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Tag Archives: Rick Santorum
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Chicago Deep Dish Edition)
So the GOP Crazy Train pulls into Chicago for its next presidential primary spasm, and here’s the Illinois spending spree according to Politico’s Morning Score: ILLINOIS IS TUESDAY – ROMNEY OUTSPENDING SANTORUM 5-1: “Santorum’s campaign is up with $207,231 in ads, … Continue reading
Mitt Romney: The GOP’s Default Nominee
It’s clear that Mitt Romney (R-Cheesy Grits His Teeth) will limp to the Republican presidential nomination, but he’s getting a real tune-up in the process, especially in light of his third-place finish in Tuesday’s Alabama and Mississippi primaries. From ABC’s … Continue reading
NYT Goes South On Gingrich
If you want a snapshot of the mainstream media’s wishlist right now, check out this screengrab of the New York Times website around 1:30 Wednesday morning: Get the feeling the Times is salivating for a one-on-one race between Santorum and … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, New York Times, Newt Gingrich, one-on-one race, Rick Santorum
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Super PACmania
Smart front-page piece in Friday’s Boston Globe about the GOP presidential PACmary race. (Sorry no links – we’re iPadlocked.) Spending tally: Pro-Romney Restore Our Future: $33.8 million. Pro-Gingrich Winning Our Future: $16.1 million. Pro-Santorum Red White and Blue Fund: Not … Continue reading
Super PAC Mentality
Politico’s Morning Score on Friday tallied up the Super Tuesday spending spree of the Grand Old PACs in the Republican presidential primary: SUPER TUESDAY AIR WAR – TV, RADIO SPENDING NOW TOPS $6 MILLION: “Mitt Romney’s campaign and super PAC account … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Self-Serv Index™ Edition)
The hardworking staff has always had a soft spot for the quadrennial Shotgun Index, reflecting which presidential candidate voters would rather drive cross-country with. (Never making it into the HOV Lane: Bob Dole, Al Gore, John Kerry.) But the current … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Self-Serv Index™, Shotgun Index, Winning Our Future
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Mauls Romney Edition)
Lately GOP presidential sort-of wannabe Ron Paul (R-It’s the Delegates, Stupid) has been depicted as Mitt Romney’s wing(nut)man, consistently attacking Ron Santorum and Newt Gingrich but not Romney. New narrative, thanks to this TV spot Paul is running in Washington … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Super Tuesday Edition)
Now that the Michigan primary is in their rear-view mirror, the GOP slapfighters have moved on to the (Not So) Super Tuesday states, starting with a kibitzer AFSCME TV spot in Ohio (via Politico): [Politico] reported last week that AFSCME had purchased … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider’s Fearless Michigan Prediction (pat. pending)
With the polls (not to mention Rick Santorum) all over the place, it’s hard to say what will happen in the Michigan primary today. Then again, hard is the hardworking staff’s middle name. Or something . . . Anyway, our pick: … Continue reading
Mitt Romney Desperation Watch (pat. pending)
Three for the road (home): • From MSNBC’s First Read: *** Campaign cash drying up? For Romney, what’s also at stake at next week’s Michigan primary is whether or not his campaign funds begin to dry up. Yesterday, the Romney campaign reported … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, burn rate, Emily Friedman, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Rick Santorum, robocalls
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