I for one can’t watch the Repugnant Debates.  I have to depend on others to give me the details textually so I can skip and skim. Newtie, as usual, slung … [Keep reading >>]

Well, the good people of South Carolina have hung a flapping, hysterical albatross around the the Republican Party and the country at large, even if Newt Gingrich bombs with the … [Keep reading >>]

Matt Bai in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine set the scene for the upcoming South Carolina Republican primaries:

The Tea Party’s Not-So-Civil war
“I don’t know a single Tea Party person,” … [Keep reading >>]

The mighty reformer Rick Santorum turns out to have greatly enjoyed the cozy earmarks for donations trade during his time in the Senate.
A review of some of his earmarks, viewed … [Keep reading >>]

For any who are intrigued by Ron Paul’s anti-war stance in Iraq and Afghanistan, his let ‘em alone ideas on drugs, his bucolic views on the paradise being prevented by … [Keep reading >>]

In the end, Herman Cain left the presidential race as he entered it—more a sideshow than a contender.

And he wrapped up his never quite believable run in characteristically bizarre fashion.  … [Keep reading >>]

The bizarre™(NG) Newt Gingrich is making appearances in various media forums these days.  A front page piece in the New York Times today points out that  his “approach to history … [Keep reading >>]

Just a reminder now that the “bizarre” Newt seems to be crawling up the backsides of the “corrupt” Rick Perry and the “disgraceful”  rest in their quest to pour concrete … [Keep reading >>]

The signs of intelligent life in the Republican universe are not overwhelming.  At the recent debate several proudly stood up for torture, one would neither stand up nor condemn.  Two … [Keep reading >>]

From Robert Reich — whose blog is always worth checking into:

 
The so-called flat tax is all the rage among Republican presidential hopefuls. Herman Cain was the first. Now, Rick Perry … [Keep reading >>]

In general I don’t think it’s worth spending too much time on the crew of cretins running for the GOP nomination. Sometimes you just gotta have a laugh, though.  These … [Keep reading >>]

Krugman takes on the profound cruelty at the heart of the GOP dream
 CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Representative Ron Paul what we should do if a 30-year-old man who chose not … [Keep reading >>]