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Tag Archives: Ron Paul
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Palmetto Preview Edition)
Just as bigfeet Tom Brokaw and Gail Collins did (Politico Playbook: “Hotel rooms … are freeing up [in New Hampshire] as journalists, including NBC’s Tom Brokaw and New York Times columnist Gail Collins, head straight to South Carolina”), the hardworking … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowapalooza Edition)
The TV spots are airing fast and furious in Iowa’s GOP presidential bakeoff. Here’s a handy Des Moines sampler. Let’s start out on a positive note with this Mitt Romney ad: About that “getting rid of programs” part? Romney … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bird, Iowa GOP presidential bakeoff, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Newt Gingrich, PBS, Ron Paul, Winning Our Future
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Whac-‘Em-All Edition)
Next week’s Iowa caucuses have turned into a daily double: Mitt Romney v. Ron Paul for win and place, everyone else for show. Cue Rick Perry’s latest ad, which touts the Texas governor as the Congress-free hoss in the race. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Caucuses, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Texas crony capitalism
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GOP Social Studies
It’s not that retail politics is for losers in the Republican presidential primary race, but the candidates stumping hardest in Iowa and New Hampshire – Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry – are generally polling lowest. (Exception that … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Family Size Edition)
‘Tis the season to cram family members into GOP presidential primary ads. Start with Ann Romney vouching for her husband’s “Character.” Partial transcript: You can never predict what kind of tough decisions are going to come in front of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Perry, Ann Romney, Iowa caucus, Mitt Romney, pop-up video, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, whole mishpocheh
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Ron Paul Goes For The Pro-Life, Er, Kill
Up to now, GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s TV spots (all $2.5 million of them) have focused on cutting the federal budget by one trillion dollars and blowing up a variety of federal agencies and calling his opponents little shih … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa, little shih tzus, Morning Score, New Hampshire, Politico, pro-life, Ron Paul, Simon Cowell, X-Factor
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Adstravaganza Edition II)
The Iowa airwaves continue to be stacked up like LaGuardia. The latest additions: • Ron Paul (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) has a new TV spot that “presents the Texas congressman as the unique and consistent outsider in the race,” … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, Mitt Romney, Politico Morning Score, Restore Our Future, Rick Perry, Ron Paul
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Gingrich Super PAC Edition)
Presidential flameout Newt Gingrich (R-Ouch!) is getting his ads kicked by Ron Paul and Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future. Gingrich’s response to the Newtron bombs? This Mourning in America TV spot: But now (via Politico’s Playbook) comes … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Mourning in America, Newt Gingrich, Restore Our Future, Ron Paul, Winning Our Future
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)
Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading
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