2012 GOP Presidential Campaign -- "This individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time."

nah, lolgop is all fake...but hilarious.

but it could be bachmann!

she says some crazy stuff!

I'm not sure that anyone cares too much what some old Republican Congressmen think of Newt though - if anyone lacks credibility in today's political climate, it's Congress. It's more important what someone like Roger Ailes thinks:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1211/Foxs_temptation_Newt.html

thehill articles are interesting:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/195427-lawmakers-not-flocking-to-gingrich

In contrast, Mitt Romney, another front-runner for the GOP nomination, has announced several Republican congressional endorsements in recent days, including Sens. John Thune (S.D.) and Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) and Rep. Charlie Bass (N.H.).

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/196441-newts-hand-always-six-inches-from-the-self-destruct-button

There’s some evidence that Romney’s campaign might be getting nervous — it pressed Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who represents Iowa’s neighbor to the west, to announce his endorsement early. Thune said he was thinking about waiting until closer to the caucuses.

Thune, who served with Gingrich in the House in 1997 and 1998, said his endorsement of Romney was not a statement against the former Speaker.

“It wasn’t like I was deciding against anybody, I just decided for Romney,” Thune said. “My view was that at certain times in the nation’s history you need certain styles of leadership. Right now we need somebody who knows what it’s like to turn failing enterprises around. Romney’s done that in business, he did that with the Olympics.”

do the ppl who are all "let's run the US like a business" realize that we can't just deport our unemployed citizens or are they just completely unaware of how most businesses are turned around/saved?

ah yes the failing business of the Olympics

all federal gov't work will be outsourced to Bangalore

do the ppl who are all "let's run the US like a business" realize that we can't just deport our unemployed citizens or are they just completely unaware of how most businesses are turned around/saved?

Ask Florida how that Rick Scott thing is working out for them.

we love our governor stop being mean

http://valdoespolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rick-scott-omg.jpg

I left Florida four months ago and he still haunts my dreams.

jesus christ, Halloween was two calendar pages ago, cut that out

I thought Marc Rubio was in charge of Florida who's this Rick Scott clown

The governor.

Rubio is the junior senator.

I know just makin a lil joke

This is such a runaway story right now, maybe it really is about to come crashing down.

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/romneys-rasmussen-gap-ctd.html

well, either the story or romney will crash down, it seems.

"what's Gingrich's fundraising lookin like?" is a more pertinent question than "what does Rassmussen say?"

a poll is a story

CAN WE ALL JUST BE BLOWN UP?

Romney ran in 2008, with almost the same electorate as today, and was soundly rejected then. That means there is a huge percentage of GOP voters who made up their minds against Romney once already. To me, that is very interesting.

What exactly has he done to fundamentally alter all those prior decisons to become favorable this time around? Seems to me, damn little.

That's why his being annointed as the inevitable winner has always seemed so odd to me. Usually, after an abject failure, the candidate must at least go through the motions of re-inventing himself - unless, of course, he is Bob Dole.

Aimless- he has gone through the process of being less crazy than absolutely everyone around him, and also not having a name which means booty juices

Ergo, the serial stampede. It is always away from Romney, no matter where else it seems to be headed.

romney's real pitch is to look to his left, look to his right on the GOP debate dias, then turn to the voters and say, "oh, you can't vote for any of these guys, you know this."

if gingrich can prevent romney from doing that, gingrich has a really good chance. but that remains to be seen, as gingrich can also be a clown.

If Boehner really hates Gingrich as much as that article suggests, then one interesting what-if game concerns how Gingrich becoming the front-runner might change the calculus among House Republicans - i.e., between playing ball with Obama on economic stimulus, and thereby helping their own re-election prospects, vs. stonewalling the stimulus and thereby helping the prospective nominee but opening themselves up to criticism in the fall. Maybe it's just coincidence, but Boehner is suddenly sounding more reasonable about the possibility of a payroll cut.

It's worked wonderfully in my marriage

Great way to squelch the rumors that your husband's gay.

Boehner and Obama would have negotiated long ago if not for the Tea Party; he worries about his votes back home.

The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to think that the party elite will suggest to the wingnuts that Newt is NOT a good pick or, that failing, will smear the heck out of him.

but it's been happening already!

and to every not-Romney

the key is largely timing. newt is the last not-romney. it's newt or nothing.

(cue rick santorum weeping silently)

Huntsman must be FURIOUS behind closed doors, lol

he is angrily listening to "Frownland" RIGHT NOW

It's not really a matter of the Party Elite, such as it is, suggesting things to the base, which won't listen to it anyway. All the satraps can do is withhold funding and watch as the unprepared, oafish Bachmanns, Perrys, Cains, and Gingrichs demonstrate their unworthiness for the nomination.

bite your tounge rick santorum never weeps he cries lightning and spits broken-glass

gingrich is less likely to totally screw-up.

he could -- he is, after all, a clown -- but he's the kind of clown that's appealed to the GOP base for a while now, and this particular GOP base is even more receptive to his reactionary vibe. and he is not mitt romney, so he has that going for him, too.

You guys are stuck with Romney.

did you renounce your citizenship or something?

I don't know why I misread "reactionary vibe" so badly

I guess that would be more appropriate for Santorum

You guys are stuck with Romney.

i am stuck with romney, and romney's stuck with me

(sung to the tune of the band-aid brand commercial)

did you renounce your citizenship or something?

― dr. strongo, Thursday, December 1, 2011 4:08 PM

there are by my count 247 members of the Politico editorial staff that are Communists.

Re: Huntsman. Seems so odd to me that a former governor of fucking UTAH is seen as such a liberal wuss by the Tea Party wingnuts.

now, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kog1CjzcY&feature=player_embedded

please note, DNC and GOP rivals: this is how to attack mitt romney.

and there is so -- so -- much more.

I love how that interview takes place in a warehouse, like they're about to unpack some crates or make a drug deal or something

are they sitting in the middle of a costco

it isn't a warehouse. it's mitt romney's secret chamber, where they keep his magic sarcophagus.

Meanwhile one last one from that Other McCain dude in terms of self-regard:

http://theothermccain.com/2011/12/01/ace-of-spades-really-hates-ron-paul-endorses-re-election-of-barack-obama/

And back to the usual fun.

feasting nightly on the blood of hourly laborers

xpost...i think.