2012 republican presidential nominee III: can romney get santorum out of his hair?

Also, but fucking with intrade, you can fuck with the punditry and CW name-dropping intrade, which then fucks with intrade etc etc

romney going all aggro is prob nagl, makes him look desperate

Going from passive aggressive to aggressive aggressive somehow makes him seem more robot-like to me -- like he's been reprogrammed to go into terminator mode, he doesn't seem any more authentic or genuine than he did before.

Romney telling the truth is going all aggro for him, admittedly

w/ intrade the thing to remember is that it's a very small market and one dude w/ $1000 can affect the price of something pretty substantially. it's very far from perfect but it's still probably a better way to follow the horse race than all but a few pundits.

George Will craps himself:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romneys-time-to-rally-himself-against-gingrich/2012/01/23/gIQAy4FULQ_story.html?hpid=z3

Going from passive aggressive to aggressive aggressive somehow makes him seem more robot-like to me -- like he's been reprogrammed to go into terminator mode, he doesn't seem any more authentic or genuine than he did before.

― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Monday, January 23, 2012 1:55 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

Busy as an intellectual beaver having big ideas by the bushel,

I STAB YOU FOR WRITING THIS

I tried to place bets on Romney when the payout was $1.60 on the dollar, but those sites still won't accept my credit card, argh.

From Josh Marshall--excellent: "The problem Romney faces is that he’s a living breathing example of what many people see as the problem. And by his stated positions, he doesn’t think it’s a problem. If you’re running Mitt’s campaign, that’s a problem."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/miriam-adelson-donates-5-million-to-a-pro-gingrich-super-pac/?partner=rss&emc=rss

http://www.minhstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Brian-Williams.jpg

Smile now, my friend--less than two hours till you get the Full Newt.

what channel is that gonna be on?

I expect fireworks

fucked up
xxxp

I hope Brian asks the candidates about their position on Lana Del Ray's SNL performance.

It's an NBC debate, so should be network (9:00 p.m.).

streaming here for anyone else tvless: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/ns/politics/

I'm looking for Newt to ride the wave no matter what.

Williams: "Mr. Speaker, let me begin by congratulating you on your win in South Carolina. You must be enjoying this."

Newt: "Frankly, I'm amazed that you would begin a presidential debate by asking such a fundamentally silly question. It's no wonder that Americans everywhere--especially the good people of Florida--don't trust anything they hear or read anymore. You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

http://politic365.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/01/newt-gingrich-s-anger-over-question-about-ex-wife-dominates-cnn-debate.img_-495x330.jpg

kinda wish that ppl would refer to me as mr. [job i held 15 years ago]

mr. babysitter, let me begin by asking you

lol

roflz

i thought it was only the president that gets called "mr president" for the rest of his life

it's kind of literally true in gingrich's case tho

"Mr. Disgraced Former Speaker" too many words.

I'm seeing this debate as only available via streaming. Can't be, surely.

The NBC site's got it on at 9:00.

http://www.nbc.com/

My favourite apocalyptic quote today, from Steve Schmidt: "If Newt Gingrich is able to win the Florida primary, you will see a panic and a meltdown of the Republican establishment that is beyond my ability to articulate in the English language."

Beyond Rick Perry's, too, I bet.

i thought it was only the president that gets called "mr president" for the rest of his life

― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Monday, January 23, 2012 7:25 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

man i was just reading about this in the UN protocol book -- i think the president, the VP, the speaker, and the president of the senate all get to keep their titles forever. & maybe the majority leader too?

this is true, which is why I demand that everyone continue to refer to me as Vice President in respect to my former service to the Farmington Junior High National Honor Society

"Governor Romney"

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/some-signs-g-o-p-establishments-backing-of-romney-is-tenuous/

do endorsements matter for romney? I mean there's something weird about measuring endorsements the way they're doing it here.

if you buy the narrative about the reactionary base not buying whatever's being currently sold, who knows.

There's a gray area between "No one wants this guy to win under any circumstances" and actual-votes-will-determine-the-result that I'm trying to puzzle my way through.

My favourite apocalyptic quote today, from Steve Schmidt: "If Newt Gingrich is able to win the Florida primary, you will see a panic and a meltdown of the Republican establishment that is beyond my ability to articulate in the English language."

― clemenza, Monday, January 23, 2012 8:13 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its kinda pitiful how much I want to see this happen

can't manage to find the debate on tv for some reason. it's not on NBC? or MSNBC?

Are you on the West Coast? It seems to be tape-delayed…

ah, finally found it. it's listed as Fear Factor on the cable menu thing. sorta appropriate

lmao

lol

Yeah, the episode is titled "Leeches & Shaved Heads & Tear Gas, Oh My - Part 1". It definitely works.

This is pretty intense. Thought I'd miss all the hollering and yelling, but the silence is the perfect backdrop.

Fidel!

ugh @ newt's naked pandering

I'm almost proud that the Cuban-American lobby remains powerful enough to deserve pandering.

ah, finally found it. it's listed as Fear Factor on the cable menu thing. sorta appropriate

― Z S, Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:14 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Romney wants to bring back Teddy Roosevelt and his Bright White Carrier Fleet. Gingrich thinks dictatorships only respond to ballsy provocation.

It'd be great if they orchestrated the debate like the show that was on beforehand, where if you missed a question a big hole in the floor opened up and you vanished.

wish the other candidates could have responded to Paul's "we blockaded them and we committed the act of war" comments

1,000 ways to leave a Republican Presidential Primary Debate xp

On a side note, that gambling mogul who paid in $5 mil to Newt's Super PAC gave another $5 mil to it today. My real hope is that this kind of drag-out process keeps sucking up money from any/all those inclined to spend it.