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although I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that.” I guess you could call that a repudiation. The whole fracas is a reminder of why Gramm himself ran one of the most disastrous presidential campaigns in history. Its sole legacy is this: Republican campaign operatives call it the Gramm-o-meter, the money a candidate spends per delegate won, in honor of Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator who spent $25 million and won just 10 delegates, or $2.5 million per, in 1996.

won the North Carolina primary. Or Clinton's contention that Obama "played the race card" on him. I'm tempted to spend less time on Phil Gramm's observation that America "has become a nation of whiners" and it is suffering only a "mental recession." Gramm, after all, still holds the record of most money spent per delegate in a losing presidential campaign. His remarks on behalf of John McCain's candidacy were truly unhelpful -- particularly when McCain had to deal with them in Michigan, where the meltdown of the US auto industry has

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending $1.1 million for each delegate he earned in his ultimately fruitless run for the presidency. A core part of Hewitt’s flackery was that questions about religion were beyond the pale. Any sort of inquiry into a church’s unorthodox practices was decried as religious bigotry by

7. Februar 2008 | Keine Kommentare | Demokraten Geld regiert die Welt gewinnt Wahlen. Auch wenn diese Rechnung für Millionen-Mitt (AP schätzt ihn auf 190 bis 250 Millionen Dollar) partout nicht aufgehen will, kann man bei den Demokraten den Eindruck gewinnen, inzwischen gehe es weniger um Delegierte und mehr um Finanzen. Im Januar, zwischen seinem Sieg in Iowa und dem in South Carolina, konnte

Apparently, one of Romney’s main selling points, his business acumen and his executive experience which would help balance the budget and keep spending responsible and efficient, wasn’t one of the highlights of his campaign: