The Alan Colmes segment was way more entertaining.

pretty soon, the news people are going to have to admit that Romney’s going to be the nominee. they’re just trying to make it a horse race so we’ll continue to pay attention.

please! Santorum’s not going to win, he’s way too conservative for America. Iran Paul is a loon and doesn’t even expect to win himself, so he’s out. and Newt? only if the Republicans have a death wish (which they may).

O’Reilly Freudian slip at 2:06

I think O’Reilly is right in pointing out that the money is the biggest factor here. If Gingrich and Santorum start running low (they reportedly already are), they will be forced to drop out or take a financial hit, which is unlikely. Right now, from all reports, the big Republican donors are going to Romney, proving once again that the Tea Party is more smoke than flame. 

I think O’Reilly is right in pointing out that the money is the biggest factor here. If Gingrich and Santorum start running low (they reportedly already are), they will be forced to drop out or take a financial hit, which is unlikely. Right now, from all reports, the big Republican donors are going to Romney, proving once again that the Tea Party is more smoke than flame. 

Let me be the first to call the convention a RINO.

I couldn’t agree more with your post.

No Ron Paul delegate will ever vote for a big government establishment candidate.  Here is why: 
http://www.freemarketfan.com/2012/02/there-is-no-such-thing-as-former-ron.html

I think the old shrink Sauerkraut has been self-medicating again.

You mean the O’Reilly “blah-” (except “ni”)? I dunno – Santorum had SOOOO little wiggle room on his, but BillOld can say he meant to say “go negitive” but stumbled into inversion. He can SAY that, but the fact is very often these sorts of stumbles start with the way the individual stores memory for executive function front lobe retrieval, so … maybe. But what of it? Does anyone really imagine BillOld ISN’T among THESE (off-camera of course)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo 

Note Charles K. opened with with the latest anti-Obama fuppet solidarity salute: “Well first I say, I’m with Colmes: the President has to get out there. I mean, where’s he been?”. 

This goes on constantly, in a background hum to allow the Mittens’ mendacity to look half-civilized. 

Another catch: Mittens opened the day by referring to the opposing party as “the Democrat party”. Really – Mittens as culture warrior, Mittens leading the charge up the hill towards the shining house, Gadsden flag in hand. This is going to be such a pleasure, beating this disgusting grasper.  

“Iran Paul” isn’t out. He’s just getting started. Btw, the race is going to come down between him and Romney and guess what. If Romney wins the nomination, he’ll lose the supporters of Ron Paul. If that happens, get ready to say Pres. Obama for another 4 years.

Who is Romney’s backers? The same banks that benefitted from Obama’s bailout and, curiously, they support BOTH Romney AND Obama. They’re going to expect, and receive, a good “return on their investment” if either one of them wins. They’ll BOTH see to it!

Ron Paul’s backers: Army, Navy, Air Force, former Obama supporters, Independents, in short, WE THE PEOPLE! 

What is Romney going to do in a debate against Obama? Promise to steal less from people’s paychecks?  Is he going to promise to steal less from us than Obama?

With Ron Paul, the income tax rate would be zero, there wouldn’t be any more undeclared wars (ALL wars should be declared as prescribed by the Consitution), There would be actual cuts to govt. spending ($1 trillion in his first year) instead of the usual “cuts” in planned spending ten years down the road or so, which NEVER materialize, because a little time down the road and they’ll provide a “reason” not to cut taxes as they said they would. We would all be better off under Ron Paul as president. If Ron Paul is the nominee, it’s game over for Obama!

In case you think such “trivial thing” like the Constitution can get in the way of “good govt.,” if the federal govt. doesn’t follow the gold standard (which IS in the Constitution) or Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, then, pray tell, what makes you think they’ll follow any of it, especially the first ten amendments more commonly known as the Bill of Rights?

That’s something you might want to consider if you value freedom and liberty over tyranny.

Good link. Thanks.

If you haven’t yet, hit “VoteRonPaul” and make your pledge to vote.  He’s gaining ground and you’ll see the evidence there on the map. IMO, he OWNS the NE, Chicago and several places throughout the country based on what is on the map.

I will have to watch that. Come on Mediaite, put it up. 

QUOTE: 
If Romney wins the nomination, he’ll lose the supporters of Ron Paul. If that happens, get ready to say Pres. Obama for another 4 years.

