The sweet, sweet paradox of Ron Paul is that a large slice of his support comes from those who carefully and cheerfully disregard his foreign policy reviews altogether, writes Guy Rundle in Las Vegas.
US Election
Rundle12: no one understands how utterly unconservative Newt Gingrich is
In Gingrich you see something triangulate between Marx, Mussolini, Toffler and sundry others, an investment in nation and species, an utter disinterest in the fate of the individual. None of his supporters really understand that, or how utterly unconservative he is.
Crikey Says: Cue the Newt puns, the US primaries just got interesting
What was shaping up as a done deal for Mitt Romney, and quite frankly, a decidedly boring outcome for political junkies everywhere, just got interesting.
Rundle12: Mrs Gingrich throws campaign grenade at egomaniac man-baby ex
Newt Gingrich may not be able to get out of this one with his usual pious “I made mistakes” line, because this is so calculated in the telling that it reminds people Gingrich is a member of the elite he hates.
Rundle12: Gingrich on points in latest debate, but Paul lit the room up
Mitt Romney has sailed about as close to defeat in South Carolina as he is likely to, with a disastrous performance in the first of two South Carolina debates.
Crikey Says: Super PACs not so funny
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.
Guy Rundle: Welcome to the US election that never ends
Even as recently as 2004, Ames barely rated a mention. Now, bizarrely, the American political cycle has become so permanent that this state-fair schlockfest has become a vital part in the decision as to who will control the world’s largest economy and nuclear arsenal.
Political snippets: Global worming, aka Mr Squiggly with bias
Killjoy academics have struck. The worm, it seems, is positively undemocratic.
The 777-day election countdown is on … coming to a state near you
Today, 777 days ahead of the poll that will decide the next US president, Republican Fred Karger launched the first television advertisement of the 2012 campaign. And NSW wants the same sort of process, asks Harley Dennett from Washington DC?
A bad day (and maybe a bad year) for incumbents in the US
Americans voted overnight in primary elections in four states and one congressional by-election, and this morning as results come in they are being eagerly watched for pointers to the likely direction of mid-term elections in November.
Four votes challenge for Minnesota
If elections are worth doing at all, they’re worth doing right, writes Charles Richardson.
And the Wankley Award goes to… the CNN hologram
The US election produced many a bizarre media moment but the moment of triumph, the froth on a cold one, came via CNN’s “hologram” technology during Wednesday’s coverage of Election Day, writes”Simon Huggins.
