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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But in politics, it’s the picture frame that makes all the difference in the world. The secular media hounds (as well as GOP rivals) have framed Rick Santorum as a THEOCRAT! — and they’ll say and do anything to lock him in. He’s a God nut! [...]

Fill ‘er up with rhetoric

Republican politics killed the pipeline

**Written by Doug Powers Here’s something brief for overnight discussion, and I’m a little ashamed of myself for not seeing it coming sooner because it’s so predictable: “Birth Control Moms.” **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe

Help us, Jeb, you’re our only hope

Gas pains

**Written by Doug Powers If the economy is indeed undergoing a miraculous turnaround just in time for the election this year, as ABC’s Diane Sawyer seems to want everybody to believe could be the case, Team Obama will be able to run a positive, results-oriented campaign. But just in case — on the extreme off-chance [...]

Because my family said so

Apparently he did

For Liljenquist, Mourdock, and Cruz: A Tea Party Senate takeover by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 The tea party isn’t dead. It’s just looking down ballot. While fiscal conservatives remain split over the GOP presidential candidates, grassroots activists are coalescing around a stellar slate of limited-government candidates looking to reinforce and reenergize the right [...]

You know all that Democratic talk about getting big, dirty money out of politics? Never mind. Via Reuters: National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return campaign donations totaling $1.8 million from Houston financier R. Allen Stanford, now on trial for allegedly masterminding [...]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Ow. Phew. Let me catch my breath. I just heard about the launch of the Obama administration’s new “Truth Team.” (Which is, in truth, the same thing as Attack Watch and all the other Obama snitch brigades created over the past three years.) Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah. [Wiping tear from eye.] Yes, the “Truth Team” is here [...]

Ann Coulter: Ignore my speech last year. Scott Walker: Big Labor won’t break me. Bobby Jindal: Louisiana won’t forget Obama’s jackboot-ism. Sarah Palin: I know you want me. *** Yesterday: CPAC speeches in 20 words.

Newt Gingrich: I am not the Establishment. Mitt Romney: I am not a liberal. Rick Santorum: I am not Mitt/Newt. Ron Paul: I am not at CPAC.

Super PAC-men: Obama’s bundlers gone wild! by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 The White House didn’t blow a dog whistle for deep-pocketed liberal donors on Monday. No, the administration whipped out a supersized vuvuzela. Blaring message: Let loose the campaign finance-bundling hounds of super PAC war! President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, who served [...]

Photo source: RickSantorum.com Scroll for updates…early results in Minnesota and Missouri looking good for Rick Santorum…SWEEEEEEEEEP! You can get live, updated Colorado GOP caucus results here. Minnesota caucus results will be here. And Missouri primary results here. *** Update: Networks projecting Santorum the winner in Missouri. And he’s leading early in Minnesota. What did I [...]

The People’s President is raising money any way he can — and the fashion world’s 1 percent-ers have stepped up to the plate to help. Via the WSJ: At a New York fund-raising event Tuesday called “Runway to Win,” President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign plans to begin selling campaign-themed tote bags, T-shirts and accessories designed [...]

Photo source: RickSantorum.com Some GOP 2012 news you might have missed over Super Bowl weekend, via the Rick Santorum campaign: Polls have provided empirical data to this trend in the key battleground states of Minnesota and Colorado, where Rick Santorum has emerged as the clear conservative alternative to moderate Mitt Romney. Public Policy Polling Minnesota: [...]

Presumptive nominee?

Hair apparent?

Romney looks tired here in this CNN interview this morning. Too much post-primary partying, I guess. But it’s exactly the time he needs to be on guard and on his A-game. Instead, he fumbles the post-Florida football and gives ammunition to all of his opponents on both sides of the aisle by reinforcing the perception [...]

Victory

RickSantorum.com Rick Santorum opposed TARP. He didn’t cave when Chicken Littles in Washington invoked a manufactured crisis in 2008. He didn’t follow the pro-bailout GOP crowd — including Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich — and he didn’t have to obfuscate or rationalize his position then or now, like Rick Perry and Herman Cain did. He [...]

Word came down tonight that Rick Santorum has canceled his Sunday campaign events to be with his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, who was admitted to Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia earlier today. The Santorums have spoken movingly throughout their campaign about Bella, who was born with Trisomy 18, and recently had surgery. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The [...]

Joestradamus

Mr. and Mrs. Cranky Pants by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 So, it turns out that the cool cat billed as “No Drama Obama” by his sycophants is actually quite the drama queen. While the White House publicly pretends to ignore conservative detractors of his administration, Chief Touchy-Touchy seems to be personally consumed by [...]

Photoshop source: SaveJersey.com You can peruse my Twitter page for highlights and lowlights of the CNN GOP debate in Florida, but this basically sums it up: Wolf Blitzer went all Oprah/TMZ with his fishing into the candidates’ wives’ lives. Newt doubled down on open-borders stupid and gave an indignant defense of illegal alien grandmothers that [...]

Jim Pethokoukis spotlights a new Health Affairs study on how Romneycare laid the foundation for Obamacare, and what it portends for the federal health insurance scene. In short: Expanded government coverage, higher taxpayer costs. Read here for details and analysis. His conclusion: The authors conclude that based on the Romneycare experience, Obamacare will improve coverage [...]

Photoshop: Reader Jimmy D. Yesterday, the SEIU and left-wing USA Action launched Spanish-language radio attacks on Mitt Romney for his support of immigration enforcement measures. One of Romney’s advisers is Kris Kobach — a constitutional law professor, Kansas Secretary of State, and staunch leader in the fight against illegal alien amnesty and ACORN-style voter fraud. [...]

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