan in a GOP primary. But Rick Santorum, you’re no Newt Gingrich.

02.17.12 | 8:18 am
Just Not as Cool as a Dinosaur

Scientists identify fossil as gigantic 20-foot fungus.

02.17.12 | 7:48 am
Super Packed?

Is the big money kicking in for Mitt? Santorum is still on top in Michigan. But now Mitt is picking up steam.

02.17.12 | 6:47 am
The Search for Plan B

Birth control is the political topic du jour with right-wing aspersions on loose women and nostalgia for the golden age of 1950s Mad Men sexual politics. But step back from this particular story and you see what may be the story of the 2012 campaign: The Search for Plan B. Read More

02.17.12 | 5:19 am
So What Do We Do Now?

Rush Limbaugh leads the GOP crack-up over what to do if the economy keeps getting better.

02.17.12 | 4:03 am
Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

How the GOP went back to the 1950s in the space of just one day.

02.16.12 | 7:03 pm
Obama to Tour with Al Green (Maybe)

After declining to join Rev. Al Green in singing “Let’s Stay Together” at a fundraiser tonight in California, President Obama did leave open the possibility of working together in the future.

Said the Prez: “I took a chance at the Apollo and I’m not going to take a chance again. After reelection, I might go on tour…be his opening act. I don’t want to lose any further votes because of my singing voice.”

02.16.12 | 6:07 pm
Friess: Lighten Up, Heathens

Santorum backer says aspirin as birth control crack was “joke” taken out of context.