9:51pm: i think for the many leftists who have been disappointed with obama, newt's claim that a second obama administration will be 'unimaginably radical,' and his constant claim that obama is a radical leftist, will be deeply puzzling.
9:45pm: also he's running against food stamps incessantly. i happen to know the woman who runs the food stamp program; a better-hearted, sweeter, harder-working person you will never meet. i imagine that as jessica dodges the projectiles and firebombs, while also trying to keep people from starving, she may be just a bit disconcerted, or even a bit pissy.
9:41pm: newt: 'i believe this capaign will come down to american exceptionalism against saul alinsky radicalism.' i could never have imagined that someone would be running for president against saul alinsky in 2012. one thing i can guarantee: saul would be proud.
8:52pm: santorum has the cutest wife, by a ways. that is how i pick a candidate.
8:50pm: we'll see if this is the pin that pops the romney balloon. also i will say this: the longer it goes and the more divided it is, the better it is for paul, who has a delegate-accumulating strategy, and who could get leverage and speaking time at the convention etc. i think ultimately his idea is to turn the republican party into the libertarian party, which would amount to a radical reconfiguration of the american political scene. that would be in many ways a more important accomplishment even than being elected president: leaving libertarianisnism as an enduring mainstream current in american politics. well, no doubt the repubs are going to have to get younger somehow, and more diverse. i think ron wants to leave rand with a platform from which he will be heard.
8:43pm: that newt has more lives than a hindu cat. though i am not necessarily eagerly anticipating the gingrich administration, i am very happy to see romney not only get beat, but stomped.
