I was beginning to think I crashed and burned on my Mormon joke.

:-)

Sure. I'd much rather talk about Newt's view of the economy- i.e. return to "trickle down".

I could care less who he's banging. It's the bible beaters that this is going to offend. But they seem to deal really well with hypocrisy so it's likely not going to be a big deal.

Sometimes I think the first law of Christianity should be: Do as we say, not as we do.

:)

-David

Bahhahahah. Well played.

"Can I bring a Plus More Than One??"
"Oh, I didn't know you were a Mormon."
-Royal Pains

:D

I don't believe his personal life has anything to do with his qualification to be President. I'm not a Newt fan but it's because of his economic and political beliefs.

I am sure I'll remind you of that down the road.. :D

All things being equal, I would agree with you.. But for me, being a Presidential candidate is a little bit stricter of a criteria...

Michale

Bahhahahah. Well played.

Drink every time one of the candidates says "Obama"?

Whew. Glad I didn't watch the debate :). Plowed is an understatement.

I thought ya'all would be salivating with glee at this Newtonian Implosion.

I don't believe his personal life has anything to do with his qualification to be President. I'm not a Newt fan but it's because of his economic and political beliefs.

Oh crap, that's past my bedtime!!! :( hehehehehe

Drink every time one of the candidates says "Obama"?

Sheet, everyone will be plowed in no time!! :D

Michale

Doubles around the house!! :D

Michale

Besides, I was talking about the female vote. :)

I find it hard to have sympathy for a man who would treat his wife(s) in such a manner...

Michale

Heh.

Newtonian implosion? I have a funny feeling that Newt will win the SC primary. But, Romney will actually win it.

And, I think Newt will get a lot of sympathy votes thanks to his ex-wife. :)

This race is a lot more fun than I thought it would be ...

I thought ya'all would be salivating with glee at this Newtonian Implosion...

Anyone close to wining the quatloos?? :D

Michale

I don't know, but I think it'll be impossible to measure the impact. The situation is so volatile, it's useless to try to search for specific causality. After all, Newt's numbers are surging, there's a debate tonight, there's Mitt's taxes, and then there's ABC. Whatever happens will happen, but it'll be tough to finger one of these and say "this was the definitive reason why."

Just my $0.02.

David -

What I liked about the Iowa story is that they have no idea who won. They obviously purchased Florida's vote-counting system, second-hand. They like to style themselves as the defining moment in American politics, and they can't even count a hundred thousand votes? Sheesh.

-CW

p.s. Yeah, I'm not a big fan of these things, but I have to admit I did a double take when I saw it

Here's some headlines from when Romney finishes ahead of Santorum by 6 votes:

"Romney Wins By 8 Votes" - ABC, Des Moines Register
"Romney Wins Iowa Caucuses by 8 Votes" - FoxNews

Here's some headlines from when they found out Santorum won:

"Santorum Kinda, Sorta Won Iowa Final Results Show" - MarketWatch
"Final Iowa Tally Gives Santorum the Edge over Romney" - WaPo
"Santorum Declares Victory After Revised Iowa Caucus" - MSNBC
"Iowa GOP declares caucuses 'split decision' after final count shows Santorum with 34 more votes than Romney" - Fox

Hahahahah. Get it. Romney winning by 8 is still Romney winning. Santorum winning by 34 is a tie.

-David

You got to admire the photoshop on this. It's nearly flawless...

Michale

http://www.antiwar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Obomney1.png

One of the things I've found quite interesting also (and that you don't hear a lot about) is that Bain Capital owns Clear Channel.

Now this might not mean much until you realize that Clear Channel is the company who syndicates Hannity, Rush, and Beck. And they also broadcast a number of the other conservative pundits.

Now in 2008, all 6 of the top conservative pundits endorsed, oddly enough, Romney. I say oddly enough because I would have guessed that they would hate Romney.

I searched the big 3's shows just to see what they thought of the candidate and none of them are too hard on Romney. Hannity gushes over Romney. Limbaugh had one show a while back where he claimed Romney wasn't a true conservative, but he's backed off this recently to attack Perry and Gingrich. And Beck hasn't really focused on Romney either.

Mostly I'm with Chris, the GOP guy with the most money is gonna win. No surprise as it's usually true for Dems too.

I just find this interesting. If you wanted to buy your way into the heart of conservative America, it'd be hard to find a better way than to purchase Clear Channel.

-David

I don't think the debate or the interview will matter much in the overall.

I'll tell you what, though, it's going to be no small amount of fun to watch the Republican cult of economic failure and foreign policy disaster crash and burn this coming November.

I think we should wager something on this! :)

And about the "debate" over at ABC???

Michale

No, no, I'd put it: No matter how the media hypes it, the GOP guy with the most money is going to win... yet again. Oooh! Big surprise!!­!

Heh.

-CW

So, what you're basically saying here is that whatever happens in the GOP race for the Republican presidenti­al nomination­, and regardless of how it all turns out in the end, it won't really matter much.

And, I couldn't possibly agree more!