Category: The Dish

Look: he can be for anything the polls show people want. Anything.

No: no sexual scandals. Just some interesting data analysis from Iowa: women prefer Huckabee.

Good to see his core identity exposed:

O’Reilly grabbed Nicholson’s arm and shoved him, another eyewitness said. Nicholson, who is 6’8, said O’Reilly called him "low class."

Interfering in any way with Obama’s security is unbelievably reckless.

Good for them:

Today, New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen released the following statement regarding Sunday’s Republican forum on FOX:

“The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary serves a national purpose by giving all candidates an equal opportunity on a level playing field. Only in New Hampshire do lesser known, lesser funded underdogs have a fighting chance to establish themselves as national figures. Consistent with that tradition, we believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums.

“This principle applies to tonight’s debates on ABC as well as Sunday’s planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed.”

“While we understand that FOX News continues to move forward it is with regret, the New Hampshire Republican Party hereby withdraws as a partner in this forum.”

Why should grass roots Republicans be yanked around by Hannity and O’Reilly’s establishment agenda?

And in New Hampshire, that’s grim news for Clinton:

In New Hampshire, Obama leads Clinton by five points among Democrats and by sixteen points among Independents. The survey indicates that 40% of the voters will be Independents.

This will surely hurt McCain some.

Clinton’s own website has a page showing how better Obama fares against most of the Republicans than she would. I guess: kudos for transparency. (Re-posted with fixed link).

What else does she have left?

Time for a post that’s total self-parody. Check this out:

I have seen the Paul campaign in action, and I can confirm that there are beards. Lots of them. Middle-aged electrician beards, gravitas-adding beards on thirtysomethings, thin hipper-than-thou beards on the youngest volunteers. Massachusetts grad student John Notley wears a massive, red Nordic mane that earns him the nickname Thor. It’s reminiscent of a semi-famous photo from the 1972 presidential race, of a waddling businessman handing out Nixon literature right next to a skinny hippie handing out McGovern fliers. The difference is that the nameless McGovern flunky was campaigning for acid, amnesty, and abortion, while Paul’s crew wants to bring back the paleoconservative sobriety of Sen. Robert Taft.

A Dish round-up:

An African-American Awakening?

The Speech that changed everything.

Why a Burkean needn’t panic.

Break-out In New Hampshire?

The secret of his supporters.

(Photo: Jeff Haynes/Getty.)

Another one:

I am American and my partner is Dutch. We have been living in the Netherlands for 12 years because it is nearly impossible to move to the US even though it would be better for my career since my employer is headquartered in the US. My partner is a full time stay-at-home father to our 16 month old son who we ironically adopted from the US. Due to current immigration policies, my partner could not get a visa to live in the US.

I could move back to the US (since I am a US citizen) and take our son with me (as he is a US citizen). I could even take our Golden Retriever (who was born and bred in the Netherlands) without any problems. But my son’s other father (we are both recognized as legal parents under US law) is not welcome. There simply are no provisions in US law to deal with our family’s situation.

Because, according to the US government, your family does not exist.