Once more into the breach, with Cain and Perry
Herman Cain offered up his apology today for calling former House speaker Nancy Pelosi “Princess Nancy” during the CNBC debate. He said he apologized “so you all could stop asking me about it, OK?”...
View ArticleGrand Old…Oops!
Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, you have to admit that last Wednesday’s Republican debate was a disaster. Seven Republican presidential candidates went before the podium last Wednesday,...
View ArticleWorld on a string: the foreign policy debate
Amateur hour — also known as the CBS presidential debate on foreign policy — concluded a short time ago. (Another half-hour played out on CBS News’ website, but I should think only a fraction of those...
View ArticleDemagoguery on foreign aid
It’s a cheap applause line on the presidential campaign trail to vow to slash or eliminate U.S. foreign aid. That’s what Rick Perry was driving at during last week’s GOP presidential debate when he...
View ArticleNewt and Connie — immigration mavericks
The big news from Tuesday’s GOP presidential debate was Newt Gingrich arguing against deporting illegal immigrants who have been in the United States for a quarter century and put down roots. Mitt...
View ArticleHuntsman and Perry: BFFs
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman might be the ideological bookends among the Republican candidates for president. Perry is a hard-core conservative who’s been vowing to take a...
View ArticleBravo, Ron Paul
I’ve been accused, with some justification, of giving Ron Paul short shrift in my posts about the battle for the GOP presidential nomination. But I’m starting to warm up to the guy. Paul, along with...
View ArticleA Newt-Marco connection
Former Miami Herald reporter Beth Reinhard reported Sunday for the National Journal that Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has hired a campaign strategist, Jose Mallea, who helped...
View ArticleJudge bashers
Newt Gingrich has been roundly and rightly criticized for his over the top attacks on the federal judiciary. He has said presidents should be able to ignore some judicial decisions; Congress and the...
View ArticleMove over, Joe Biden
OK, when Mitt Romney said, “I like to fire people,” he was talking about consumers’ freedom to choose their health insurance providers. I get it. But it was such an unfortunately articulated remark...
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