Category: The Dish

He was brought into the Catholic church last night.

(Photo: Stephen Hird/AFP/Getty.)

The ones who know Romney in Massachusetts are endorsing McCain.

Pretty brutal:

I hate to say this, but I don’t think Rudy wants it badly enough. He has a bit of a Fred Thompson problem about him. He hasn’t said anything particularly distinctive or memorable the entire campaign. His lows haven’t been very low, and his highs haven’t been very high. There is no one big thing his campaign is about – first, there were twelve, then there was a laundry list of his accomplishments as a Mayor; then, there were a series of issue spots that failed to move the needle in New Hampshire.

Nothing memorable? "Sanctuary mansion"? The most humanizing thing Rudy has done this whole campaign is catch the flu.

Why didn’t you say so? We’re sorry but we didn’t understand. And, er, we destroyed them later. The latest in the inevitable torture cover-up in the Bush administration.

Just try some Viagra and you’ll find out soon enough.

A reader writes:

Well, I’d say the best sentence in the Tucker Carlson article is Ron Paul’s:

"I’ve never gotten around to killing anything."

Truly, the anti-Cheney!

Mark Blumenthal parses the polls. Given the holiday season, I’d say we’re essentially flying blind from now on, but a heavier turnout will favor Obama. I don’t make predictions but I’m also getting the impression that New Hampshire will come home for McCain which, given the front-running alternatives, would make me very happy.

“The strong pitch made to me and others not that long ago was that we had to be for Hillary, because Hillary was going to be the inevitable winner. They have come a long way if they now think Iowa is just survivable," – Gordon Fischer, the former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party who is now backing Obama.

Pete Abel finds the perfect candidate:

He has the eagle eyes of Ron Paul: a crystal-clear vision of pervasive liberty. He has the wide-open heart of Barack Obama: the requisite character to diffuse the boiling rage that now infects our public dialogue, domestically and internationally. And backing up all of this, he has the unflinching spine of John McCain: the strength and chutzpah to stand up and fight when necessary.

You know what to do.