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Breaking News – Michigan GOP Changes Allocation Of Delegates

ABC News headline states: “Michigan GOP Changes Delegate Rules, Gives Primary Edge to Romney” and the Associated Press states “Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote.” Last night there was an unannounced closed-door secret meeting of the Michigan Republican Party credentialing committee. During the meeting, they voted 4 to 2 to allocate delegates differently than …

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Quick thought on a line from Obama’s political hack, David Axelrod

On Meet The Press, David Axelrod had this to say about Romney and Bain Capital: His philosophy suggests that his emphasis is on creating profit for himself and his partners and his investors and not creating jobs. Er, that would be right.  Socialists believe that the primary role of companies is to supply jobs.  Progressives …

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Mitt Romney: The Matthew Lesko of American Politics

“My opponent isn’t pro-choice or anti-choice, he’s multiple choice.”   —Senator Edward M Kennedy on Romney during the 1994 Senate Election When Mitt Romney came to New Hampshire in June and announced his candidacy, One of the first visceral reactions I had was that Mitt could not win against Obummer. Not for all the conventions and …

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Mitt Romney and the Cartel

Saw a posting yesterday on a social network, which really bothered me. After all we just went through, and continue to go through, with TARP, bailouts, stimulus, two rounds of quantitative easing (QE), and now a pending IMF bailout, I see this story, titled “Federal Records Show Romney Campaign Bought And Paid For By Big Banks”. …

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O’Brien to Endorse Gingrich; Horn will Endorse Romney

The Manchester Union Leader is reporting today that House Speaker Bill O’Brien plans to formally endorse Newt Gingrich today.  This was noted last week but not formally stated. “I want a candidate who has a clear understanding of conservative philosophy. I look for someone who has good instincts, someone who is intelligent and has great …

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Why the Establishment and ‘Mittens’ are Desperate

Others have come close to disturbing Romney’s perch atop the tree, and each has been dispatched quickly, but as this RCP average chart shows, while Mittens’ support has struggled to exceed 23%, a candidate who can generate real enthusiasm can easily do better.  Gingrich’s surge has exceeded all expectations (except, perhaps, his own), and this …

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