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Saturday evening eats
a. Graphing 2012 Presidential trial heats.b. Tom Campbell crosses the $1 million mark in CA's gubernatorial race.c. How Rudy would run in 2012.d. Reihan Salam says T-Paw could win by virtue of being the least offensive candidate.e. Shrek the Third and Sarah Palin team up for ABC.f. Does Palin ...
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Palin compares her experience with Biden's
The strangest exchange from part 2 of Bill O'Reilly's interview with Sarah Palin last night (transcript here).O'REILLY: Now, but that's the key question because John McCain is up there in years. You had to be qualified to take that office over.PALIN: Right, but I'm saying I was running for vice ...
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Hutchison v Perry, round 1
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison have agreed to hold a one-hour, televised debate on January 14.Security will be available.
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Crist quiet on Palin
Hotline On Call had a brief chat with Charlie Crist yesterday, and as conversations are want to do these days, things quickly moved to Sarah Palin and her effect on his primary race against Marco Rubio..... instead of hitching himself to a rising star in the GOP base, Crist simply noted Palin's ...
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Going Rogue's Christian content
U.S. News & World Report's Dan Gilgoff examines Going Rogue as a piece of Christian literature.Notable takes: Palin's pro-life convictions, her suggestion that gay people aren't born that way, her creationist perspective, and a strong statement of faith to close her book.Meanwhile, Christianity ...
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Palin apologizes for leaving
Yesterday, there was a bit of to-do when Sarah Palin skedaddled out of an Indiana town without signing quite a few fans' books.Palin responds:I've been told that yesterday there were supporters in Noblesville who stood in long lines for hours in the cold and rain, and the book signing event ...
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McCain: Palin is a "dear friend"
After reading Sarah Palin's memoir, John McCain likened the strain of a campaign to war."In campaigns there's always tension. Outside of combat, it's the most tense situation. There's always differences that arise, but it's no big deal."And he still like his former running mate."I enjoyed the ...
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Rogue blowout
The AP:"Going Rogue" was released this week and its print run already has been increased from 1.5 million copies to 2.5 million, HarperCollins announced Friday.
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Evening eats
a. The Fix ranks the Top 10 Republican Leaders.b. Gavin Newsom gets pissed. Walks off the set.c. Newt says localism has returned to the U.S.d. Palin gets booed by Palin fans. Yes, you read that right.e. A "high-ranking" but unnamed associate of Jeb slams Crist. Tea leaves?f. A must-read on the ...
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"Neither savior nor satanic"
Jonah Goldberg sets the new bar on the Palin polarization meme..... just as there are people who hate Palin for the effrontery she shows in daring to draw breath at all, there are those who love her with a devotion better suited for a religious icon..... Sarah Palin is neither savior (that job ...
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Formal consideration on impeachment resolution set
CNN's Peter Hamby reports:A special House committee in South Carolina will formally consider an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next Tuesday..... The first meeting of the special committee on Tuesday will likely focus on Sanford's infamous trip to Argentina ...
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Pence: Chinese communists lectured Obama
Last night, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence spoke at the American Spectator's annual Robert L. Bartley Gala Dinner.According to Robert Stacy McCain, he killed.[Pence] delivered a Churchillian oration that inspired a spontaneous "Pence-Palin '12" grassroots movement, at least among several of the ladies ...
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Thune invokes Bernie Madoff in slamming health care bill
SD Sen. John Thune hits Harry Reid's health care bill today."In the words of the great Yogi Berra, ‘this is deja vu all over again’." They [Democrats] assume savings on the [Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act], which Sen. Conrad has described as a ponzi scheme of the first ...
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Frum: Palin sends powerful sexual signals
David Frum apes a little Kathleen Parker:"This is a woman who has got into a position of leadership by sending very powerful sexual signals. And we see that in the way that men like her much more than women do."It's naive to think Palin's looks haven't played a significant role in forming her ...
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Whitman: No vouchers for California
Earlier this week, Meg Whitman told ABC that a Governor Whitman would model significant portions of education reform on Jeb Bush's model in Florida, but would depart on at least one key issue.ABC NEWS: "Jeb Bush also pushed on vouchers. You wouldn't push there?"WHITMAN: "I wouldn't push on ...
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Hannity bests O'Reilly in Palin sweeps
Huffington Post:"Hannity" was the top show on cable news Wednesday, averaging 4.200 million total viewers and 1.149 million viewers in the A25-54 demographic. That's more than O'Reilly's 3.868 million total viewers/1.065 million A25-54 viewers and enough for the second highest "Hannity" episode ...
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Paul surprises in poll against Obama
Public Policy Polling releases its monthly poll (pdf) pitting Barack Obama against prospective Republican challengers in a 2012 matchup.This time, they substituted Ron Paul for last month's fourth candidate, Tim Pawlenty.And that turns out to be the big news from this poll.Results:1. Barack ...
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2012 calendar jostling
CNN says representatives from Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani's campaigns met with the RNC yesterday to press the group to lock in the 2012 GOP primary calendar as early as possible.Also, not surprisingly, a representative from Rudy Giuliani's campaign wanted to rearrange the order ...
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Kristol thinks Palin will stump for McCain
William Kristol thinks the obvious loyalty Sarah Palin feels toward John McCain could help the Arizona Senator fend off that potentially tough primary challenge.I predict that Palin will come to Arizona next summer to campaign for McCain, will make an impassioned case for him, and will help him ...
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Rasmussen: Boxer leads Fiorina, DeVore
A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows CA Senator Barbara Boxer holding nearly identical leads in hypothetical matchups between two Republican rvials, Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore.Results:a. Barbara Boxer 46% Carly Fiorina 37%b. Barbara Boxer 46% Chuck DeVore 36%c. Boxer's Fav Ratings: 51%/41%d. ...
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