More poll numbers show nationwide support for a Cain presidency. From Des Moines Register: DES MOINES, Iowa – Herman Cain and Mitt Romney top The Des Moines Register’s new Iowa Poll, with the retired pizza executive edging the former Massachusetts governor 23 percent to 22 percent in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Cain [...]
It certainly has been a long time since we had an open thread here at the Donk. The Comment-ocalypse is over (we hope!) and folks think serious discussions are in order. So here you are: discuss. Or maybe you live in NJ and you’d like to kvetch about the blizzard before Halloween. Feel free. It’s [...]
After Warren Buffett spoke out about taxing the rich more, the rich were polled and overwhelmingly agreed with the billionaire. Here’s more from Wall Street Journal: A new survey from Spectrem Group found that 68% of millionaires (those with investments of $1 million or more) support raising taxes on those with $1 million or more [...]
Well, no, but a pretty funny parody of the weird one he put out early in the week. So why did Mark Block do it in the first place? Again…weird. This isn’t the type of attention these guys want, especially when you’re talking about the socially conservative crowd. It’s not like those folks are pro-smoking. [...]
Analysis soon, but first the numbers… I continue to be surprised by the sudden rise of Herman Cain. Here’s a guy who has said some unbelievably wacky things on the campaign trail, is just as vague and unfocused as Rick Perry, and yet he seems to be bullet proof when it comes to polling. In [...]
Leading the polls. Winning straw polls. Cutting ads featuring his Chief of Staff smoking. All in a day’s work… And just in case the above video doesn’t work, here’s a screenshot… Note it says the video is unlisted, but it is from the official Herman Cain account. Maybe it was just a joke people were [...]
Don’t know what Tumblr is? Ask your kids. For everybody else, follow Obama’s Tumblr here. They’re using it as a way to tell a collaborative story about the campaign. Anybody can submit stories/photos/etc and a few will get picked for publication. So while you probably won’t get any hard hitting news on this channel, you’ll [...]
It’s amazing what a couple of mediocre debate performances can do to a guy. And I’m talking about both Perry and Cain. From Rasmussen: A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%. Congressman Ron Paul is [...]
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It took decades for Libyans to rise up and months for Gaddafi to be ousted and killed. From Reuters: (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya’s new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his hometown and final bastion on Thursday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video. Senior [...]
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