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With the ascension of Newt Gingrich to the top of the GOP presidential field, perennial silver medalist Mitt Romney has recently sought to contrast himself with the former House Speaker by casting himself as a political outsider, resurrecting a long-running theme. A new ad from American Bridge PAC torpedoes that notion, in hilarious fashion, with a Proustian collection of clips from the start of Romney’s political career, including that iconic slow-speed chase.

The latest Glenn Beck outburst to garner big media attention is a bizarre segment of his radio show in which he compares Tiger Woods to OJ Simpson. Beck’s comments have people accusing Beck of bigotry (buttressed by the fact that he went on to reference another black athlete, Kobe Bryant, whose offense was also not comparable to Woods’), but at least equally disturbing was his return to the “poisoning women” well. Check it out.