I don't have a dog in this fight, but...

[classicman]

nein nein nein!

[classicman]

We could discuss the upcoming campaign finance scandal.
I'm still looking for some concrete reporting though.

[ZenGum]

So how about you and Lookout running, then?

[classicman]

I got a past and it isn't pretty. Heck the present isn't looking so good either.

[classicman]

Ohhhhhh just found this from 2 days ago. lol

According to a source who is friends with the Cain campaign, not only is the Rick Perry campaign involved but also the Mayor of Chicago and former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is likely involved with the sexual harassment accuser attacks. A friend of the Cain campaign believes a National Restaurant Association (NRA) employee out of the Chicago office leaked the story to the Perry campaign via information and influence from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office."

They're actually blaming Rahm! Wow!

[Lamplighter]

You just scooped Merc with that one.

[classicman]

yeh - did you see the link? I fell dirty just having clicked on it.

[Lamplighter]

[classicman]

Just for the record, accusations of wrongdoing against Republicans are always the result
of an obsessively liberal media, left-wing conspiracy or rank partisanship.

Accusations of wrongdoing against Democrats are always the result of
an objective analysis of the facts. No exceptions.

From a friend of mine - sarcasm intended.

[Lamplighter]

Just for the record, accusations of wrongdoing against Republicans are always the result
of an obsessively liberal media, left-wing conspiracy or rank partisanship. a waste of energy

[Lamplighter]

Bill O'Reilly interviewed all the GOP candidates last night.
As reported on CBS News, there wasn't much "news",
but at least O'Reilly did get to the bottom-tier candidates.

Second-tier candidates Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman were pressed
to explain how long they would extend their candidacies in the face of low poll numbers.

Santorum encouraged voters to remember former surprise victors
Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson from the 2008 election.
He said he could support Romney as the nominee,
but joked he might have to take an "antacid" if the nomination went to Paul.

Huntsman insisted that he'll either win New Hampshire or come in second, saying that voters will respond to his focus on jobs.

He also pushed back against O'Reilly's assertions that he was a moderate,
pointing to his anti-abortion and pro-Second Amendment record.
"Don't confuse moderate attitude with moderate record," he said.

Somehow those remarks seem a little weird:

Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson were surprise victors ?
Translation: I had a temporary blackout back in '08

Don't confuse moderate attitude with moderate record ?
Translation: I admit, I'll say anything to during the GOP campaign.

And besides all that:

Elsewhere, Herman Cain said his wife is behind him 200 % in all of this sexual harassment business.

We may still see the leopard-print dress show up during this campaign, after all.

[Lamplighter]

Can you imagine just how badly Mitt Romney feels during this GOP campaign ?

Here's a man who has committed himself to becoming President.
He's wealthy enough to pay his own campaign expenses.
He's been Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
He's experienced in campaigning, having run for the Presidency before
He's willing to say anything, at any time, to appeal to his current audience.
Yet, throughout the campaign, polling shows 75% of Republicans do not choose him.

Can you imagine Romney's humiliation over the past two days,
when his nearest opponents in this race have day's like this:

[glatt]

Obama's musings on a possible campaign strategy to win over immigrants.

"I don't think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations," Obama said. "It will be based on facts … We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds."

[TheMercenary]

[quote=classicman;770444]

Just for the record, accusations of wrongdoing against Republicans are always the result
of an obsessively liberal media, left-wing conspiracy or rank partisanship.

Accusations of wrongdoing against Democrats are always the result of
an objective analysis of the facts. No exceptions.

From a friend of mine - sarcasm intended.

How true.

[Lamplighter]

CNN 's article today has an interesting discussion of the upcoming GOP debate.
It's mostly about the recent "errors" and "goofs" of the candidates,
but there are some good questions...

CNN
By Peter Hamby, CNN Political Reporter
November 12, 2011

5 things to look for in GOP debate

The tenth debate of the topsy-turvy Republican campaign
will take place at Wofford College in
Spartanburg, South Carolina on Saturday night.

The theme? Foreign policy and national security,
crucial topics that have largely taken a back seat to economic
concerns throughout the GOP race.

Here are five questions to consider as you prepare for yet another Republican showdown:

Will Perry remember his lines?

Can Newt seize the moment?

How competent is Cain?

Will Huntsman step it up?
.

The article concludes with discussion of the scheduling this debate
and conflicts with Saturday football: Pigskin or Politics ?

Penn State's hotly anticipated game against Nebraska also happens to be at noon,
but a hyped match-up between Stanford and Oregon, two top 10 teams,
will take place just as the candidates are debating in Spartanburg.

And besides all that:

????? What is the 5th question we should be looking for ?????

Is Romney the totally forgotten man ?

Are Republicans in complete denial of Romney's existence ?

What about Santorum and Bachmann ?

Was the number of questions devised by a Repubican ?
.