You just nailed everything that is wrong with uncle crazy Paul supporters. If it’s Ron Paul or Obama, then get the hell out of the Republican Party because you are all more goofy than Paul ever thought about being.

Mitt is only chance for regaining the presidency, so Newt better not been anywhere near Tampa when convention comes to town.  

Romney will lose to Obama, whether the race goes to the convention or not.

Who cares what Krauthammer has to say?  He’s been experiencing buyer’s remorse.  He’s a fine one to talk about whining when that’s what he’s been doing in several of his recent columns regarding the “poor” field of 2012 GOP candidates.  He wasn’t thinking about that when he sat on his perch on Fox News and played the role of head cheerleader as he supported anything the republicans did over the past three years.  Take it somewhere else, Charles.  Please.

This wins the award for liberal denial article of the day at Mediaite (the same web site that touted the Donald Trump candidacy last year).  I hate to be the one to break through this iron curtain of denial, but I must tell you that (1) Romney will get the Republican nomination and (2) defeat Obama in the fall.  And one of the reasons Obama will lose is this pervasive liberal unwillingness to face up to facts — for example, the rampant unemployment problem and economic malaise that Mediaite never covers on this site.  As if ignoring the biggest issues in America will make them go away?  But in this regard Mediaite simply reflects the broader liberal media – both prefer to live in fantasyland….but the fantasy comes to an end in November.

Yet another instance of Charles betraying the listener’s trust is where he lends false value to the notion that Newt can use the ‘proportional allocation’ in this go-round’s GOP NOMination contest to get to Tampa Bay. In point of fact – & if I realize this, then you can be absolutely sure that Krauthammer knows all about it – both the percentage of GOP delegates that MIGHT be allocated on a proportional basis AND the mechanisms by which allocations get carried out in MOST the GOP state primaries have been mightily exaggerated. For the most part, it’s a handful of states that determined to jump the gun on the RNC rules that are subject to ANY sort of proportional allocation, & even then most of the that is off-set by institutionalized RNC allocations. And for the states that DIDN’T jump ahead of the rules, most of THOSE are either majority takes all or even plurality takes all or most of all. In sum, it’s a sleight of hand thing going on, a shell game to provide the ILLUSION of competitiveness, in a system notorious for picking the guy who’s turn it is. It really isn’t much more than superficially different from the systems that in the past were preordained towards picking ‘that guy’.  

I’m going to be a little bit generous here in suggesting that there was probably some genuine empathy being expressed for a while to get more of a grass-roots sensitive system, but it fell down due to inconsistency from state GOP apparatus to state GOP apparatus, and also under the pressure of the GOP establishment resisting giving up all that much control (partly out of fear of the erraticism of the Birchers & how their passions can proven capable of sometimes overwhelming certain states apparatchiks – as happened in 2010 in Nevada, Kentucky, Utah & Delaware), and in folks like Rove & Norquist & that God-bothering Tony The Phony Perkins playing off the various factions against each other to maintain his own power base. So the WILL might have been there, to powershare, but the EFFECT clearly hasn’t worked out that way.  

I’m also going to suggest this is another one of the many reasons the GOP is making itself electorally irrelevant, not just in the long term, but in the middle term & even to some extent right now, at least in the absence of re-districting strategies, bushel baskets full of ad cash, & voter suppression strategies.  A lot of GOPers watched the 2008 Dem primaries in real time & figured the Ds were imploding, when it turned out the opposite was occurring, and then said to each other, Hey, we need some of that. But what they’ve ended up with, so far at least, is a Bizarro World or Cargo Cultish approximation of the Dems’ system, and they’re finding out ON THE FLY what this contraption does. I think part of that is reflected in Newt’s public comments months back when his staff abandoned him in the wake of his Grecian Islands cruise, to the effect that he was aiming to “run a different kind of campaign”. Newt’s more than shrewd enough to have figured out how to game the flaws in this contraption to grant his candidacy the APPEARANCE of legitimacy, much as Ron Paul & his people have figured out how to stay on life support right through to a convention, and indeed Santorum has figured out a way in which he MIGHT hang in there long enough for either Newt or Mittens to implode for some unforeseeable reason & reap an advantage – maybe even scoop up the ball. It’s not just 1964 where this happened to the GOP – it happened a LOT from 1952 going backward. People tend to think the nomination of Ike in 1952 was inevitable, but the fact is, it wasn’t at all – Robert Taft went into RNC that year with the lead in delegates, indeed with a slight but clear majority of committed delegates; but the party apparatus then, as it does now, holds back enough RNC controlled delegates to ensure that it can flood a close convention & take it over (the so-called ‘brokered convention’ option), which can only be neutered if the front runner kills off any and all serious opposition. In 1952 the party apparatus was controlled, as it remained right up until he quit the White House, by Richard Nixon, & it was NIXON who chose to unleash those RNC-controlled ‘super-delegates’ against Taft & to the benefit of Ike. 

