Peter Lawler

I prefer that to “It’s a Beginning to Look a Lot Like Newtmas.” Pete and I certainly agree on the facts: Newt’s nomination would be a disaster. We seem to disagree on the current situation: Pete sees signs of Newt’s imminent collapse. I wish I did, but I don’t. . . . . Continue Reading »

So the one thing the debate showed last night is that Newt won’t be touched significantly by any of the existing evidence about his interesting past—including how he’s been earning his living over the last decacde—any time soon. Anyone who doesn’t think he’s . . . . Continue Reading »

by ME. . . . . Continue Reading »

Peggy Noonan writes as favorable an assessment of the Newt candidacy as a reasonable person could. She doesn’t make much of his personal failings or, as Mr. Ceaser puts it, the way he’s made his living over the last decade. It’s just that people who know him and have worked with . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s MY view of manliness and SOUTHERN STOICISM, a crucial supplement to the MIDWESTERN Mansfield. Newt, for what it’s worth, has the repulsive side of manliness. He overrates his significance, and he praises his own greatness (for little good reason) in words that would be better . . . . Continue Reading »

Byro York explains that those who actually worked with Newt as Speaker can’t support him for president, while all most voters can see is the new Newt, the guy who knows how to talk. But those in the know know the allegedly new Newt was part of the old Newt, and today’s Newt is no better . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m getting more doubtful that Newt get stopped. Christmas has already caused a bit of a lull in the campaigning. Iowa cacuses right after the New Year. Meanwhile, Romney’s situation is eroding in a way that seems unfixable. If Newt does has an unexploited weakness, it’s, as . . . . Continue Reading »

Well , Charles is hard on both Mitt and Newt. He gives us the manly advice to pick from the candidates we actually got, and he reminds us how important the election is for the country. Still, it’s hard not to wish to be delivered from this necessity of choice. These words, to me, get to the . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s ME on courage. Sean Trende and Jay Cost, who did a nice job debating at Berry tonight, both agreed that Newt is a ridiculous candidate. I don’t think they had a good response, though, to the pathology of the present presidential race for the Republican nomination: The party has . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . . To explain , with his big brain, why the hybrid model of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac works so well in making mortgages so readily available to some many Americans. I heart Ron Paul for going after Newt too. It may be too little, too late, though. . . . . Continue Reading »