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Mitt Romney’s shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. … The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home… His loss and immediate withdrawal from politics, while welcomed by most, has created a leadership vacuum within his party. It’s left the GOP rudderless, lacking an overarching agenda and mired in infighting, with competing visions for the way ahead, during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation.
— The Associated Press.
10 percent
Of Americans rate the honesty and ethics of members of Congress as very high or high, above only car salespeople on a list of 22 professions, according to Gallup. Medical professionals and engineers receive their best ratings on record.
You should know that evidence is not stuff printed from the Internet.
— Orange County Superior Court Judge Charles Margines, rejecting “Queen of the Birthers” Orly Taitz’s argument that the matter of Obama’s alleged foreign birth was important enough to overrule privacy laws and dismissing Taitz’ nuisance lawsuit.
Boehner ‘flabbergasted’ that Obama offers actual campaign promises as part of “fiscal cliff” negotiations
— Mike Poller, tweeting as @FatherGator
News organizations have described Kelley as a “Tampa socialite,” a term heard about as often as “Boston alligator-wrestler.”
— Carl Hiaasen, in his column in the Miami Herald