The difference this year, tho, is the front-runner happens also to be the GOP establishment candidate – Romney; and it’s that fact which makes his nomination inevitable.

I agree, but it’s also quite possible that it’ll be Romney who drops out before the convention. 

Again, there’s precedent for this, right in the Romney family.  

But more than that: I’ve been thinking what it is that’s got Newt all interested in a NOMination that superficially it makes no sense he can gain. Keep in mind that the way Newt is running this campaign is scorched earth: if he fails, and Romney win the the White House, Washington DC is dead to him. 

So why not drop out now, when he can still cut a sweet deal with Romney? The only sense in this is if Newt is betting not only will Romney not win the general, he might not be able go into the general. 

Consider this: It was Newt who was pressing Mitt so hard on releasing his taxes. Newt really didn’t give a shit, except as an election strategy. So the idea was to force out at least one Romney tax return, then release the Kraken. 

The name of the Kraken is David Cay Johnston – & he’s already busy at work:

http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/01/31/romneys-gift-from-congress/ 

Note the key point: the Romney campaign set up a special email account to handle questions about Romney’s tax returns – but they’re refusing to answer Johnston’s questions – & not just little professor nobody Johnston’s question, REUTERS’ questions, indeed everyone’s questions. 

I’m thinking about the fact that in 2008, when the McCain campaign was looking to vet potential VP selections, they asked for and received ALL Romney’s tax returns, going back decades – going back all the way to when he started with Bain Capital. So, what’s in there is known to the folks in the McCain campaign – and therefore it’s known among a circle of folks in Washington, in particular in the GOP establishment. And Washington DC, the governance part, is a very very small town – whereas Newt is a very large & insatiable amphibian top predator. 

Now, note what Newt did: he baited the hook, and left the line in the water, along with the tackle, and walked away – leaving it for ‘whoever’ to come along & battle the fish. Newt went to a lot of trouble & caught a lot of grief from his own party pressing Mitt for even these meagre returns, and yet somehow, UNACCOUNTABLY, once Mitt released his 2010 return, Newt  completely dropped all interest in the process & just walked away – leaving the rod on the ground, the line in the water, and the fish on the hook. 

I’m thinking Newt figures there’s a pretty fair chance what he said way back a few weeks ago, that he’ll be the NOMinee, may well come true, without him doing anything other than putting up the appearance of a good fight. I’m thinking Newt also figures there’s a chance he’ll be handed the thing on a platter. 

And here’s the beauty of Newt’s Gambit: the ‘downside’ – if Mitt stays in & accepts the nomination, then goes down in flames in November, Newt is going to be seen as the Stephen Douglas of his party, with pretty much a free hand to take over & retool the broken GOP – to take the party where-ever.

I’m not saying he’ll make it better, but he’ll make it completely Newty. Newt may not known his history all that well, but he THINK he does, & he’s acting like he sees his grandiose destiny in front of him to seize, and is going for it.

(1) yes.
(2) no.
Midiaite reports on what the candidates are talking about, and the candidates are barely mentioning the economy. Therefore, it is a sign of the weakness of the Republican candidates that they don’t talk more about the details of the economy and what they intend to do about it.
It is an indication of the conservative mindset that the candidates are more concerned about “conservative purity” in terms of the wedge issues of abortion, gun-control, gays, and religious fervor. Let’s not forget acting like Israel is our 51st state and the rest of the Middle East and North Africa is our common enemy.
When you add up what Gingrich talks about, you get bigger government programs for special interests, and when you add up what Romney says you get bigger banks and not much more.
Ron Paul is in a class by himself. He wants a return to the turn of the 20th century.
Rick Santorum runs on religious fumes and nothing else.

 It was a simple change in the sentence. Nothing Freudian or Orwellian.

