1. Santorum Wins in Iowa. (New Hampshire Refuses to Re-do Primary Take His New Momentum into Account.)
2. Romney Didn’t Make History After All.
3. Gingrich Now Leads in South Carolina.
4. Romney Was on Verge of Being 3-0. May Now Be 1-2.
5. Marianne (the Second Mrs. Gingrich) Poised to Ruin Newt’s Campaign with ABC Interview Night. (Actually, I Don’t Think That Will Happen. But Newt Was Sure Flustered When Asked About Her on the TODAY Show This Morning. And I Didn’t Say I Didn’t Hope That Would Happen.)
6. Sarah Palin Endorses Gingrich in South Carolina. (Which Means She’s Keeping Her Own Hope Alive)
7. Postmodernmodern Conservative Carl Scott Outs Alasdair MacIntyre as Quasi-Marxist and Second-rate Straussian. (Media and Porchers Strangely Indifferent)
8. Rick Santorum First Presidential Candidate Ever to Cite MacIntyre Repeatedly and Favorably in Book (I Actually Think That Speaks Well of Him.)
9. My Effective Tax Rate the Same as Romney’s (Does That Mean the Flat Tax is Already Here?)
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