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    Mitt Romney: The Consummate Etch A Sketch

    By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 21st at 08:05 PM  | 

    Throughout the presidential campaign, we have been lampooned by the pale-pastel wing of the party for not coalescing around the Romney campaign with alacrity.  Our detractors have been stupefied by our stubborn opposition to “the only candidate who can beat Obama;” the man with the requisite resume, funding, organization, intelligence, and persona. We’ve been at a loss to encapsulate our opposition into a one-liner; a | Read More »

    Super Tuesday: Romney and Santorum Limp Along, Tea Party Claims First Scalp

    By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 7th at 12:31 AM  | 

    Romney wins OH, VA, MA, VT, and ID; Gingrich wins GA; Santorum wins OK, TN, and ND.  Alaska is still pending.  Here are some random thoughts. 1) It looks like Romney will eke out a very narrow win in Ohio.  The pattern is becoming familiar.  Romney can’t just outspend his opponents; he must swamp them in order to pull out a narrow victory.  There is | Read More »

    Mitt Romney’s Debt Ceiling Deception

    By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 23rd at 11:12 AM  | 

    For the most part, last night’s debate was refreshing in the sense that the candidates were honest about their lack of conservatism.  Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul affirmed their support for some aspect of earmarking (although some parsed words), Rick Santorum owned up to his support of No Child Left Behind, Ron Paul unabashedly enunciated his support for Iran’s nuclear program, and Newt Gingrich also confirmed | Read More »