Month: January 2012
S.C. is Romney Campaign’s ‘Lee Atwater’ Moment
The Mitt Romney campaign has now arrived at its Lee Atwater moment. Having won the New Hampshire primary decisively, Boston must now decide how much fire-power to focus on the South Carolina primary. … If Lee Atwater were alive, he would answer with three words: ‘All of it.’ … Mitt Romney now has his opponents by the throat. When you have your opponent by the throat in presidential politics, you best finish the job. For Romney, that means imitating Atwater and going all in on South Carolina.
— John Ellis, writing on Buzz Feed.
Gingrich Concedes Romney Close to Nomination
If Romney can win South Carolina, he’s probably going to be the nominee.
— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on MSNBC.
The White House Just Can’t Keep a Secret
If we wanted this event to be a secret, we probably wouldn’t have invited the press corps to cover it, release photos of it to Flickr or post a video from it on the White House website.
The White House, quoted by Politico, reacting to assertions made in a new book called “The Obamas.” The book claims the president and first lady threw an Alice in Wonderland themed Halloween party on the down-low, hoping to avoid Marie Antoinette comparisons during the recession.
Romney Pulls a Palin – Reads NH Victory Speech from Teleprompters
One of Sarah Palin’s favorite digs at Pres. Obama is that he often reads speeches from teleprompters.
If you are a liberal or not a political junkie, you probably found Palin’s harping on Obama’s use of teleprompters confusing. “So what?” you may have said to yourself. “So did Reagan, the Bushes and Clinton. They all do it.”
Or, if you were paying close attention to Obama on the campaign trail, you might have noticed that he hosted dozens of town hall events during which he spoke extemporaneously for 90 minutes or more. (For teavangelical types who may be reading this, “extemporaneously” means “without the aid of a teleprompter.”)
What liberals and other regular Americans were missing in Palin’s sneering about Obama and teleprompters was a dog whistle message to the Republican Party’s half-witted racist base. What she was really saying was, “Pssst. See, he’s black, so not smart enough to think up all those big words on his own. He only got where he is because of affirmative action.”
Reality has a left-wing bias, as Stephen Colbert has said, so it did not matter that Palin — who, pssst, really is a dumbass — used teleprompters just about every time she spoke in public during her failed vice presidential run in 2008. (For your convenience — and, we can only hope, to make tea baggers heads explode — we have compiled a photo set of about two dozen different events in which Palin read her speeches from teleprompters and posted it here.)
In the current campaign, after making some seriously stupid gaffes while campaigning in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney took no chances when it came time to read his victory speech last night, according to his hometown paper, the Boston Globe:
Who’s on Mitt’s Car Roof Now?
REPORT: Mitt has strapped Jon Huntsman to the roof of his car and is driving to South Carolina.
LOLGOP, aka comedian Pete Nicely, alluding to one of Mitt Romney’s dumbest ideas ever.
Newt’s Todd Nod
In New Hampshire Mitt Romney’s a-sailin’,
While Rick Perry’s campaign is ailin’.
But that old rascal Newt
Has got just cause to hoot —
He’s just been endorsed by Todd Palin!
