Joseph Lawler
1. With Herman Cain’s recent setbacks, Newt Gingrich might have a chance to become the next co-frontrunner (with Mitt Romney). He certainly helped his case tonight, staying focused and scoring points on questions about health care and the economy. Although…
The Penn State campus is in turmoil after board of trustees ousts Joe Paterno for his role in child abuse cover-up (Fox News) The Senate will vote on repealing Net Neutrality regulations today (Engadget) Talks between the owners and players…
In the Washington Examiner, Philip Klein takes issue with a National Review editorial praising Mitt Romney’s outline for a Medicare reform plan, which would offer seniors the choice between subsidies for privately-managed insurance plans and traditional Medicare: One of the…
The GOP presidential candidates will debate at 8 p.m. in Michigan, to be broadcast on CNBC (Politico) President Obama orders agencies to spend less on travel, printing, and “swag” (Washington Post) Ben and Jerry themselves scooped ice cream for Occupy…
The news that the Obama Department of Agriculture is implementing a “Christmas Tree Tax” has provoked outrage from folks worried about a War on Christmas — and also those worried about taxes. The tax, however, wasn’t the Obama administration’s idea….
On Fox’s Center Seat, Newt Gingrich discussed the infamous pro-environmentalism ad he did with Nancy Pelosi:
Jay Cost of the Weekly Standard thinks that Mitt Romney’s frontrunner status is a matter of “dumb luck.” The reason Romney stumbled into the lead in the GOP nomination race is that there very few other possibilities, given the types…
Bill Daley will relinquish some of his chief of staff duties, in a sign that post-Rahm shakeup isn’t working out (Politico) President Obama will visit a Philadelphia school to give another “we can’t wait” speech (Politico) Michael Bloomberg will chime…
Brett Arends at MarketWatch makes a great catch: if you participated in the Obama homebuyer tax credit program, you have likely now lost more in the value of the house than the $8,000 the credit was worth. Basically, the credit…
This morning RedState’s Erick Erickson penned a lengthy takedown of Mitt Romney, arguing that Romney will win the primary and then lose to Barack Obama, killing off conservatism in the meantime. Erickson’s piece is recommended not because he’s supposed to…
