by Erik Kain on December 18, 2011
Ron Paul has finally spoken out critically of his Republican rivals. The race toward the Iowa Caucuses is heating up. In a startling break with tradition, Ron Paul took a few quick jabs at his Republican rivals on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Friday. Asked his opinion of Michele Bachmann, who Paul had clashed [...]
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Jon Huntsman’s path to the nomination is built on the front-runners in the race tearing each other to pieces. Will it work? Daniel Larison calls the recent one-on-one foreign policy debate between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich a self-congratulatory failure barely worthy of the term ‘debate:’ To the extent that Huntsman has helped lend valuable credibility [...]
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We live in bewildering times. It wasn’t so long ago that the Donald was himself running in the Republican primary. Now he’s hosting a GOP primary debate for conservative publisher Newsmax in Iowa. Not all the candidates are showing up, however. is sitting the debate out. His campaign told Insider, ”Lol. We look forward to watching [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 2, 2011
The internet and social media change the way political campaigns operate. Nobody knows this better than Ron Paul. His latest ad takes on the current front-runner, Newt Gingrich. Whether you disagree with Ron Paul or not, one thing is certain: it’s impossible to lay the mantle of hypocrite at his feet. The congressman from Texas [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 29, 2011
Republican candidate Hermain Cain told reporters Tuesday he was reassessing his campaign. Could the race come down to Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney? Herman Cain’s days as front runner in this oh-so-hectic of primary seasons are over, and it appears his candidacy may be in its last throes as well. I think it’s funny or [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 27, 2011
The GOP field is crowded still, but it won’t be for long. Primaries kick off in just over a month, and so far it’s still anybody’s game. Presumptive front-runner Mitt Romney continues to hold steady in the polls – at second place. Following the birther-bump one-time candidate enjoyed, we’ve seen everyone from Michele Bachmann to [...]
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I suspect that at the heart of Robert Frank’s New York Times piece about ending the Black Friday madness rests two things: first, a sense that such overt consumerism is the hallmark of capitalism and that capitalism is somehow morally insufficient; and second, a distaste for the aesthetic of Black Friday – all those plebes [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich won’t be president. He represents the worst in every other GOP candidate. Mitt Romney must be getting dizzy. The number of Republican primary candidates whose suns have risen above him only to crash and burn later just keeps growing and growing. Each time one sun rises, a slew of new information and new [...]
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With yet another woman accusing Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of past sexual harassment, the former CEO’s days as a serious presidential contender are numbered. The crash and burn isn’t going to be pretty either. Cain was never meant to rise this high, and it’s likely the former Godfather’s Pizza boss didn’t ever expect old allegations [...]
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Despite being seen by voters as the most electable in a recent Washington Post/ABC poll, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is still struggling to break away from the pack: In the other five areas tested in the new survey, Romney shows no greater strength than other GOP contenders. On empathy, 21 percent say Cain is the one [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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