On Sunday Newt Gingrich was interviewing with Fox News’ Mike Wallace, when he let go this bomb:

Well, I think you have to be realistic, given the size of his organization, given the number of primaries he’s won. He is far and away, the most likely Republican nominee. And if he does get to 1,144 delegates, I’ll support him. I’ll do everything I can this fall to help him defeat Obama.

With that said, Gingrich has all but declared his campaign over.  It’s actually been over for some time, since before he won South Carolina, even, but to see him basically say it is something else. At this point, I hope nobody is seriously thinking of voting for him in the upcoming primaries.| MORE ›

I think Barack Obama should dump Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate and immediately replace him with Newt Gingrich. After all, their respect toward the people who rule on the constitutionality of the United States’ laws are about on par with each other.| MORE ›

Following tonight humiliating defeat of Mitt Romney, I think we’ve seen once and for all why we can’t just declare a winner now and get it over with (sorry, Michael). It’s not over, not by a long shot.  There are still many states to go, and from what I can tell, it will take each and every one of them before a nominee is decided.| MORE ›

There is a growing perception that this primary season is all but decided; that Mitt Romney is already the presumptive nominee. Indeed, our own Michael van der Galien is of this opinion. However, I must disagree with Michael. While things certainly look that way right now, there is a lot of time between now and August, when the convention will be held, and many primaries and caucuses left to go through.| MORE ›

Mitt Romney’s opponents in the Republican field have taken to the tactics of the Democrats. They’ve started attacking his image as a businessman, calling him a “predatory capitalist,” and issue damning proclamations about his time at Bain Capital, a private equity firm he co-founded.| MORE ›

Texas Governor Rick Perry is toying with the idea of skipping some debates.  His spokesman says it’s because there are simply too many.  I agree with that.  Now that the New Hampshire primary will possibly be held on Christmas Day (I kid!), the candidates need all the time they can get in front of the voters.  However, I’m skeptical of the spokesman’s rationale.| MORE ›

Now that the Puerto Rico primaries have given Romney all 23 of their delegates (not a surprising conclusion), we’ve more or less come upon the half way point of the primary cycle. At 516 delegates, Mitt Romney’s lead seems to be insurmountable, but you can bet that the other candidates are going to try their hardest to make sure he doesn’t get to 1,147 delegates by convention time.| MORE ›

When Rush Limbaugh apologized to Sandra Fluke after calling her a ‘slut’ for daring to argue that the government should force health insurance plans to include medicinally beneficial birth control pills in their plans, I thought this was a good thing.  If there’s one thing I’m much in favor of, it’s civility in the political discourse. Rush was uncivil in his comments, period.| MORE ›

Politico is reporting that Jon Huntsman will end his campaign tomorrow and throw his support behind Mitt Romney. Honestly, it’s not a big shock.

After a last place finish in Iowa, he rested his hopes on New Hampshire, but even there he couldn’t get second. And the next two states were not looking pretty at all, as the latest polls from South Carolina and Florida show:| MORE ›

The downfall of Herman Cain is not an outcome that was not entirely unexpected, and the accusations of sexual harassment and affair are ultimately not to blame. All kinds of wild accusations get thrown around in a campaign season. If I recall, the last time around we learned that one of the candidates was a non-citizen atheist Muslim terrorist-supporting anti-Christ.| MORE ›

I just read Kurt Schlichter’s column at the Washington Examiner with great interest (h/t @kesgardner), but a little bit of confusion. If I didn’t know better, I’d have come out it thinking that the Occupy Wall Street protesters were inherently different than our soldiers, as if all soldiers are conservative Republicans.

That’s not true of course, and apparently the number that identify as Republican is dropping.| MORE ›