Tea Party: Zombie Apocalypse in Jacksonville
For conservatives in Jacksonville, the End of Days didn’t wait for May 21st, it happened on May 17th with the surprise election of Democrat Alvin Brown as mayor. Republicans are trying to figure out what happened. What allowed this black man to get elected mayor? How could this possibly happen? For North Florida Tea Partiers, this was truly the zombie [...]
Romney Emerges as GOP Frontrunner Following Huckabee and Trump Departures
Mitt Romney has emerged as the GOP’s clear frontrunner in 2012, according to two national polls conducted shortly after former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and flamboyant billionaire Donald Trump exited the race this past week. A Gallup Poll released Wednesday showed that twenty percent of likely Republican voters support the former Massachusetts governor, while 18 [...]
Bowen Concedes in California Special Election
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who trailed by a meager 206 votes on Tuesday night, conceded her congressional race earlier today, assuring Republican Craig Huey a second-place finish and a chance to compete in the July 12 runoff against Janice Hahn, a Los Angeles city councilwoman. Hahn, a Democrat, led the crowded field of [...]
Grassley: Charisma Won’t Get Mitch Daniels Too Far, But Substance Might
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley had some faint praise yesterday for Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who is quickly emerging as a favorite among the party’s panicked elite. “Let me try to give you a thought that goes through my mind, that I haven’t said publicly — and that is kind of difficult, probably something I shouldn’t [...]
New Davis Ad Generates Buzz in NY’s 26th District
Jack Davis, the cantankerous multimillionaire who’s spending millions on television ads as a third-party candidate in New York’s 26th district special election, has released a new television commercial called, “What’s at Stake.” The 30-second spot, which shows a depressing and all-too-familiar scene repeated in kitchens across the district — and the entire country, for that [...]
Willie Nelson Rescinds Gary Johnson Endorsement, Prefers Kucinich
Legendary country music pioneer Willie Nelson is having second thoughts about his endorsement earlier this week of former New Mexico governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson. Nelson now says his endorsement of Johnson might have been a bit premature. According to the TeaPot Party’s website — a group co-founded by Nelson — the [...]
McCain Aide: ‘I Never Met a Dumber’ Senator than Rick Santorum
Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has picked a fight that he can’t possibly win — and, some say, he’s making himself look like a complete buffoon in the process. The former Pennsylvania senator is challenging Senator John McCain on the issue of enhanced interrogation. McCain, who was severely tortured as a prisoner of war [...]
Philly GOP Mayoral Race Still ‘Too Close to Call’
More than twenty-four hours after the polls closed on Tuesday, the race for the Republican nomination for mayor of Philadelphia remains too close to call. With results from seventeen precincts still to be counted, Karen Brown, a former Democratic committeewoman before being recruited by Republican leaders to head their party’s ticket, leads Center City realtor [...]
Tea Party Candidate Invests Heavily in NY’s 26th Congressional District
With less than a week remaining in the special election in New York’s 26th congressional district, Tea Party candidate Jack Davis has loaned his campaign an additional $550,000, bringing the total amount of personal money invested by the long-shot candidate to a staggering $2.65 million. This is nothing new for the wealthy industrialist, who has [...]
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