1. It is tough to see Santorum going all the way. I’m not sure how he wins New Hampshire no matter how well he does in Iowa (short of a some kind of personal Romney “heaaaahhh” meltdown.) So that makes South Carolina huge if (IF) Santorum does well in Iowa. He also would have . . . . Continue Reading »
On the basis of the slight surge in the single poll, Santorum has gotten attention on THE TODAY SHOW, among other places, this morning. The poll’s questionable showing of some momentum might be the cause of real momentum. In a brief interiew, Santorum’s message was about authenticity. . . . . Continue Reading »
This is not meant to be criticism of Paul, although it is criticism of Leno. Paul was treated like a rock star and had the softest of softball questions, ones it would seem he wrote himself. There were literally no challenging questions—nothing, for example, about the newsletters. Paul was . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I really—unlike Carl and Pete and John—don’t have anything new and profound to say about the Iraq War or Ron Paul. 2. Now that we have all these Paul-enthusiast readers, what do we do to keep them? When we said ambiguously negative things about Rand (or Randians) and Michael, . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently there is a Ghost Protocol. When the *stuff* hits the fan the entire array of intelligence, military, covert ops finds itself without any satellite or computer back up. Needless to say, under Ghost Protocol one’s team cannot rely on other covert operators to come to the rescue. . . . . Continue Reading »
First of all, our gratitude to Douglas Ollivant for his service. Second, read the whole essay Peter links below. A fine piece—if anything, too brief, because no-one provides good reporting or analysis on Iraq these days. Third, the basic point Ollivant is making about regime-change, and what . . . . Continue Reading »
According to our friend (who for reasons both philosophical and military knows what he’s talking about), Iraq has to be free to stand on its own. Here’s why: At this point, Iraq is exactly where we should expect a country to be when coming out of forced regime change, with the almost . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s some testimony from Paul’s former staffer. It’s far from entirely negative, although its point is surely to take Ron out as a plausible commander-in-chief. If this guy is right, Ron hates Israel, doesn’t think it should exist, and uncritically takes the Palestinian . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I’ve been listening to 95.7 FM—a genunely outstanding radio station (broadcasting from the foot of Mt. Alto in Rome, GA—although it also serves Trion) featuring the hits from the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties just about all the time. 2. Yesterday and today, they’ve . . . . Continue Reading »
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