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Newt scoot?

To be fair, if you and I had to be up on stage with Charlie Rose and Karen Tumulty, we’d be soporifically stupefied after a few minutes, too. But then again, we’re not running for the highest office in the land and raising millions of dollars from people across the country who are counting on [...]

The crowning achievement that wouldn’t leave

**Written by Doug Powers Over two months ago, Mitt Romney told a New Hampshire audience, “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that.” Al Gore offered praise and polar bears rejoiced. At some point between that early June day and now, Romney had a scientific or political [...]

Put up your Mitts

Selling point?

**Written by Doug Powers File this one under “Romney finally catches a break on the praise from liberals” — not that it seems to bother him a whole lot. First Read: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, reviled by conservatives for ushering Democratic legislation through Congress during Obama’s first two years in office, told reporters Tuesday [...]

Feel the burn

**Written by Doug Powers Tomorrow is the GOP debate in New Hampshire, and GOP candidate Tim Pawlenty was on Fox News Sunday this morning using a word I’m guessing we’ll hear again Monday — Obamneycare: Speaking of the debate, Newt Gingrich might show up a little late — he was taking a limo to catch [...]

You’re gonna need a bigger couch

**Written by Doug Powers Many Beltway Republicans will say that Washington needs to think and operate differently in order to tackle the crushing debt, economic turmoil and all manner of problems that our country is enduring. But when somebody comes along who operates slightly outside the box and doesn’t follow the status quo rulebook — [...]

**Written by Doug Powers CNN’s Peter Hamby presents what could be an interesting problem for the media — or maybe it’ll be a no-brainer. Mitt Romney will officially announce his White House intention Thursday in New Hampshire. At the same time, Sarah Palin’s bus tour will make a stop in the state: Reporters will have [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Any Republican candidate serious about trying to get the US out of a mess that’s been many years in the making and only getting worse is first and foremost going to have to stop doing the equivalent of standing in front of the ballpark yelling “a vote for me is a [...]

“Give him enough rope…”

“Thanks, Mitt!”

Building a bridge to one America and winning the future of change we can believe in

**Written by Doug Powers What are the odds that this will be mentioned at some point in an ad from one of Mitt Romney’s opponents during Republican primary season? Romney “did some interesting things there on health care, you know,” Axelrod said. “We got some good ideas from him.” Message from Axelrod to Romney’s primary [...]

Early front-runner?

I’ve already made clear: John McCain is the problem with the GOP. And he’s trying to install his mini-mes as congressional candidates across the country. Yesterday, Mitt Romney lined up with He That Ails the GOP: Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts released a statement today, saying it would be “hard to imagine the United [...]

Canada’s Globe and Mail reports that Mitt Romney was the target of an unhinged air rager on a flight out of Vancouver tonight. The good news: He kept his cool and is doing fine. The plane turned around and rid itself of the unruly passenger. No such thing as friendly skies anymore. Geez: Republican politician [...]

Comedy Central.

Emulsion.

Falling in line. Nose plugs, Mitt?

“Bad judgment.”

Suspension and belief.

Bryan Preston and I arrived at CPAC at 5:30am this morning–yes, bad time to give up caffeine for Lent–to set up the Hot Air camera and get through security. There’s a shortage of metal detectors and an abundance of attendees. We’re already parked in the main ballroom at the Omni Shoreham. A lot of people [...]

The way forward.

Scroll down for updates…2/6 morning update…Obama claims delegate lead… 12:20am tally…. MCCAIN: AZ, CA, CT, DE, IL, MO, NJ, NY, OK HUCKABEE: AL, AR, GA, TN, WV ROMNEY: CO, MA, MN, MT, ND, UT CLINTON: AR, AZ, CA, MA, NY, NJ, OK, TN OBAMA: AL, CT, CO, DE, GA, ID, IL, KS, MN, MO, ND, [...]

Here we go.

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in this presidential season so far, it’s that nothing is a sure thing. John McCain says he “assumes” he’ll get the nomination and that he’ll have it wrapped up by Super Tuesday. I wondered over the weekend whether the Rasmussen poll showing McCain and Mitt Romney in a dead [...]