Peggy Noonan writes as favorable an assessment of the Newt candidacy as a reasonable person could. She doesn’t make much of his personal failings or, as Mr. Ceaser puts it, the way he’s made his living over the last decade. It’s just that people who know him and have worked with . . . . Continue Reading »
The Arabist is a good site for monitoring what’s happening Egypt-wise. It’s run by a set of smart analysts, who in American terms, we can label as liberal, anti-Bush/”neo-con”, and critical of Israel. They think Juan Cole is a worthy of their brief blogroll, for example. . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s begin by stating the positive point for Newt Gingrich. He might not, as Pete Spiliakos says, prove ten foot tall in debate, though he is approaching ten foot wide. But he is quite effective in expressing whatever idea he happens to be developing at the moment. He talks in terms that . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s MY view of manliness and SOUTHERN STOICISM, a crucial supplement to the MIDWESTERN Mansfield. Newt, for what it’s worth, has the repulsive side of manliness. He overrates his significance, and he praises his own greatness (for little good reason) in words that would be better . . . . Continue Reading »
This piece by George Will on why it should be neither Mitt nor Newt got me thinking of the future four years from now. John Hunstman must be a genius on the long play. He comes out as the conservative who is willing to rattle rhetorically the conservative bones. He makes outrageous statements about . . . . Continue Reading »
Byro York explains that those who actually worked with Newt as Speaker can’t support him for president, while all most voters can see is the new Newt, the guy who knows how to talk. But those in the know know the allegedly new Newt was part of the old Newt, and today’s Newt is no better . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m getting more doubtful that Newt get stopped. Christmas has already caused a bit of a lull in the campaigning. Iowa cacuses right after the New Year. Meanwhile, Romney’s situation is eroding in a way that seems unfixable. If Newt does has an unexploited weakness, it’s, as . . . . Continue Reading »
“Nothing is more killing in politics than boredom.” Newt Gingrich, January 2008 Newt (the irrepressible) hit on something four years ago: closing down the nomination race too early—however much a top contender might prefer that result—is probably not in the best interest of . . . . Continue Reading »
So this post presents a personal case. I attended a funeral today of a man who was important in my life. A friend of my parents from before I was born, he and his family were a presence in my life throughout my formative years. It is a sad thing that such a good man is no longer with us, but as the . . . . Continue Reading »
I know that I seem at times obsessed with the 60s, and in trying to figure out How they Matter to Us Now. But in my defense, here’s down-to-earth Michael Barone , saying that the key to Mitt Romney is that the 60s did not touch his soul one bit. There’s not an iota of . . . . Continue Reading »
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