Day: December 5, 2011

Thousands of years ago, Wooly mammoths were pretty much wiped off the face of the Earth from a likely combination of climate change and over-hunting from humans. But now, about…

Donald Trump "relishes his role as Republican kingmaker, [and] he won't close the door on his own independent presidential bid once the next season of his reality TV show, The Celebrity Apprentice, wraps up on NBC next spring -- a prospect that could spell doom for the eventual GOP nominee." Said Trump: "I absolutely have another bite. If the economy continues to be bad and if the Republicans choose the wrong person, I would do it."

"One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich. I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff." -- Nancy Pelosi. Methinks she will wait until after Newton Leroy Gingrich wins the GOP nomination before she speaks.

"...a lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslaught. But out the billowing smoke and dust, tweets and trivia, emerged, Gingrich."

Celia Cohen thinks Republicans have found their candidate to challenge Governor Markell next year. His name is Jeff Cragg. Who?

The "bi-partisanship" at all costs espoused by our congressional delegation makes no sense. We are pre-surrendering on all core democratic issues to a radicalized and zealous GOP that views any willingness to negotiate as an exploitable weakness.