The Brass Ring and my .02 Cents

Everyone and their mother that ever wanted to run for the GOP nomination is here talking the talk, walking the walk.NZ Likes Duncan here;

Hunter is my kind of guy when it comes to the war, and I'll just leave that as shorthand that he's on the same page as those of us at The Victory Caucus. (It is my hope that we'll be able to do an in-depth interview with the Congressman for Victory Caucus sometime soon).

Joyner reports here:

Tom Vilsack is blaming the failure of his campaign to catch fire on undependable polls, which failed to capture his overwhelming support. He’s now mulling over which of his former competitors to endorse.

I would note that the polls failed to capture his support because it didn’t exist. There’s a line from a Sean Connery flick about fairness and prom queens that I would quote but I shall refrain in the interests of keepin’ it clean.

On a positive note, I’m sure his endorsement would drive perhaps seven or eight voters in Iowa, which could make a difference in that state’s idiotic caucus.

Joyner's got the best run down on everyone.

Romneybots and Browbackshirts

Newt Gingrich

John McCain, MIA

Giuliani Time

Also The Captain has excellent coverage here 

Mitt Romney's speech was much like the one at NRI. Coulter followed. I gotta tell you, the lines were longer for Ann than anyone (except Cheney Bolton.) Coulter was hysterical, acerbic but off. In some cases, really off.

Funny when she described Obama as half white, half black. And Hillary as half white half trash.

A nightmare when she in an attempt to describe John Edwards said something to the effect that you can't you the word faggot these days without being sent to rehab. WTF?

UPDATE: Mary Katherine on Giuliani here;

Today, he talked about leadership, security, toughness, and Reagan to a crowd who's looking for a leader in the image of Reagan in a time that needs security. It was a good pitch, and there were more people listening than have listened to anything at CPAC this week.

UPDATE: By the way Newt's speech to CPAC this Saturday March 3rd at 4:45pm ET will be webcast live at www.americansolutions.com.

Comments

[Thomas Carney]

John McCain---What a POS. Someone I trust very much who's a big conservative in Washington had a meeting with four of McCain's former staffers. When he asked them what they thought of McCain, they all spontaneously replied in unison, "The man radiates hatred." This was unrehearsed.

McCain made it through Navy pilot school even though he put at least two planes in the drink. The reason was both McCain's father and grandfather were 4-star admirals. You can go to the Navy's flight museum and see old George H. W. Bush's uniform with ribbons and old Bush's grades for flight school. You will see McCain's uniform there too....but you WON'T SEE MCCAIN'S GRADES.

If McCain gets the GOP nomination, a lot of conservatives I know will boycott the election in '08.

That's a scary thought.

[Thomas Carney]

I heard Rep. Duncan Hunter on Paul Weyrich's the "Right Hour" last January. Rep. Hunter spoke of the Chinese trade being nothing even bearing a slight resemblance to free trade. Hunter's a good man.

We need someone in the White House who understands that China has been waging an economic war for over 25 years on us and the previous and present WH administrations have been asleep at the wheel.

[TommyG]

Undependable polls for Vilsack? Take it from someone who lives here - there is NO overwhelming amount of support in Iowa that was somehow missed in the polls. Vilsack could not get a room full of voluntary supporters at any time. He was governor here - big deal. The GOP ran two miserable campaigns against him and the carry-over from those bumbling exercises ensured the election of the most dim-witted pol ever to be elected as Iowa's chief exec last November.

Vilsack might think he was a great leader who turned a red state to blue, but everyone else here knows his presidental run was just another resume enhancer. The next Democratic president is supposed to look at Vilsack and see leadership? Nah - the next Democrat president will be elected on pure celebrity.

The Cabinet will be media stars. It's the only way the next Democrat president can divert attention from their incompetence.

And our caucus process is not so much idiotic as it is....unique. It's like entering the blogosphere, except you can't surf to another site when the conspiracy theorist starts talking and WON'T SHUT UP!!

[Pamela Geller]

My candidate has not arrived

[Mark]

uh oh, Pamela, you said nightmare about Ann Coulter's remarks. By the "reasoning" of one blogger that makes you a RINO.

*rolls eyes*