UPDATE: Crist will speak at the Dem Convention. The Beltway tongue-waggers are pooh-poohing  Republican former Florida governor Charlie Crist‘s endorsement of Barack Obama, but the accompanying message is clear — the grasp that the fringe has on the party is dooming the GOP. Crist: [A]n element of their party has pitched so far to the [...]

But you all knew this was coming, right? Yeah, it’s going to get ugly. For some reason, I’m on the Cain mailing list. This bombshell just landed in my inbox: Press Release NOVEMBER 8, 2011: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Who is Sharon Bialek? As Ms. Sharon Bialek has placed herself in the public spotlight through making patently [...]

You’ve got to be sh*tting me. Herman Cain, beleaguered by scandals, decided to try to deflect and play the victim by breaking into the hymn “He Looked Beyond My Faults” at a National Press Club event today. This was after again denying that he knew anything about settlements to women who claimed being sexually harassed [...]

UPDATE: You think this sexual harassment story is bad? Cain’s whole pizza joint is burning now, via TPM: “Aides’ Corporation May Have Illegally Gotten Cain Campaign Off The Ground.” UPDATE 2: Cain’s chief of staff makes an unequivocal statement: Cain “never sexually harassed anybody. Period. End of story.” There may soon be a vacancy in [...]

This makes no sense — choosing to bypass inviting an actual candidate running for the President to your debate, but roll out the red carpet for two non-candidates. That is absurdly discriminatory. In a statement, CNN announces its line-up for the September 12 Tea Party Express co-sponsored debate in Tampa: Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele [...]