The Shot!

Dang! I thought these guys were like BFF or something.  Here’s DeMint’s statement after hearing that US Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has endorsed John McCain:

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An “asshole” has endorsed John McCain.

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2000 seems like ages ago, doesn’t it?  Eight years has flown by, but while we’ve gone about our normal lives in South Carolina, John McCain has continued living his Washington life. Despite being part of the business as usual Washington crowd, John McCain’s heart never left our Palmetto State. Here it stayed, growing with anger by the minute in remembrance of a presidency that could have been. (more…)

Rather than doing a post on every thought I have during the debate I’m going to use this post for my live thread. Stay tuned because this debate is about to kick off… [9:01] Katon does another debate intro video and introduces country singer Calvin Gilmore. Not a bad gig for Katon, and it doesn’t hurt the name ID either. BTW mad props to the SCGOP staff lead by “Boy Wonder” Jay W. Ragley for putting together a great event. (more…)

This one is for the history books. If you would have asked me six months ago about McCain chances of capturing the GOP nomination, I would have said very slim to none. But it looks like I was wrong (in my defense so were a lot of other pundits).

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You all know we give Fred Thompson a hard time, but we aren’t a MSM outlet. We are a blog, so we have a little more freedom to do whatever the hell we want.

The Politico on the other hand is a MSM outlet, so they have to be a little more careful as to not influence the outcome of an election. That’s why they’re story this morning about Fred Thompson is just harsh. Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen reported this morning, ELECTION DAY:

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We don’t know about his strategy to skip the early states, but we do know that his ad team knows what the heck they are doing…whoever they are. Rudy’s new ad is pretty BA.
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Chuck Norris is a legend. His endorsement of Mike Huckabee certainly helped him climb rapidly in the polls. But today Mitt Romney is using Norris’ own words against Mike Huckabee. Citing Norris’ column on the popular conservative news website Worldnetdaily.com, Romney uses the action superstar’s past statements to illustrate why Huckabee is soft on crime.

See for yourself:

Looks like Team Romney just successfully landed a roundhouse kick to Mike Huckabee.

Who knows?  Every poll says something different.  Today two different polls were released, each with different results. Here’s an analysis from the AP:

2 Iowa Polls, 2 Different Results

Jan 1 01:23 PM US/Eastern
By The Associated Press

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.
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THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS (CNN-Opinion Research Corp.)

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 33 percent

Barack Obama, 31 percent

John Edwards, 22 percent

THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS

Mitt Romney, 31 percent

Mike Huckabee, 28 percent

Fred Thompson, 13 percent

John McCain, 10 percent

Rudy Giuliani, 8 percent

Ron Paul, 8 percent

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OF INTEREST:

The poll shows a two-way race developing for the Democratic nomination in Iowa, with Clinton and Obama in a dead-heat and support for Edwards dropping. Previous polls in late December showed a tight three-way race between the three candidates. This poll suggests Democratic voters in Iowa see Clinton as the candidate who can win the general election and is most experienced while they say Obama is the most likable and most honest candidate. For Iowa’s GOP race, Romney and Huckabee remain virtually tied; McCain, Thompson and Giuliani still trail far behind.

The CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted Dec. 26-30. It included telephone interviews with 373 Republicans likely to vote in the Iowa caucuses, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points; and 482 likely Democratic voters, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS:

CNN: http://www.cnn.com

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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.

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THE NUMBERS—DEMOCRATS: (The Des Moines Register)

Barack Obama, 32 percent

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 25 percent

John Edwards, 24 percent

Bill Richardson, 6 percent

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THE NUMBERS—REPUBLICANS:

Mike Huckabee, 32 percent

Mitt Romney, 26 percent

John McCain, 13 percent

Fred Thompson, 9 percent

Ron Paul, 9 percent

Rudy Giuliani, 5 percent

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OF INTEREST:

An influx of first-time caucus-goers, including political independents, helped Obama inch further ahead of Clinton. His support increased from 28 percent in a Des Moines Register poll in November, while Clinton’s remained flat, at 25 percent. Edwards’ performance was about the same as in last month’s survey. Obama’s lead also is the largest of any of the Democratic candidates in Register polling this year.

Among Republicans, the survey shows McCain overtaking Giuliani to move into third place, up from his fifth in the November survey. Giuliani, who has not campaigned as hard in Iowa as some of his rivals, has fallen to sixth place. McCain is enjoying a resurgence of sorts in his campaign, and is looking for a strong finish in Iowa to help him in next-up New Hampshire, where he also has gained support.

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The telephone poll for The Des Moines Register of 800 likely Democratic caucus-goers and 800 likely Republican caucus participants was conducted Dec. 27-30. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?categoryiowapoll07

We really don’t even know where to begin with this whole Mike Huckabee ad incident, so here are a few stories.

Hot Air

AP

Washington Post

Huffington Post

CBS

Making the story even more strange, Huckabee said that he would not let his campaign distribute the ad to news outlets, but SOMEHOW Fox News got a clean copy. Click here.

This guy is so full of it.