Official 2012 GOP Primaries Shitshow

[Jake]

oh my god mitt romney is walter white

[Shalabi]

Such a crisp shirt

[WAC]

"I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat." He added that his party is "consumed with the idea" with debt reduction, which will help alleviate burdens on young people.

God he's such an awkward speaker

[sordid affair]

chuck todd was uncharacteristically catchy earlier: "they want romney to be a transformational figure, but he can only ever be a transitional figure"

[seriesfinale]

AP called it

Just because the race is pretty much kaput doesn't mean the embarrassing antics need to end. Shitshow Forever (or at least through convention).

[Amblin]

man it sucks when he wins

[WAC]

Silver:

In the previous five competitive primaries ... each party had at least two candidates whose net favorability ratings were in the positive double digits. All five times, also, the nominee came from among one of the candidates in this group. Republicans have no such candidates at this point in time.

Meanwhile, the Republicans have two candidates in Ms. Palin and Mr. Gingirch whose net favorability ratings are actually in the double-digit negatives, something which since 2000 had only been true of Pat Buchanan and Al Sharpton.

I was going through the beginning of the thread and found this on page 3. Looking at TPM's poll averages, Romney, Santorum, Cain, Gingrich, Paul, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Trump, and Perry all had at least double digit negative favorability ratings at one point. The only candidate I couldn't find double digit negatives for were the ones I didn't find polling data for.

Has to be a record, right? Am I missing anybody?

[the genius king]

Front page of yahoo has a very informal story about trying to find a single republican voter in Chicago. This is the guy they found
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/primary-day-illinois-search-republicans-obamaland-185518190.html

"I happened to be walking down the street and some woman was passing them out," he said, recalling how he came to own the garment bearing the name of the recently incarcerated former Illinois governor. "And I'll wear anything as long as it's free."

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

MITTENS

[Poptone]

Man, Fred Thompson has really hit the skids.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

ann romney talking about women talking about deficits what

[sordid affair]

"they even tell parents what their kids can do on their farms"

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

romney doing his general election speech

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

"nothing is more fragile than a dream"

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

omg is the santorum daughter in the back holding back tears or is just my stream

[good pups]

[Durham]

These DG Jackson videos are wonderful

[G_S]

'in the humor . . I mean there's some truth there'

[sleigh]

"nothing is more fragile than a dream"

Aha

[carlperkins]

Sometimes we forget the enormous toll the Shitshow has on us. Was it worth this?

Separated: Dana Bash, 40, and John King, 48, after less than four years of marriage, a friend of the CNN stars confirmed to us Tuesday. The veteran political reporters — he’s the anchor of an eponymous prime-time show, she’s senior congressional correspondent — went public with their office romance in summer of 2007 and married on Cape Cod in May 2008. King, a Roman Catholic by birth, converted to Judaism before their wedding. Just last June, she gave birth to their first child, a boy named Jonah. (Both were previously wed; he has two teenagers by his first marriage.) Though still seen together in CNN reports, we’re told they’ve been living apart for the last several months. “They continue to co-parent their young son and to work together with the utmost professionalism,” their friend told us. “They ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time.” Said another friend: “It’s been a very difficult process getting to this point, one that neither party wanted.”

[super gas]

Appearing on CNN this morning, Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom was asked if he’s concerned that Romney may alienate general election voters with some of the hard-right positions he’s taken during the primary to appeal to conservatives. Fehrnstrom brushed this concern off:

HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.

[grammatron]

NNOOOOOOOOOooooo

King and Bash were CNN's power couple.

[VHGisdead]

Appearing on CNN this morning, Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom was asked if he’s concerned that Romney may alienate general election voters with some of the hard-right positions he’s taken during the primary to appeal to conservatives. Fehrnstrom brushed this concern off:

HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.

oh man

[darger]

mitt-thusiasm

Chicago election officials predicted the lowest turnout in a presidential primary in city history.

It was 15 percent at 2 p.m. and the previous low was 32 percent in 1996, said Langdon Neal, chairman of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

“It’s going to be the lowest,” Neal said. “The real issue is” how low.

He said he was crossing his fingers that the turnout might reach 20 percent.

[Durham]

Newt made King a cuckold. Wouldn't be surprised to see Newty hiking up the old Bash tree soon


Speaking of NG :


@daveweigel
Goin' out with class RT @ajconwashington: #Newt on Obama admin: "They're antireligious unless it's Islam."

[Hal Jordan]

how can newt be such a terrible person

do you think he consciously decides on what terrible thing to say or do you think it comes out of his mouth without thinking straight from within the gooey nouget covered center of hsi being

[Frank]

Appearing on CNN this morning, Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom was asked if he’s concerned that Romney may alienate general election voters with some of the hard-right positions he’s taken during the primary to appeal to conservatives. Fehrnstrom brushed this concern off:

HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.

came in here to post this

[Frank]

"Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like he's a computer program. You can kind of hit control-alt-delete and restart all over again."

[Mr Spaceship]

hahaha Huff Post home page right now:

[Amblin]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE NEXT FIRST COUPLE!