The money sunk into super PACs might make Anthony “there’s more where that came from” Ball’s Clubs Australia campaign spend pale in comparison, but our own version of that particular brand of message management isn’t any less effective.
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Video of the Day: Gingrich attack ad — votre nom est Mitt Romney, oui?
He’s a “Massachusetts moderate” and just like John Kerry he speaks — gasp! — French. Meaning Mitt Romney cannot get elected, according to New Gingrich’s new attack ad.
Guy Rundle: Pinch of piss in Sth Carolina as Santorum sells lunch pail nostalgia
There is something about Rick Santorum that gets under my skin, and it has nothing to do with his positions on sexuality.
Rundle12: ‘never has a victor (Romney) looked so utterly defeated’
Mitt Romney “won” the New Hampshire primary yesterday. But his now almost inevitable run to the Republican nomination has never looked less convincing, writes Guy Rundle from Columbia, South Carolina.
Guy Rundle: Romney fails to impress in New Hampshire
Republican Mitt Romney tried to be casual, relaxed and engaging in New Hampshire. It didn’t work. Crikey’s Guy Rundle begins his US roadshow in the bellwether state to report on this week’s crucial primary.
Newt: I’m coming back with a vengeance
After a smattering of attacks largely concerning his past as a Washington insider, GOP contender Newt Gingrich has vowed to respond quicker and sharper to any criticism hurled his way, reports Mark Felsenthal.
Race for the White House: what to watch for in Iowa
The Republican presidential campaign has already provided plenty of drama and entertainment, but things are about to get even more interesting.
Obama could win by a country mile
Barack Obama’s approval rating may be low, but who can explain how he’s beating Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in South Carolina, of all places? It’s possible that the President will win the next election by a landslide, writes Michael Tomasky
McCain: why Gingrich gives me the heebie-geebies
Newt Gingrich’s surge ahead in the Republican primary polls is scary news for the GOP, says Meghan McCain. Not just because he has a questionable history but also because he won’t stand a chance against Obama.
Political snippets: A little Murdoch corporate welfare
The eagle eye of my colleague Glenn Dyer noticed this little report in The Sydney Morning Herald: “News Corp takes Tax Office to task over $2b losses”.
The great Gingrich comeback gathers pace
It looks as if Christmas has come early for Barack Obama this week.
Political snippets: The bright side of bad housing data
Today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics figures means there are more skilled trades people available to help cope with the boom in mining industry construction.
Gingrich takes aim at media, lambasts “gotcha” journalism
During the latest Republican debate, Newt Gingrich quickly made it clear who he believes his real opponent is: the media. Gingrich harped on and on about media reportage and fired missives at the debate moderators, reports Kendra Marr.
Is there room for an anti-war Republican?
Ron Paul has many faults, but this time it’s his virtues that will sink him.
Rundle on the GOP race: Coke or Pepsi, Palin or bust
Seven candidates for the Republican nomination for president assembled for the first debate in New Hampshire. But the most visible candidate — Sarah Palin — wasn’t there. And the rest were reduced to jokes.
Huckabee Fox off with ‘no ticker’, so who’ll kick-start GOP cause?
Would the real Republican candidates for president please stand up? The field of conservatives willing to challenge has gone from almost nobody to anybody with a book or TV show to sell.
Political snippets: Rudd doing what he should
The new Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is doing what he should be doing. Going off to the United Nations.
Newt Gingrich: why Nancy Pelosi should quit
The Speaker of the House had said that she wasn’t briefed by CIA on waterboarding being used on Guantanamo detainees, then claimed she’d been “misinformed”. Gingrich calls for her to resign.
Washington Post / Friday, 5 June 2009
If you doubt that there is a conservative inclination in the media, consider how much noise is created when Rush Limbaugh sneezes or Newt Gingrich tweets, says E.J. Dionne Jr