Recent content by Welsh Paulite

Yes, one of those plates was his son's. These sorts of videos are fascinating to watch. It shows the depth of Rand's knowledge; he very rarely looks fazed by a question, and it also shows what more and more of us are beginning to realize: Kelley Paul is a complete natural at this game.

The new poll from Gravis has Kasich in second with 15%. It must be tough for pollsters at this time of year. It's too cold to keep raising that finger in the wind.

Hillary will be pleased. Infamously her 08 campaign bought over 600 snow shovels to be used on caucus day. It didn't snow on caucus day. I wonder if they are still lying around in Iowan's basements.

It was the best possible move in the circumstances. It was certainly a gamble, but by making it, Rand managed to reject the dubious 'judgment' on his candidacy made by the debate organizers. He wouldn't play their game. The imaginative tangent he took showed that he is far more nimble a...

Maybe Valli6. There is certainly remnants of the Huntsman team there - with a dash of McCain and some local weight from Sununu. Dangerous in New Hampshire but it's hard to see how Kasich could possibly play in the South.

Then again, the pollster is ARG who, it is safe to say, don't have the best record for accuracy...

Kasich has a lot of the old Huntsman team on board - as well as a hint of McCain 2000 in the form of John Weaver. I think his surge is real. He has a decent operation and ground game in NH. I wouldn't underestimate Kasich, but all his eggs are firmly in the New Hampshire basket. Rand at 5 isn't...

Yes, no dice with Sir Richard Branson. He is British and lives on an island he owns (Necker Island) in the British Virgin Islands. I think Rand is going to be the only one of the major candidates not to have a single mammoth financial backer.

It does seem to have all gone a bit Julius Caesar for Chris Christie: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads onto fortune; Omitted, all the voyages of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries." His chance, his high tide of opportunity, was in 2012...

Thank you anaconda. Much appreciate your warm welcome. Yes, I well remember Lynn de Rothschild hosting a fundraiser for Huntsman at her home in London. I agree with you. The media assault is beginning. You can hear the pounding of distant guns. Hang onto your hats, indeed, but just make sure...

The Democrats do try to embrace a perceived political threat tightly. I don't recall the Republicans ever playing that particular card. Last election cycle we heard warm words mouthed by certain Democrats (especially those around the president) about Gov Jon Huntsman. This, of course, was used...