So the Republicans have let their voters in three states weigh in on who the party’s candidate should be, and what happened? Rick Santorum was the choice in Iowa, winning by a squeaker of a recount. Mitt Romney won by a handsome margin in New Hampshire, and Newt Gingrich more than returned the favor in […]
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So a couple of men have dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination, simplifying things for the voters. Who quit? Who benefits? John Huntsman dropped out, so who does that help? Well, he was the token liberal (by Republican standards), so the man who stands to benefit would be the one perceived as
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So what did we learn about the Republican race after the New Hampshire voting? Does New Hampshire even really matter to Republicans? Regarding the importance of New Hampshire–one could argue it either way. Even with victories there and in Iowa, Mitt Romney has still earned less that 5% of the Republican delegates available–there is still
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So the results are in from the Republican caucuses in Iowa. Who won? Who lost? I guess one could spin Mitt Romney’s squeaker of a victory either way. He beat Rick Santorum, a guy who was buried in the polls for months, by just 8 votes. One could argue that a significant percentage of Republicans
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So I was in the mall on the day after Christmas, and a couple of merchants wished me a “Happy New Year.” Both times I thought about saying, “That’s offensive: I don’t celebrate the new year. You should just say, “Happy Holiday.” Like I just said, I thought about saying that, and I wondered if
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