Pete Spiliakos

Santorum lays into Gingrich and Romney but good on health care policy.  He finally articulated an almost comprehensive indictment of Romneycare and hit Gingrich carefully and powerfully on supporting mandates in the recent past. Gingrich’s response was:  Look how arrogant I . . . . Continue Reading »

In the debate, Romney leads with: I love my many children and my one wife. Gingrich:  How dare the evil news media start a presidential debate asking me about the national story about my second ex-wife telling a plausible story that I asked her for an open marriage.  I am so angry, . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  I don’t think the ABC story on Gingrich’s second ex-wife hurts him.  No one on Earth is voting for Gingrich because they think he is a good husband (with the possible exception of the most recent Mrs. Gingrich.) 2.  Gingrich’s current line is that people . . . . Continue Reading »

I finally have a chance to talk about the last ninety minutes of the debate, 1.  What the heck is with Juan Williams?  There is no upside whatsoever in calling out Gingrich on his food stamp President/go-to-the NAACP- and-tell-them-to-demand-jobs-not-food-stamps comments.  Gingrich . . . . Continue Reading »

So far I’m pretty horrified.  The low point was when Santorum asked Romney if Romney believed that felons who had completed their sentence should be allowed to vote.  Romney froze and tried to change the subject since apparently Romney didn’t know what he was supposed to . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  Andrew Busch makes a modest but strong defense of Santorum’s virtues.  Santorum was a leader on welfare reform.  He has been good on entitlement reform (probably the most important fiscal issue of the next decade) for a long time.  Even the prescription drug benefit . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Josh Barro (who I believe once interned for Romney’s campaign for governor of Massachusetts) has a must read on Bain and Romney. 2.  Very interesting set of comments by Peter and commenter Art Deco in the below thread on Bob Dole and 1996.  My take is that, given . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter Lawler is right that Romney’s speech yesterday was vacuous, but no doubt it was that way on purpose.  It was a bit wittier and more coherent than his speech the night of the Iowa Caucuses even though it was just a string of “hurrah free market, boo big government, ain’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey ?? . . . . Continue Reading »

It was better delivered than usual.  It had real focus as a defense of free enterprise against its enemies (including some “Republicans”.)  Romney still isn’t there and he isn’t close to getting there.  He needs to explain how his agenda will lead to higher . . . . Continue Reading »