NYT:  At the end of the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire this month, when the Democrats joined the candidates on stage, Mitt Romney found himself momentarily alone as his counterparts mingled, looking around a bit stiffly for a companion.   The moment was emblematic of a broader reality that has helped shape the Republican contest and could take center stage again on Thursday at a debate in Florida. Within

The Louisiana caucus may be so meaningless to the GOP nomination that the Associated Press apparently skipped it.  At the moment, it does not appear on the map at CNN’s Election Center, either.  But AFP covered it — and got the results wrong: Senator John McCain has won the Republican party’s caucuses in Louisiana while longshot candidate Ron Paul took second place, the state party said Wednesday, citing preliminary results. In reality: Sen. John

The Internet’s most notorious sock-puppeteer leads the wailing and gnashing of teeth across the Leftosphere as proposed amendments to the FISA containing telecom immunity start moving through the Senate. Rick Ellensburg blows a gasket, not at the evil BushCo, but at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT): If and when telecom immunity is passed (thereby forever extinguishing any hope of investigating and obtaining accountability for the President’s

Glenn Reynolds’s cousin has a petition site up.  I agree with him that it’s ridiculous that the Olympic Committee are dragging their heels about it. The idea of lithe women in tight-fitting clothing flying out of the sky towards me on an enormous flat-screen TV appeals to me, I must admit.  Also, the question of how breastature affects the sail-time is innately fascinating.