By now I am convinced that Santorum only stays in because he has nothing else to do. It is a job that keeps him busy and there are a whole lot of folks who would like to have any kind of a job, especially one like that.

Paul belongs in a third party because he isn’t really a Republican, but by staying in the Republican race with all those debates, he “gets the word out,” so it is a very wise move on his part to stay in it.

 Bottom line: Ron Paul could not win the presidency, no matter what party he runs with/in. Not Republican, not Democrat, not Independent.
I do believe that his supporters will not vote for any other candidate, but they weren’t going to anyway. So, he really isn’t hurting the Republican candidate, nor is he helping the Democrat.

Once again, we have some conservatives saying “where is Obama?” and other conservatives saying “Obama campaigning too soon. He isn’t doing his job as president.” 

Sad when the biggest neocon on television even predicts doom for the Republicans.

I don’t know about that last sentence.  Ron Paul is messing up the Republican score card, not the Democrat’s.  Paul is courting Republicans, more than Democrats.  So if Paul supporters don’t vote for anyone, it seems that would be a loss to the Republicans.

 I believe the Ron Paul supporters would write him in in November. They are that dedicated to him, and they are Libertarians, not Republicans. They never would vote for Romney or Gingrich or Santorum. All three of the other candidates are too ready to commit to wars and religious dictates.

So basically Ron Paul supporters are going to take their ball and go home?  Is that what your saying?

No big deal..Just another Fox paid stooge doing a number on Mitt! He, Hannity & Greta really want Fox’s former employee Newtie to get the nod! Can we say ratings??

You say the “Mediaite reports on what candidates are talking about.”

No, not at all.  The candidates are talking about the economy.  But since Mediaite avoids running articles that might reflect poorly on Obama, they ignore those stories.  Face it, this site has run more articles on Bristol Palin than on the devastating unemployment problem.  Mediaite tells us more about Levi Johnston than about falling home prices.  That’s why this web site, which once was so promising, has become a tired joke.

Since Newt only released one year of his own tax returns, he isn’t in a position to ask Romney to release more. I wouldn’t say he ignored the return, he did talk a lot about Romney’s tax rate. McCain endorsed Romney, so that leads away from the idea that he saw something onerous in Romney’s returns.

Ron Paul supporters are TRUE republicans learn what the party actually represents and has represented in the past. The rest of you neo con repubs need to get out of the party your all a bunch of fascists because when we give corporations subsidies and they pay for elections it’s called FASCISM!

 What made you think I was a Republican?

AN OPEN LETTER TO SPEAKER GINGRICH:

Dear Speaker
Gingrich:

I would like to get your explanation of the content of several
YouTube Video’s that show you describing yourself as a Progressive Republican
and a “Wilsonian Progressive.” I am confused because you profess now to be a
Reagan Conservative. Curious. Everyone who has studied the Woodrow Wilson era
knows that a “Wilsonian Progressive” is NOT a Conservative.

You also
baffled me when you stated on these Video’s that our sacred Constitution is
“obsolete.” What did you mean by that? Comrade Obozo has said the same thing!
This idea is NOT embraced by most Reagan Conservatives. They revere our
Constitution and think it is the most perfect Document every conceived by man.
Explain to me why you feel it is “obsolete,” please.

I also need to know
how you can declare so firmly that you are the only REAL Conservative, a Ronald
Reagan Conservative, in the race for President. Could it be simple hyperbole or
something more sinister, like a LIE? I am really baffled by your fluctuation in
ideologies over the years. Quite a drastic change. And yet you have criticized
Governor Romney for his “flip-flops.”

Of course these are all rhetorical
questions because I know you will never give me a satisfactory answer. Maybe you
have seen the light? Or maybe you are just an Opportunist who grabbed hold of
“lightning in a bottle” and rode it out as far as it would take you.

Oh
well, as long as you don’t worm your way into our nation’s highest office under
false pretense, I don’t have a problem with it. I really don’t think that is
going to happen, do you?

Sincerely,
A REAL Reagan
Conservative

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Whether it’s Romney or Gingrich, the GOP will still lose. 

PS:  To all you deluded idiots who call yourselves Reagan conservatives…..you really should get a brain.  Reagan was no conservative and if he were around trying to run for President he would not be electable because this genre of repugs would acuse and view him as liberal.  Reagan was no conservative and neither are Romney or Gingrich.  Your so called conservatism is nothing more then a state of mind that does not even cross pathways with reality.