Jackson, Mississippi
The red, white and blue bunting is still up, whipping in the winter winds on the temporary platform in front of Mississippi’s state capitol. Two days ago, a new governor was sworn in here. But the …
Controversies
Evangelicals’ Last-Ditch Effort to Unite in the GOP Race
Some 125 evangelical leaders and their spouses will gather this weekend at a Texas ranch to discuss the latest iteration of Operation What To Do About Mitt Romney. While organizers say it is not a meeting to stop the GOP front …
Campaign Circus Reaches Fever Pitch in New Hampshire
Bedford, New Hampshire
The Granite State had been worked to a fever pitch by Monday, as candidates made their final appeals before the long-anticipated primary. In the sleepy New Hampshire hills, the buildings overflowed. Crowds of reporters swallowed candidates and innocent bystanders alike. And the kooks and activists came out to …
‘I Like Being Able to Fire People’: How Romney Says the Right Thing in the Worst Possible Way
Oh Mitt Romney. The man runs a near flawless campaign. Every debate barb is rehearsed. Every stump speech is focus-group perfect. Every strand of hair in place. And when he does err, he’s not even necessarily wrong. He just occasionally phrases things so poorly that the sound of palms meeting foreheads in his campaign’s Boston HQ can be …
Political Sign of Apocalypse: The Non-Denial Denial
The revelation that Herman Cain is “reassessing” whether to remain in the Republican presidential race may not surprise anyone who parsed his initial response to the new allegations he faces.
Marcus Bachmann Calls to Collect
When Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign was at its zenith over the summer, the gay rights group Truth Wins Out sent an undercover operative into the Christian therapy clinic her husband Marcus operates in Lake Elmo, Minn. John Becker’s hidden camera captured one of the Bachmann’s therapists agreeing to help try to turn …
Cain Accuser’s Former Boyfriend Corroborates Her Account
The former boyfriend of Sharon Bialek, the woman who has accused Herman Cain of groping her back in 1997, backed up some of Bialek’s story on Monday. The press conference by Shreveport, La., pediatrician Dr. Victor Zuckerman won’t sink Cain’s presidential aspirations, but it does add some credibility to Bialek’s assertions.
Cain Accusers’ Joint Press Conference a ‘Certainty’
Two of the women who have accused presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment have agreed to appear together at a joint press conference to discuss the specifics – and similarities – of their complaints against Cain.
Joel Bennett, the attorney for Karen Kraushaar, who settled a sexual harassment complaint against Cain …
Will Harassment Allegations Hurt Cain in Early Primary States?
The sexual-harassment story enveloping Herman Cain is still unfolding, and its trajectory over the coming days will determine whether it winds up being a minor hiccup for Cain’s surging campaign or the beginning of its end. But …
Facing a Media Scrum, Cain Boisterously Denies Harassment Allegations
If there’s anything the political press loves more than a sex scandal, it’s one that dethrones a figure deemed to be riding too high. And so, in a fortuitous scheduling twist, reporters on Monday swarmed the National Press Club …
In Jumping to Rubio’s Defense, Romney Exacerbates the Origin Story Uproar
Yesterday I posted a commentary in this space on what I believe was liberal hypocrisy in the wake of last Thursday’s Washington Post article on conservative U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. But today, in fairness, I think former Massachusetts Governor and leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney should be called to question for …
Birtherism Redux: The Right and the Left Overreach On Marco Rubio’s Origins
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio got it from both sides this past week. First it was the birthers, who it turns out are equal opportunity delusionals. The nativist activists, who’ve misspent every waking hour since November 2008 …
Anita Perry Gets Candid, Claims Christian Victimhood
In South Carolina today, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s wife, Anita, committed a cardinal campaign sin: Candor. In an address that was sometimes teary, she offered a window into how the family has been dealing with this first two months …
