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This week, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum decided that the time to quit his upset bid had finally come. He shuttered a campaign that had risen from the depths to become a surprising success and, for a time, a real burr in former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's side. But with the heavy risk of flaming out for a second time in his home state, Santorum opted to go out on as high a note as possible, and in so doing, he officially made the primary season a secondary concern.
Yes, Texas Rep. Ron Paul still has some leverage to wield, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has some shout left in him, but this race has ended up where we mostly thought it would, with Romney as the GOP standardbearer and President Barack Obama as the incumbent hoping to hold forth. Neither man is unprepared for this matchup. Romney has, almost from the beginning, spent more time looking past his fellow GOP contenders and kept his eyes on his eventual general election opponent. And the Obama campaign never indulged too heavily in the speculation that one of Romney's competitors was going to end up tripping Mitt at the finish line. Each has anticipated the other, and by and large, so have we all.
Now, the question that gets raised is what sort of race we should expect from here. On that regard, Politico's John Harris predicts that the coming campaign will be a model of "self-restraint in an age of rage."
The general election will pit one exceptionally self-contained, self-disciplined, self-motivated man against another with precisely the same traits.
Voters have a choice between two men whose minds gravitate to rationality and logic — both of whom have expressed disdain for the disorder and surliness that pervade modern governance.
There may be more than coincidence at work with this seeming paradox. During a time when politics is defined by media saturation and relentless attacks, there is a premium on politicians who live by an ethic of constant self-control.
It sure is pretty to think that this is what's likely to happen. But this week's "Rosengate" flap suggests otherwise. This is a matter we've already opined at length about, so we won't repeat ourselves. But the whole incident demonstrated that civility can go out the window entirely when the right buttons get pressed. In this case, we had Romney's yawning gender gap, and the vulnerability that poses for him, intersecting with the traditional "leave the spouses out of it" rule of decorum.
The result: a silly vendetta. The Romney team went full-teeth after someone who's got nothing at all to do with the campaign. The Obama team ordered its allies to go out with a baseball bat and not return until they'd managed to get a Hilary Rosen-shaped dent embedded in the wood. Whatever value there was to be had in a discussion about women or moms or the economy got lost. The only thing Romney gained was an opportunity to push the assassination joke by his new backer, Foster Friess -- and the sixth birthday of "Romneycare" -- out of the headlines. The only benefit to Obama was a cheap scoring of a "Sista Soulja moment." And in the end, the entire contretemps only really had salience with the cosseted elites of the Beltway and the media by which it is served.
But one of your Speculatroners' regular readers emailed in with a good point: If Hilary Rosen had made the same comments two months ago, no one would have said a blessed word about it. And that's the difference between the primary season and what we're on to now. We're no longer in the part of the process where Romney gets shot at and he has to abide by Reagan's 11th Commandment and stay his hand. It's open season on everybody now.
We'd like to believe in the fantasy that Harris is describing, but we don't. (In fact, we think that all Harris is doing is setting up the "I'm so disappointed in the direction the election has taken" article that he already plans to write.) This week's sharp turn into rage was predictable, considering last week's kerfuffle between Reince Priebus and Democratic rapid-responders, who bypassed arguing a substantive point and went straight to trying to score cheap points arguing Priebus' metaphor.
But here's all you need to remember. Obama is happy to wage a negative campaign. Romney has already calculated that lying will need to be a key feature of his campaign (and his surrogates have actually admitted this). And both of these guys will be backed by stacked super PACs, that only really exist to allow someone affiliated with the campaign to get elbow-deep in the dank.
So we're at a crossroads here, and the candidates have choices. They could wage a high-minded campaign, rooted in substance, and wage a valuable debate that edifies and empowers voters. Or they could choose a nasty, brutish, interminable slog to November. We'd love to see the former, but we predict the latter.
Elsewhere on the campaign trail, the smooth road for Gary Johnson's quest for the Libertarian Party nomination hit a roadblock, Newt Gingrich expanded his fight with Romney to a fight with a former employer, Ron Paul's campaign waged an unseen battle in Missouri that could presage his future, Obama's campaign battled ts own sense of cockiness, and Rick Santorum had a surprisingly potent bid for respectability. For all of this and the rest of the news from the rapidly receding campaign trail, please feel free to enter the Speculatron for the week of April 13, 2012.
