Republican theater night continues
If anyone just watched the first 20 minutes of tonight's Republican debate, they would have seen Mitt Romney crash and burn. His attacks on Gingrich were so out of character and so predictable that they made him look pathetic. Even if his observations were correct, he played into Gingrich's hands and simply looked desperate. Who greased up his hair, by the way. Ron Paul's supporters will not be swayed so easily.
Masochist that I am, watching the entire debate here was entertainment. Romney faired much better in the last hour when most people had probably tuned out. Gingrich stayed steady for the most part, loosing his mind completely only in the last half hour when he took credit for Carter's loss, Reagan's success, and everything possible that any Republican could lay claim to from 1974 to 1998. He went over the top but never raised his voice so perhaps many people did not realize how insane his words were.
Santorum stayed on message, a message that from this perspective is an artiface of contrived but maybe around the edges honest intent. Paul was, in this opinion, at his best. He's the columnist that you don't like to read but can't afford not to follow. He's serious and he did ok tonight.
Paul, of course, has no chance. Santorum is a significant long shot but who knows given the path of this campaign. Amazingly Gingrich is the front runner and Romney looks seriously on the defensive. With unlimited funds from Sheldon Adelstein, the Las Vegas Sands owner, Gingrich has momentum.
What about Adelstein. Old time Las Vegas money and everything that entails seems to go with that package. No media, not even The Nation or some other left leaning periodical, has done an investigation on this well known tyrant. An ardent supporter of Israel, is Adelstein immune from media attention? An admission, buying LVS stock at $1.50 in 2008 was a windfall here because it just seemed impossible that the banks would let him go - sold at a much higher price a month ago.
That's it from this spectacle.
Masochist that I am, watching the entire debate here was entertainment. Romney faired much better in the last hour when most people had probably tuned out. Gingrich stayed steady for the most part, loosing his mind completely only in the last half hour when he took credit for Carter's loss, Reagan's success, and everything possible that any Republican could lay claim to from 1974 to 1998. He went over the top but never raised his voice so perhaps many people did not realize how insane his words were.
Santorum stayed on message, a message that from this perspective is an artiface of contrived but maybe around the edges honest intent. Paul was, in this opinion, at his best. He's the columnist that you don't like to read but can't afford not to follow. He's serious and he did ok tonight.
Paul, of course, has no chance. Santorum is a significant long shot but who knows given the path of this campaign. Amazingly Gingrich is the front runner and Romney looks seriously on the defensive. With unlimited funds from Sheldon Adelstein, the Las Vegas Sands owner, Gingrich has momentum.
What about Adelstein. Old time Las Vegas money and everything that entails seems to go with that package. No media, not even The Nation or some other left leaning periodical, has done an investigation on this well known tyrant. An ardent supporter of Israel, is Adelstein immune from media attention? An admission, buying LVS stock at $1.50 in 2008 was a windfall here because it just seemed impossible that the banks would let him go - sold at a much higher price a month ago.
That's it from this spectacle.
posted by John Borden at 10:49 PM
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