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U.S. Population 2012: Nearly 313 Million People
Tweet Share on Facebook December 30, 2011 Comment (12)The United States will enter 2012 with a population of roughly 312.8 million people (or exactly 312,780,968 people, if you want to be pedantic), according to the U.S. Census Bureau's end-of-2011 estimate.
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Newt Gingrich Makes Dumb Marriage Pledge
Tweet Share on Facebook December 13, 2011 Comment (16)Callista Gingrich can breathe a sigh of relief—Newt has pledged not to cheat on her. Sure he presumably made such a pledge before God when they exchanged marital vows, but now Newt is making his promise before a higher power, a social conservative group called The Family Leader.
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Caption the Photo: National Christmas Tree Train Wreck
Tweet Share on Facebook December 12, 2011 Comment (4)In the background of the photo below is the National Christmas Tree. Does that make the tableau in the foreground the National Trainwreck? Submit your suggested caption in the comment space below. I'll post some good ones as the week progresses.
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Human Weather Vane Mitt Romney Shifts on Payroll Tax Cut
Tweet Share on Facebook December 6, 2011 Comment (7)The idea of extending the payroll tax cut polls very well. How do I know? Because human weather vane Mitt Romney suddenly vocally supports it.
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Herman Cain Drops Out ... Weeks After It Mattered
Tweet Share on Facebook December 3, 2011 Comment (19)In the end, Herman Cain left the presidential race as he entered it—more a sideshow than a contender.
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Conservatives Attack Newt Gingrich With a Vengeance
Tweet Share on Facebook December 2, 2011 Comment (34)The speed with which House Speaker Newt Gingrich (predictably) shot to the top of the GOP field seems only to be matched by the force with which prominent conservatives have turned their fire on the new frontrunner (and self-proclaimed nominee-in-waiting). Not-Romney predecessors like Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Herman Cain at least got honeymoons. Perry was the knight in shining armor before proving a cowboy of the all hat and no cattle variety. And not even the (sober minded) pundits who never bought into the Cain boomlet blasted him with the force and vitriol Newt is receiving.
