Wiggy Presidential Preference Poll closing Wednesday night
If you want to vote in the Wiggy presidential preference poll (on the right hand side of the blog page) you have until Wednesday night at 9:00 PM. Right now Herman Cain is leading with nineteen votes....
View ArticleMake mine a spotted owl, mushroom and onion
Jim Geraghty gives a pretty good explanation of former Massachussets Governor Mitt Romney’s relative success campaigning so far, but hits one flat note describing Romney’s opponent, former Godfather...
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Oh no, it’s a cigarette
Egads. Herman Cain’s campaign manager Mark Block appears in a video for his candidate smoking a cigarette. It’s shocking. The Atlantic and the New York Times see more than just a cigarette, they see a...
View ArticleWhy children should be seen and not heard
There’s a long article on the “Menomonee Falls Now” website (a Journal Sentinel product) about the non-candidacy of Kurt Heins for Waukesha County clerk. I wasn’t going to comment any more on this...
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Cain’s real problem
Thanks to Lance Burri The real problem for Herman Cain isn’t a campaign manager who smokes. It isn’t even some anonymous sexual harassment claims. Kevin Binversie is right. It’s the money. I like Mark...
View ArticleThe Cain tone
Here’s a gaffe that can’t be blamed on the campaign manager. I’ve mentioned my dislike for less-than-clever nicknames used to describe public figures before. In last night’s debate, Herman Cain...
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Eye of Newt
As former Governor Mitt Romney’s other opponents for the Republican nomination for president appear to be imploding one at a time, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seems to be enjoying a...
View ArticleClosing out the year’s predictions
The problem with doing fifty predictions at the beginning of the year is checking them at the end of the year. Of course, I could be like every other pundit that makes predictions and then ignores...
View ArticleDefinitely not PETA approved
As best as I can tell, the latest Herman Cain video is revenge against the killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Or perhaps it’s an homage to former President Jimmy Carter, tax-and-spend...
View ArticleIf you thought my predictions were bad, imagine how the Mayans feel
Each year I make a list of predictions, and each year we examine where I went wrong. Unfortunately the end of the Mayan calendar did not mean the end of the world, so we have 50 predictions to sort...
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