Rick Santorum
Signs the Santorum Campaign Is Over
I'm not sure this is sign number one, but it definitely makes my top ten list. Over at National Review, Charlotte Hays sides with New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny in his now-notorious exchange with the former Pennsylvania senator: READ MORE >>
The Sad End of the Gingrich Campaign
“At an age when most young men are focused on playing sports and meeting girls, Newt was fantasizing about saving the world.” —Steven M. Gillon, The Pact, 2008 READ MORE >>
What ‘The Economist’ Gets Wrong About America
In this week's Economist, the Bagehot column (in the magazine's section on the U.K.) concerns itself with the improved relations between the basketball-watching pair, Barack Obama and David Cameron, raising the question whether British Conservatives are now closer to Washington's Democrats than its Republicans. It's all well and good until this bit at the close of the column: READ MORE >>
Santorum's Shake
Rick Santorum today sent his ill-advised comment from yesterday--that the country would be better off with four more years of President Obama than with Mitt Romney--down the memory hole. Then he gaslighted reporters about it. Apparently those traditional values he's running on don't include truthfulness. Here is what Santorum said yesterday in San Antonio, Tex.: READ MORE >>
Who Said It: ‘Mad Men’ Character or GOP Candidate?
Much of the thrill of watching Mad Men is the unabashed way it displays the retrograde views of its leading characters. The same is true, of course, of the ongoing Republican presidential primary. READ MORE >>
Voters Don’t Like God-Talk
What We Still Don’t Know About Mitt Romney
A week ago, after Rick Santorum swept the GOP contests in Mississippi and Alabama, Mitt Romney faced a choice: He could shake up his campaign following the unexpected setback, or double down on the strategy he’d been deploying for weeks, which meant touting his large delegate-lead, portraying himself as inevitable, and exploiting his enormous financial advantage. READ MORE >>
