Feb 6, 2016 – The governors on the stage, however, looked like actual grown-ups tonight. … John Kasich, though a sanctimonious ass, once again plays the friendly guy in the room, and doesn’t come off looking any worse for … late for the crowd on stage and perhaps for the primary.…

Feb 5, 2016 – Neither was an excite-the-base guy, which is one reason the huge margin of Kasich’s 2014 win was mostly the product of depressed Democratic … Frankly the big down-ballot wipeouts of 2008 were due in good part to supercharged turnout for Obama (especially black voters), as … into the “war on women” narrative, and suffered a big gender gap.…

Feb 4, 2016 – If this message caused precinct captains in the precincts to say, well, your guy is getting out… if that cost Carson four votes per … assume it on the part of the Carson campaign? … Here, in fact, is the polling over the last two weeks of Iowa – Rubio is the pink line, Carson is the red: As you can see, although…

Feb 3, 2016 – He may see in Trump something of himself, a guy who blazed his own trail where one did not exist before (in the age of the Fairness … the McCains, and the Bob Doles, and the Romneys, and the others that have come along and been nominated by the establishment. … Rush has reminded his listeners that a race where Rubio is the guy the establishment has to settle for is a race conservatives have…

Feb 2, 2016 – Conventional wisdom said that big turnout would be great news for Trump, and that the possible failure of Trump’s amateur turnout machine … I suspect he also needs to win South Carolina, at which point two big primary wins in the bag would make it possible for him to lose … The guy who seems like he ought to re-evaluate before New Hampshire is Christie.…

Feb 2, 2016 – So what kind of businessman looks at all the market research that shows he is winning in a big way and then cut his investment? … This is the guy who was leading in the RCP average: Let’s review the bidding on spending: Trump did spend a “fraction” of … The difference being that all the money Trump spent was his own. Not so with the other candidates.…

Jan 31, 2016 – Is the RNC the biggest loser?    … AdAge says $377 million is being spent by companies to get airtime in and around the big game. … The guy cannot stop messing it up.  Please help find this missing B-52 bomber.…

Dec 23, 2015 – Lets go to the tape, as they say: Male questioner: “Can I ask you a question? So, I’m a big supporter. … And I’m curious: Given all the problems that the country’s facing — like ISIS, the growth of government — how big a priority is fighting … As to the unnamed GOP consultant, this guy is so out of touch with the general mood of GOP voters that one wonders what he could possibly…

Dec 23, 2015 – Second, and at the opposite pole, we have the anti-Establishment crowd, in the extreme case the “burn it all down” crowd. … November if that guy they dislike so much gets the nomination. … I’m sick of seeing most of the really big cases at the Supreme Court deliver victories for the Democratic voter base handed over and…

Dec 22, 2015 – I did a post back in 2009 about the relationship between the late, unlamented super-lobbyist PMA Group and the particularly odious … Say what you like about the GOP, but push the base too hard and the fangs come out*.   … *Just ask Eric Cantor, who went in a single night from being the next Speaker of the House to being some guy working a lobbying job…

Dec 22, 2015 – Ted Cruz has maintained a low profile for the most part in the scrum. … Watch the whole interview or just skip to 3:00 for the lead in to the immigration comments. … So Rubio is the guy who is holding the piggy-bank of votes ready for the taking AND Christie has to believe that ultimately he, much…

Dec 21, 2015 – South Carolina has been – besides Newt beating Romney in 2012 – the traditional “decider” state, and Jeb being nothing if not a guy … At the close of the day, the map looks like this, prompting Christie and Carson to exit the race (the shaded candidates are the ones … Cruz takes North Dakota on April 1, but Rubio again claims the larger share of a big Midwestern prize, Wisconsin.…

Dec 30, 2015 – Ask yourself, who do you know under age 70 that actually depends on one of the big three broadcast networks or CNN for news? … voting for the first black guy to run for president was cool and self-validating — and his sharply creased slacks was enough to tingle … The lies about the video to the families of the dead. Libya. Syria. The rise of ISIS. The list goes on and on.…

Dec 29, 2015 – And our belief in the basic sinfulness of humankind should make us skeptical of the NRA’s slogan, “the only way to stop a bad guy with … So the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a bad guy with a gun, then. Fine. I’m fine with that. … Here at last he is at least somewhat addressing the big, click-gathering headline that you can’t be pro-life and pro-gun.…

Dec 29, 2015 – If Cruz wins Iowa, South Carolina, and then has big wins in the SEC primaries — primaries that are mostly proportional and a commanding … The longer voters are willing to wait, the longer Rubio has a shot at winning the whole thing. Why? … The guy is a natural and he has a team in place that includes Terry Sullivan, who helped Jim DeMint.…

Sep 27, 2011 – from the government in the form of loan guarantees. … The Obama administration talks big on infrastructure, but in practice, they won’t let that get in the way of a power grab. … The TEA Party Patriots have come out against PROTECT IP, the dangerous bill backed by the administration and Senate Democrats which…

Sep 23, 2011 – She regularly attempts to appeal to the basest of emotions while trying to convince people she was the tip of the spear in Congress … Also, she has big hair. … the generals.…

Sep 23, 2011 – Promoted from the diaries Last night’s debate was not the best debate.  … At the end of the day, the media and the left will paint whoever is the candidate out to be way to tea-party or right wing.  … I welcome the fight against the neo-cons for control of the party.…

Sep 21, 2011 – Put the same guy out there at Quarterback in a similar down and distance situation, and you’ll keep seeing that individual replicate … He proposes a fundamental reordering of the relationship between the federal government and the states. … But, if Rick Perry is “refreshingly honest” on a daily basis, this will eventually add up in the public perception to one big campaign-killing…

Nov 20, 2023 – demonstrators, pointing out among other things that the clothes they wear came in part from oil and that in keeping big trucks idling … while they locked hands/chained themselves together in the street they were actually making the environment worse: One passerby then … ) November 18, 2023 Don't know who the guy is or what he does for a living, but if that speech was any indication of the type of person…

Nov 20, 2023 – I'm not sure if it was purposeful or not, but White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made a big admission about the Biden … Is that a guy who is going to actually be on the ballot next November? … The proof is in the pudding!"…

Nov 20, 2023 – The first two "Declaration of Policy" statements read as follows: (1) the vitality of the industrial and technology base of the United … Let's be fair to The Big Guy now; it's very likely that he personally has very little idea of what's going on in his own administration … But while the House may have the votes to pass a budget appropriation prohibiting the use of money under the 1950 Defense Appropriations…

Nov 20, 2023 – Memo to my Democrat friends: You do know you're in big trouble, right? I mean, the "Joe thing." … At what point do you throw the guy overboard and look for a viable 2024 alternative? We hope you don't, of course.  … I mean, the guy regularly loses fights with his teleprompter, aimlessly wanders around the stage after he's finished mumbling his pablum…

Nov 28, 2023 – Munger, who in 1978 rose to the position of vice chairman at the investment giant, would have turned 100 on New Year’s Day. … Daily Journal Corp., a member of the Costco board, a philanthropist, and an architect. … He sounds like the kind of man who would have been a blast to have at the Thanksgiving table. RIP.…

Nov 30, 2023 – western that many would say is the best work of director Joss Whedon, the man who would go on to direct big-budget blockbusters such … The villain of the story, "The Operator," will remind you quite a bit of the devil. … We can't relate to the softly smiling, even-handed guy in the sweater in the latest Christian movie.…