Even before Rick Santorum made his decision to abandon his pursuit of the nomination, Romney had essentially established his inevitability. And once Santorum dropped out, it was all over but for the shouting. And while Santorum's departure brought with it a slew of endorsements that were hardly courageous ones, being within sight of the summit nevertheless came with big benefits: Big Oil's getting all in with the Romney campaign, and he'll be taking home a larger share of former Santorum Super PACker Foster Friess' money as well. Nonetheless, Romney still starts the general election in a position that few would envy. He's a pretty generic Republican figure -- an intense beige that only gets colorful when one considers his historically unprecedented favorability problems and the fact that he's best known for designing a health care innovation that has, in the four years since his last run, gone from being holy writ to anathema. But Romney has more time to make up this ground than most pundits seem to want to give him credit for having, and that hard work is now well underway. The "fence mending" has begun, and the great "pivot" is on. In a good sign, pro-life activists seem to have resigned themselves to the fact that they're going to have to support the candidate they liked the least. The GOP's top gay donors, on the other hand, haven't quite gotten there yet. But the more pressing problem for Romney is the canyon sized gender gap that's opened up as a result of the primary season and its attendant foolishness. Here, Romney's working to turn his liability into a weapon, in an attempt to make the case that the actual "war on women" has been the job losses their cohort has suffered because of the Obama administration's policies. This is going to be a tough charge to make stick, if only because the massive job loss that transpired over the past years came during the time between the autumn of 2008, when Obama wasn't president, and the period up until the stimulus plan took effect and aid started getting out to vulnerable job-holders. It also doesn't help that Romney's claim is predicated on a willfully myopic interpretation of available labor statistics. It also doesn't help that the Romney campaign didn't seem to understand that at some point, they'd be asked for their position on the Lily Ledbetter Act. Our own Sam Stein, who put the query to Romney surrogates expecting a simple answer, was fairly surprised when the campaign was unprepared to talk about it, and needed some time to think it over. It is perhaps unsurprising, however, when you consider that the women Romney enlisted to argue on his behalf are more-or-less exclusively opposed to equal pay protections for women, and that while the campaign eventually promised to continue the law established by the Act, antipathy for pay equity is plainly just a part of Romney's DNA. But if this week's flap with Hilary Rosen proved anything, it demonstrated that on the gender-gap issue, the Romney campaign is a cornered, rabid animal, and as such, they're willing to fight back with an insane frenzy if anyone gets too close. Even if that means having to tell a lot of "whoppers" about Rosen being intimately involved in the Obama White House and campaign. (Those who have decided that they're willing to die on this hill seem to want to point to the fact that people named "Hilary Rosen" have visited the White House 35 times, whilst disregarding the rather obvious fact that Presidential advisers are expected to show up for work with much greater regularity. This is the point at which "Rosengate" breeds its own version of Birther loonies.) But none of this means that Romney's women and jobs argument can't be made to work. Let's recall that this month's jobs report didn't exactly contain the champagne-and-fireworks numbers that previous months had offered. Economic fundamentals still largely mirror electoral fundamentals, and if recovery stagnates or reverses, Romney will likely find that this argument will gain traction. In fact, he'll have the opportunity to make all sorts of different arguments. Romney won't have to pivot much, if the world around him goes for a spin.
Last fall, when your Speculatroners were assessing the emerging GOP race, there were, on a couple of occasions, where we sort of wrote off Rick Santorum as a guy that conservative voters liked but didn't actually want to vote for to be their party's nominee. At the time, these seemed evident on its face -- after all, he was habitually polling in the low single digits, and fighting for a place in the discussion alongside lesser lights, like Jon Huntsman. Well, we were wrong about Rick Santorum. Clearly. And in weird way, it's actually a little bit exhilirating to have been wrong about that. It's always a good thing to be surprised at the way our politics plays out. An underdog goes on a tear, wins a couple of states he shouldn't be winning, causes some trouble for the frontrunner or -- perhaps more importantly, that calcified "conventional wisdom" that sometimes ends up sticking to those who try to avoid it the most. If Rick Santorum managed to achieve anything with his campaign, it was to remind us that we don't always know what we think we know. And that's a good thing to be reminded of. Rick Santorum didn't have much going for him in the early stage of the race, and at the late stages, he had more, but not enough. But he got pretty far on pure tenacity. We did notice fairly early on that even though Santorum found himself way out on the wings of the stage at those first few GOP debates, there was no one better at jumping into a bit of dead air. While everyone else was catching their breath, Santorum was diving in. He carved out a presence for himself, and the spotlight slowly bent in his direction. Of all the various competitors to rise quickly and fall softly -- Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich -- Santorum was the unlikely guy who rose at the right time and managed to sustain himself. At later debates, he managed to build some elegant arguments off the cuff. And as the lights were going down on many of the early primary nights, he consistently greeted supporters with more sincerity and humanity than Mitt Romney ever managed. His was the heart that the Tin Man frontrunner coveted. There will be plenty of dissections over what specifically went wrong for Santorum. Some will point to instances like his famous "college is for snobs" discussion as a moment he lost the thread. Others will point to the late-reward he received in Iowa -- had he been properly anointed the king of the Iowa Caucus, perhaps he would have skipped New Hampshire and been the guy who laid the trap for Romney in South Carolina. I'd point to those final debates where Romney -- after largely being content to let his competitors brew up a bicker-fest with one another -- finally had to respect Santorum and treat him like a real competitor. And, of course, there are the fundamental problems: Santorum's candidacy was run on a shoestring budget, without the sort of support you need to target voters at the district level, ensure ballot access and delegate slates, and extract as much delegate support from the arcane state-level political processes as you can. But Santorum can leave the race and rejoin his family with his head high. He can also, perhaps, look ahead to a future Presidential run. If Romney falters in November, you can bet that the rank-and-file will rebel against moderate candidates with a frenzy. And Santorum will be the alternative they remember. Hey, at the very least, Rick Santorum doesn't have as big a "Google problem" as he used to.
