Haley Barbour: The hurricane saved Obama’s presidency
“It broke the momentum that Romney had coming in to the end of October.” I’m going to call BS, partly out of conviction and partly because I just refuse to believe it. I can accept any other conclusion...
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Gifts. In the countless hours I spent in Romney’s presence during his first White House run (and mostly from a greater distance during his second bid), I saw a man who was preternaturally upbeat,...
View ArticleNational crisis averted: House to vote on pork-filled Sandy relief bill by...
Plus: American grandstand. An anxious America waits and wonders: Can New York and New Jersey hang on for two more weeks? U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has assured lawmakers that the House will vote...
View ArticleChris Christie: That Obama inaugural speech wasn’t very helpful, was it?
“Instead of trying to bring people together it was a manifesto for, ‘Hey, it’s my way or the highway.’” Via the Washington Free Beacon. Alternate headline: “Christie still capable of occasionally...
View ArticleAre you ready for Senator Geraldo?
"I figure at my age, if I'm going to do it, I gotta do it." Boy, I sure am. If there’s one thing the GOP needs now, it’s another senator who’s famously soft on immigration. Imagine these words ringing...
View ArticleVideo: Christie yells at former White House doctor for worrying about his weight
“I don’t think he realized who he was talking to. I think I'm qualified to make a comment.” To cleanse the palate, why is a guy who’s used his weight to brilliant effect politically suddenly throwing...
View ArticleReport: Christie to accept ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion for New Jersey
Free money. Alternate headline: “CPAC was right.” I’ve joked before about him teaming up with Bloomberg on some kind of billionaire-bankrolled No Labels third-party effort. The joke’s less funny every...
View ArticleCPAC source: Christie wasn’t invited this year because he has a “limited...
Oh my. Hard to argue with that assessment today of all days, but … Mitt Romney’s also been invited this year. The future doesn’t get any more limited than that. Also, since when is one’s prospects in...
View ArticleKrauthammer: C’mon, let Christie speak at CPAC
"I think this is a vast overreaction. It's a mistake." Just putting a bow here on all the Christie/CPAC coverage lately until the man himself finally chimes in, which should be soon. Over at the Times,...
View ArticleNew liberal attack on Chris Christie: He’s a racist or something
Attacks. Via Sonny Bunch, this is so achingly stupid and disingenuous that I feel like it’s an insult to the reader’s intelligence to explain why. But it’s a slow news day — that’s why HuffPo is...
View ArticleThe obligatory “Rutgers coach fired for being abusive to players” post
Canned Rice. Via Ace, how long has it been since we’ve had a hotly disputed “minor authority figure exercises power in dubiously aggressive way” thread? Seems like a few years ago there’d be a new...
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Contender. In my short tenure, my focus has been — and will remain — on two things: fighting for conservative principles in the Senate, and working to help elect strong conservatives to win a majority...
View ArticleBad news: Geraldo probably not running for Senate in New Jersey now
“I think this effectively ends my speculation that I would run for the Senate.” I’m as broken up about it as you are. The good news: Geraldo’s sufficiently in touch with reality to recognize “I’m the...
View ArticleThe lessons of CPAC
During this CPAC I had a couple of wonderful opportunities to sit down and spend some enjoyable, non-work hours time with our good friend and award winning journalist Andrew Malcolm of Investors...
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