Stories to Watch: 5/8/12

Big primary tonight here in Wisconsin. I went to vote (which was why I missed the roundup) and it was smooth sailing. I'll probably post about the results later, but I don't expect this to be an all night nailbiter. Now here's the news...


Mitt Romney gave a big speech in Michigan today. True to form, he made sure it was peppered with lies.


The anti-austerity win in France is freaking American Republicans out a little.


The religious right's War on Women is very, very real.


Dick Morris is a clown.


David Brooks wrote something stupid again.


Matt Lewis reports that Republican new media guru Pat Hynes has joined Team Romney. Why you should care: Hynes also worked for McCain/Palin and created a minor scandal when it was discovered he was basically being paid to write blog posts about how awesome John McCain was and win over the base to the candidate. In other words, Hynes is a dishonest propagandist -- a perfect fit for Romney's campaign of lies.


Republicans suck at creating jobs. Loving bass-ackward economic theories comes with a hefty price.


Santorum finally endorses Romney. The words "enthusiastic" will never be used to describe that endorsement.


Tea Party activists are real idiots.


Finally, a newsletter for a Virginia Republican group calls for armed revolution in the event of Obama's reelection. I've got news for you guys; if you don't love democracy, you don't love America.

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• Obama close to maxing out Hispanic support
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News Roundup for 1/30/12

GOP primary race

-Headline of the Day-
"Gingrich memo downplays Florida; looks ahead to Super Tuesday."

Matt Lewis' piece begins, "An internal Gingrich campaign memo obtained by The Daily Caller shows the campaign is planning to continue long after Tuesday’s Florida primary, stating simply: 'this race is just getting started.'"

Now mind you, by "obtained," Lewis probably meant "sent from the Gingrich campaign, delivered as a singing telegram by a stripper, while a skywriter flew overhead writing, 'READ AND PUBLISH ASAP -- AND DON'T SAY IT'S A PRESS RELEASE!'"

Basically, the memo says that the person who wins in Florida will have "less than 10% of the delegates they need to claim the nomination." So who cares about Florida? Chumps, that's who. Newt can totally lose Florida and become the nominee -- in fact, the memo comes just short of saying that was the plan all along.

What follows is a whole bunch of delegate math, which is boring. Suffice it to say, as Team Noodles does, that the remaining primaries "essentially guarantee... that no candidate will secure the nomination anytime soon and the map quickly becomes more favorable for Gingrich."

Super Tuesday is the ticket. And then a couple races after Super T. So, like, March 31. Two months of brutal, mudslinging, bruising, money-burning, debilitating electoral combat and then we'll have a nominee.

I'm sure this calendar just terrifies the White House. (Daily Caller)


-Dark side of the Newt-



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Newt's got a really big melon, is what we're trying to say here. (Bad Report)


-Bonus HotD-
"Mitt Romney Is NOT the 1% … Mitt Romney Is the Top 0.0025%."

Mittens is that guy the rest of the 1% are jealous of. (Wonkette)

Stories to Watch: 12/10/11

Heading out again to canvass in the Walker recall. I had a lot of fun last time, even if the area I was in was pretty well covered already (most of the people had already signed). Now here's the news...


Big GOP debate tonight and everyone's going to be gunning for Gingrich.


You might recognize The Daily Caller's Matt Lewis as a frequent cable news talking head. So imagine my complete lack of surprise in discovering that he's dumb. Don't listen to most TV pundits, people. They're minor celebrities on a never-ending campaign of self-promotion, not seasoned political analysts.


The rightwing blogosphere is finally realizing that Rick Santorum is indeed acceptably crazy. It's too soon to predict a Santorum boomlet, but it sure would be fun.


Mittens gets all flippity-floppity again.


Texas' gerrymandered redistricting plan reaches the Supreme Court. Writes Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog, "It raises the strong possibility of a major new ruling on the power of federal judges to draw up redistricting plans while a state legislature’s own maps are under challenge in court."


A new CBS News poll has some bad numbers for President Obama. Thing is, he still beats everyone in the GOP field.


Newsmax says the Trump debate is still on, but with only Gingrich and Santorum showing up, what would be the point? I'd put good money on Gingrich realizing his mistake, pulling out, and killing it for good. Still, you never know.


Elizabeth Warren continues to be awesome.


Finally, for all the political price he's paying for it, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's union-busting is mostly failing to bust unions.

Related articles

• Newt Comes To Debate With Front-Runner Status, But Can He Keep His Cool? (huffingtonpost.com)
• Five things to watch in tonight's GOP debate - USA Today (content.usatoday.com)
• The conservative aura: Gingrich has it, opponents trying to take it (thehill.com)
• Santorum: Undocumented Immigrant Families Should Be Broken Up (thinkprogress.org)