We’ve frequently noted the boom-and-bust cycle of would-be Romney slayers in the GOP primary race. And Newt is currently in his ‘Angry-Birds-like’ arc across the polling chart. But like some others, I now have my doubts whether Newt’s really going to tank like the others. Look at the data from the various primary states in this article.
Gingrich is now significantly ahead of Romney in Iowa and South Carolina. And even in New Hampshire, which has always been the lynchpin and backstop of Romney’s primary strategy, Romney appears to be moving into a genuine race with Newt. Read More
Mike Bloomberg: “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.”
Yes, said sort of as a joke. But probably not ideal timing for that joke.
Bachmann announces she’ll close down the US Embassy in Iran if she’s elected president.
Some of the best images the Hubble Space Telescope has captured since its launch in 1990. You gotta love this stuff.
Often in politics, in life, a new configuration of facts calls out for a new meme, a new storyline to make sense of that new data. Now Mitt Romney seems to have provided just that for the raft of new polling data showing that New Gingrich of all people is now seriously competing with him for the Republican nomination.
As you’ll remember, last night Romney sat down for an unexpectedly combative interview with Fox’s Bret Baier. Baier pressed Romney considerably more than Romney seems to have expected on the ‘flip-flop’ issue — certainly more than Fox usually does with a generic or anointed Republican, and Romney clearly didn’t like it. Read More
Federal agents say they found evidence of marijuana and cocaine — in addition to clippers and scissors — when they raided the compound of that Amish beard chopping mob last month.
Big Iowa County Chair: “Very difficult” for Romney to win Iowa now.
Google tells TPM: We have no association with Carrier IQ! That’s the tracking software that’s been found installed on what appears to be hundreds of millions of mobile phones worldwide.
This article notes that Newt Gingrich’s policy menu and his recent resurgence seems disproportionately aimed at and built on seniors. To an extent, ‘old’ tracks with Tea Party (in broad demographic terms). And the fact that Newt is collecting together the anti-Mitt Tea Party is something we already know. But Newt’s seemingly geriatric coalition is another reason he’d be so toxic as a general election candidate. He’s activating the rumpiest part of the rump GOP. Read More