Over the weekend, it really seemed that Newt Gingrich had managed to gain the insight he needed to understand two things. First, he was not going to win the nomination. Second, he wasn't going to swoop into Tampa with the leverage necessary to do much of anything, other than to maybe throw shade on Mitt Romney and remind everyone that Mitt is, to Newt's reckoning, insufficiently conservative. (Gingrich will probably be the last person in America to bitterly cling to Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom's "Etch A Sketch" line.) On Fox News Sunday, Newt made two things pretty clear. First, he admitted that Romney was "far and away the most likely" person to win the nomination. And second, he was in a wee bit of debt. Like around $4.5 million in debt. And in this economy? Like, whoa. Things had gotten so bad that Newt actually bounced a check that was intended to pay to get him on the ballot in Utah Primary. Where, we remind you, he will get utterly obliterated by Mitt Romney. You can only get so far, coasting on a donor base that is largely delusional about your chances. Though Gingrich does still have the backing of failed New York gubrnatorial candidate and reprobate Carl Paladino, who said some encouraging things about Gingrich this week that involved calling a whole bunch of people "pussies." But if it seemed like Newt had finally gotten himself resigned to reality on Sunday morning, that ended up changing very quickly in the next few hours. By Monday, he was sounding like he was back in the race for the long haul. Gingrich explained that he was inspired by Bubba Watson's unlikely, sudden-death win in the weekend's Masters Tournament, and somehow extracted the lesson that he, too, was Bubba Watson. And when Rick Santorum announced that he was going to drop out, it further facilitated Gingrich's ability to take complete leave of his senses. Suddenly, it was a "two-man race" again, and Gingrich started talking about all of the delegates he was going to acquire, somehow, through magic and cunning stratagems from Lao Tzu, or something. Gingrich targeted Delaware -- which is not particularly brimming with delegates -- as the site of his resurrection. But Gingrich is still basically whipsawing back and forth, like that dude on that AWAKE show on NBC that keeps alternating between two dream-states. Or something? We do not actually follow this AWAKE show too closely. At any rate, one minute, Gingrich is making it clear that he would happily support Romney as the nominee. And the next minute, he's slagging Romney for being a terrible disaster. He says that he "probably wouldn't accept a job in Mitt Romney's Cabinet," but why on earth would Romney offer him one? Actually, that would be a great sitcom -- Romney and Gingrich, they hate each other but now they have to run the country! Thursday nights on NBC! (This would probably lead to AWAKE's cancellation. We think anyway. Is it a good show? Like we said, we don't follow it that closely, but seeing as we follow Newt Gingrich pretty closely, we're obviously gluttons for punishment.) Speaking of television, Newt Gingrich really, really doesn't want to have a job with Fox News, ever again. Or so it would seem. See, in the twilight hour of this campaign he's staging, Newt's decided to go out by burning down his master's house. Of the Fox News Channel, who had lately been willing to provide him with money, Gingrich said: I think FOX has been for Romney all the way through. In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than FOX this year. We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of FOX, and we're more likely to get distortion out of FOX. That's just a fact. Fox responded to this by basically saying that Gingrich was "bitter" and desperate to get a gig at CNN. And they have a point! That does, indeed, sound like the desire of a desperate man.
