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  • Huck Rips West Wing


    Mike Huckabee just channelled Jed Bartlet during an answer about his suggestion in a sermon that wives should submit themselves to their husbands. Huckabee clarified the Biblical quote he was referring to: "As wives submit themselves to the husbands, Read More...
  • But First, This Joke I Wrote


    In response to a question on foreign policy, Rudy Giuliani goes waaay out of his way to squeeze in this canned line: “The kind of change Democrats are talking about is taking the change out of your pocket.” Read More...
  • Mittrack Rombama


    Chris Wallace asks Romney whether the primary results in New Hampshire suggest the people value experience over his message of “change.” His response could have come out of a certain Democratic senator’s mouth. Paraphrased: If you stick with the same Read More...
  • McCain Makes a Funny


    McCain conflates trading with Arab nations with trading with al-Qaida. "I don’t want to trade with al-Qaida, all they want to trade is burqas," he says, smiling smugly. "I don’t want to travel with them, all they want is one-way tickets." That's almost Read More...
  • Ron Paul vs. His Supporters


    Carl Cameron tries to play Ron Paul off against his crazy 9/11 conspiracy theorist supporters. Will Paul tell them to renounce their beliefs?, Cameron asks. He might as well have asked a cat to bark. Paul, good libertarian that he is, refuses to denounce Read More...
  • Thompson Sandbags Huckabee


    We’re not in New Hampshire anymore. Thompson butts in on a question about the Reagan coalition so he can rattle off a litany of attacks on Huckabee. He thinks we have an “arrogant foreign policy,” says Thompson. “He thinks Guantanamo should be closed” Read More...
  • Whoa. Nuance From Giuliani.


    Finally, Rudy Giuliani gives a less-than-absolutist answer on the question of whether tax cuts raise revenues. “The reality is some tax cuts lead to revenues, some tax cuts don’t lead to revenues,” he says. That’s a big change from his previous stark Read More...
  • Ron Paul’s Back!


    After blocking Ron Paul from Sunday's debate, FOX News adjusted the cutoff standards to be either a fifth-place finish in New Hampshire primary or to have at least five percent in national polls. The first criterion allows Paul in. The second admits Thompson. Read More...
  • In Case You Don't Own a TV


    Check back here starting at 9 p.m. for live updates on tonight's Republican debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Read More...
  • The Obama Question


    Remember a few months ago when the Republicans spent an entire debate slamming Hillary Clinton? ABC sets this up as the Obama debate with a great question: Why not Barack Obama? The candidates cite his health care plan, his lack of experience, etc. Only Read More...
  • McCain Steals Thompson’s Line


    Romney was asking for it. Look at the set-up he gave his opponents: “And when we sit down and talk about change, I’ll say not only can I talk about change, I’ve lived it.” John McCain can’t resist: “Gov. Romney, we disagree on a lot of issues, but I agree Read More...
  • Romney Gets Quadruple Teamed


    Romney is bearing the brunt of just about every attack tonight. His only breather was when he and Giuliani got to tag-team Ron Paul on foreign policy. The reason this keeps happening, a friend points out, is that Romney is the most unsympathetic person Read More...
  • Health Care Throwdown


    Rudy Giuliani: We have the best health care in the world. People come from around the world to get treated in America. Ron Paul: Americans are actually going to India to get heart surgery for half price. Maybe they just run in different circles. Read More...
  • Fred Thompson Looks Like a Melted Candle


    What is Thompson thinking? In his first soliloquy, he gives a disquisition on how Cold War foreign policy led to the theory of preemption. Now he’s going on about how the Bill of Rights informs his world view. I’m trying to picture the strategy session Read More...
  • GOP Debate: Stakes Is High


    The candidates are sitting around a semicircular table. Looks more like an academic panel than a presidential debate. On the upside, it means no silly WCW-style entrances. The first question – "Would you run on George W. Bush’s foreign policy or run away Read More...

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