The Week in Review
- Rick Santorum, not Mitt Romney, is the official winner of Iowa by 34 votes. The fact that this result was released in a headline orgy that included Rick Perry’s dropout and more Gingrich Gossip (new talk show?) is the best possible luck for Romney and just another milestone in Santorum’s streak of losing at publicity.
- Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia endorsed Mitt Romney. According to Gov. McDonnell: “I think he’s got steady momentum…Romney has been the one who has been steady and garnering support.” In other words, seats on the bandwagon are going fast—get yours today!
- Herman Cain, not to be outdone, officially endorsed over 300 million people, further establishing himself as the candidate most desperately in need of consulting Wikipedia before making any statements.
Rick Perry dropped out of the race, taking his place in the pantheon of blooper legends and ending a campaign that uncomfortably evoked the result of a lost bet.- Continued calls for candidates to release their tax returns, mostly targeted at Romney. Newt Gingrich released his this week. Romney still seems reluctant. Ron Paul just doesn’t want to be embarrassed.
- The South Carolina debate, best summarized here. Just try to guess which nominee wins the award for “Most Uncomfortable Attempt at Replicating Genuine-Sounding Human Laughter.”
What’s up Next
- South Carolina votes on Saturday. Mitt Romney is still the national frontrunner, but wild fluctuations in polling show Newt Gingrich tied or even ahead in South Carolina.
Daily aMusements
- The latest Colbert ad, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson
- An insightful, and very British, description of Newt Gingrich at the South Carolina debate:
To understand the full power of Gingrich’s answer, you really have to watch him give it. The former Speaker has three standard expressions: charmed bemusement (“Why are you asking me that, you fool?”), indignant (“Why are you asking me that, you swine?”), and supreme confidence (“That’s not the question I would have asked, you moron”). Each comes with its own number of chins. For his stunning “No, but I will,” Newt employed the full dozen.
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