And the Florida straw poll winner is … Herman Cain???
Herman Cain is the surprise winner of the Florida GOP's Presidency 5 straw poll. Well all I have to say about that is 9, 9 to the muthuf–in 9, baby. Herman Cain is the man in Florida. No, seriously, he...
View ArticleToday’s Herald column: Florida mucks up the primaries
Florida? Go to your room. Florida always manages to throw a wrench into presidential politics, and this year is no different. In 2000, Florida tied the country in knots by hanging its chads and...
View ArticleIn which I (sort of) praise Erick Erickson’s analysis of the GOP field
The GOP field as it is, and (sorry, Republican base) as it's going to be. I’m not a fan, to put it mildly, of Erick Erickson, the commandant of RedState.com. I find his past statements, about meeting a...
View ArticleDid Herman Cain flip-flop on a national sales tax?
Herman Cain is for ... and against ... a national sales tax. A RedState diarist discovers yet another potential problem — from the right — with Cain’s “9-9-9″ plan. Sometimes in politics, your worst...
View ArticleHerman Cain’s 999 problems
In the CNN Nevada debate, the “issues” with 9-9-9, which have been bubbling up on conservative blogs, get a full-on filleting, courtesy of Rick Perry (who insists on repeatedly calling Cain “brother…”)...
View ArticleThe Herman Cain traveling road show comes to South Florida (and he doesn’t...
The better to pander to Cuban-Americans in Miami … Viva Cuba libre! Story here. Meanwhile, it turns out Cain doesn’t have any idea what the U.S. “wet foot, dry foot” policy is. I guess he doesn’t get...
View ArticleNew Hampshire primary: five takeaways
As expected, Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, making him the first Republican presidential candidate to win both Iowa and New Hampshire since New Hampshire became the first in the nation...
View ArticleThe age of Angry Newton
Roger Simon nails it: Anger, umbrage and bitterness are so much a part of Gingrich’s public persona that he likes to attack the very concept of happiness. Read more here
View Article(Video) The knives come out in Florida
Dueling ads in the Sunshine State. First up: Newt attacks Mitt as, “an historian, really?” But also an ethically charged crook: Team Newt’s retort? Romney’s just desperate: Rommey has started unloading...
View ArticleJeezus, Mittens…
Maybe it's the mom jeans? Romney rolls snake-eyes in the primary/caucus dull-bowl tonight (sorry, Colorado!) But sometimes it’s not the losses, it’s the message. And the message to Mitt seems to be: a...
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