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Axelrod: I sure am disappointed that Romney didn’t criticize Rush more harshly

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2012/03/15...ted-that-romney-didnt-criticize-rush-more-harshly/

Posted: March 15, 2012

His golden opportunity was of course his speech on race in 2008 after the Wright thing blew up, but the whole point of that was how he wouldn't disown Wright any more than he'd disown his own grandmother notwithstanding how obnoxious their rhetoric might have been at times. … When he was pressed to criticize the "war on women" nonsense last week at his briefing, he said he didn't want to act as arbiter of what is and isn't rhetorically appropriate -- even though he had done so just minutes earlier in talking about Limbaugh. … In an appearance on the Sean Hannity radio show, Romney said, "Frankly, what Bill Maher said, and I finally read the transcripts, I was offended, outraged that a person would say that on TV and would not have been called on the carpet before now and not apologized for it…

John Bolton: Let’s face it, Romney’s the conservative who can beat Obama

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2012/01/20...ce-it-romneys-the-conservative-who-can-beat-obama/

Posted: January 20, 2012

Could be that he's simply determined to run to Obama's right on foreign policy, but that'll be tricky given that (a) Obama's been quite Bushian in many respects, much to the left's horror, and has Bin Laden's scalp to wave around in a pinch, and (b) it won't earn Romney any interest from war-weary independents. … He went so far as to disagree publicly with two of his own advisors this week for being too dovish: One of them called for talks with the Taliban, which Romney rejected, and the other -- Bush's CIA chief, Michael Hayden -- told reporters that bombing Iran wouldn't achieve anything. … In fact, the most convincing part of Bolton's piece isn't the parallel between Romney and Reagan but the one he draws later between Romney and George H.W. Bush, both of whom are known for "sustained attention, steadiness, persistence, discipline and especially resolve…

Heart-ache: Dissent crushed at Hillary rally

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2007/11/19/heart-ache-dissent-crushed-at-hillary-rally/

Posted: November 19, 2007

It'd almost be a shame if she wasn't the nominee. … But it's the second clip that's can't-miss, as it's already got Hillary-hating lefties at HuffPo stewing: watch as Big Sister floats her feeble comeback line, then smirks and takes a smug draw from her mug o' joe as the Pink-o is led away. … I gave you the first clip because it includes the always-satisfying close-up of the Code Pink tool howling as he/she is led away…

Heart-ache: Tancredo supporting McCain

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2008/04/11/heart-ache-tancredo-supporting-mccain/

Posted: April 11, 2008

McCain must be jazzed to have the support of a guy who once said of him, "If Senator McCain and Senator Kennedy spent as much time working on improving border security as they did poll testing creative euphemisms for amnesty, America would be a much safer place. … Tancredo, who once told a national television audience he was "sick and tired" of having to choose between the lesser of two evils, said Thursday he'll go ahead and back his longtime immigration-reform foe, McCain, because he thinks either of the Democratic alternatives would be worse. … Krikorian thinks it's all about making nice with party leaders ahead of his possible senate run two years from now, but I suspect that's wishful thinking from an anti-amnesty stalwart choking on the news…

Heart-ache: Gibbs leaving White House soon?

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2011/01/04/heart-ache-gibbs-leaving-white-house-soon/

Posted: January 4, 2011

According to Politico, Obama and interim chief of staff Pete Rouse think Gibbs can best serve them going forward as an advisor and "occasional cable TV commentator," which means there should be plenty of painfully awkward video clips worth posting in the years to come. … Among the biggest changes could be the departure of press secretary Robert Gibbs , who is said to be exploring the possibility of leaving the White House altogether, perhaps to set up his own consulting shop and play a leading role in the 2012 campaign, two Democrats said. … But it is only part of a potentially much larger reorganization that encompasses almost the entire West Wing hierarchy, including those who have had the most influence over the administration's direction in its first two years…

Heart-ache: Palin backs out of CPAC

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2009/02/10/heart-ache-palin-backs-out-of-cpac/

Posted: February 10, 2009

Maybe she figured she could either get away for the Alfalfa Dinner or CPAC but not both and had to make a hard choice. … A spokesman for the three-day confab, organized by the American Conservative Union Foundation and others, said that Palin, the popular former vice presidential nominee, had indicated she would be able to attend but cited "duties of governing" in bowing out. … Now, because of the letdown, it's more like grassroots Altamont: Plenty of good acts and one great one to close the show, but an angry, angry crowd nonetheless…

Heart-ache: Obama drops presidential seal

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2008/06/23/heart-ache-obama-drops-presidential-seal/

Posted: June 23, 2008

The worry for Obama's image managers is that it gives the press a pretext to call Obama arrogant, an example for them to add to a list of arrogant moments, and a way to distract them from what Obama is saying. … I'm told that Obama recognizes that it was a silly mistake, that the universal reaction at Wacker and Michigan was, "Boy, was that dumb," and that they don't think the seal staging will matter to actual voters. … Like the man says, he insists on the suppression of ego; he just didn't realize it might come off as egotistical to debut his very own presidential seal until his friends and allies in the media politely informed him of it…

Heart-ache: Steele redecorates RNC office

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2009/03/16/heart-ache-steele-redecorates-rnc-office/

Posted: March 16, 2009

Are there any ground rules for this stuff or is it a simple matter of throwing stones at the other side for not acting appropriately mournful while blue-collar Americans are losing their jobs? … Michael Steele adding a Bowflex machine to his office seems de minimis enough to me as not to be worth commenting on, but not so for Salon. … I confess, I've lost the plot on which type of excessive spending during an economic crisis I'm supposed to be mad at and which I'm not…

Heart-ache: Obama in cahoots with Satan or something

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2009/04/09...art-ache-obama-in-cahoots-with-satan-or-something/

Posted: April 9, 2009

In the meantime, enjoy this sneak preview of next week's "Glenn Beck. … In a nutshell: Iran's going to get the bomb, there's nothing the UN can do to stop them, and unless Israel takes action we'll have to get used to the idea of an Islamic fundamentalist state with civilization-ending weapons. … I was going to use this space to write about Iran having 7,000 centrifuges, some of which are more "accurate" than expected, but then I remembered that Ed and I have already written variations of that post a dozen times…

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