This week, Ron Paul spent the bulk of his time campaigning in his home state of Texas. And his homecoming seems to have provided Paul with something of a jolt -- if you had, for some reason, picked a Paul event this week as your first foray into the 2012 campaign, you'd never know that this candidacy was far out of the running. Paul talking "revolution" on the stump this week like he just made up his mind to lead an insurgency yesterday, telling a Fort Worth crowd, "They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change." A San Antonio crowd got a reminder of the larger cause Paul projects ahead of his own presidential ambitions, with Paul declaiming, ""They like to pretend we don't exist, we don't have a campaign...But you can't stop a message whose time has come." And Texans elsewhere were treated to a new ad from Paul, which criticized all of his competitors, and brimmed with Lone Star State-sized swag. And, even as Newt Gingrich tries to conjure some way of earning some additional delegates, we were treated this week to Paul's "caucus strategy" team in action, doing the very work that Gingrich is still contemplating, in St. Charles County, Missouri: Supporters of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul took control of St. Charles County's second-try Republican caucus Tuesday night, winning all of its delegates to later stages of the state GOP's presidential selection process. The Paul campaign used superior organization to get its people to the meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center. More than 900 people took part overall. [...] Paul's caucus victory occurred even though he got less than 13 percent of the vote in the county in the nonbinding GOP presidential primary in February. Paul is far behind front-runner Mitt Romney in national delegate totals. "They worked hard, were well organized and they got the turnout," Karen Fesler, the disappointed state director of Rick Santorum's campaign, said of the victorious Paul team. Paul's crew is still just putting on a clinic in this nuts-and-bolts arena, and probably giving more exposure to the arcane state-level electoral process than we've ever seen. And while you still got to call Paul's chances remote, you know his people will be making a big deal out of the latest Rasmussen Poll: Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul again polls better against President Barack Obama in a head-to-head matchup than establishment-choice moderate Mitt Romney, according to a poll released today from Rasmussen. The poll notes that in a general election matchup, the 12-term Congressman from Texas edges out Obama by 1 percentage point, 44 to 43 percent. The survey also notes that in a hypothetical 2012 head-to-head, Obama and Romney are tied at 45 percent, which bodes poorly for Republicans being urged to believe the race is over, only to later experience buyer's remorse. And, as Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake point out, Paul has one other thing that Gingrich does not have at this point -- leverage: ...when it comes to the future of the contest, it's hard to dispute that Paul matters more than Gingrich. As we have written before, Paul has a group of supporters whose ardor for his message is far greater than any other candidate can boast. Not only that, but Paul's backers are loyal first and foremost to Paul -- not to the Republican party. And that's what makes Paul potentially influential as the race moves forward. A Paul third-party candidacy would, barring some sort of unforeseen dynamic, likely hand President Obama a second term. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his campaign team understand the power that Paul could wield and have gone out of their way to befriend him -- and avoid alienating his supporters. At some point between now an August, Paul and his people will want something -- a speaking slot at the national convention? Consideration of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul as a running mate? -- from Romney World. But while Paul's staying in the race, and letting folks know that any call to get behind Romney is premature, attention is being given, all the same, to what Paul has managed to achieve with this latest run for the White House, and what the future of Paul's movement might look like. Micah Cohen, performing a "living autopsy" on Paul's campaign, finds that the Congressman made some impressive gains in the past four years: Mr. Paul's share of the overall vote has more than doubled. He won 10 percent of the cumulative vote in the 32 states that have voted so far this year. In the states that voted on or before Super Tuesday in 2008 (27 states), Mr. Paul received just 4 percent. In both elections, Mr. Paul performed better in time-intensive caucuses than in primaries, helped by the enthusiasm of his supporters. Although, the difference was less pronounced this year. Mr. Paul finished almost a full spot higher, on average, in caucuses than in primaries in 2008. In 2012, he averaged about a half spot higher in caucuses. As Cohen notes, that one area in which he seemed to fall short was in fundraising. This comes as a mild surprise. Though this is perhaps no fault of Paul's -- the economic conditions were much better during Paul's last run for the White House, as the economic calamity that likely stole the sort of disposable income that grass-roots political supporters can provide a candidate didn't occur until Paul was out of the race. What comes after Paul quits this race? In all likelihood, the young voters he's brought to his side will continue to fly the flag -- perhaps with Rand Paul marching in his father's place. Go back to that article about his team working for delegates in St. Charles County. That's a group of people who could return in 2016 with a pretty advanced understanding of how politics at these out-of-sight but critically important lever points work. They'll have lessons to extract about what works and what doesn't. They'll be able to repeat their techniques, adapt to new ones, train campaign workers and downticket candidates, and essentially become a political organization that's as passionate about the process as they are about the vision. Basically, this movement has come a long way since that time they were all about flying blimps around.
Buddy Roemer's third party effort (we suppose that because he's seeking the Reform Party ballot and the Americans Elect nomination that maybe this should be a "third and fourth party" effort) continues apace. Roemer, as you well know, is right at home on Twitter, and has lately taken to staging "Twitter town halls" with supporters and curiosity seekers, when he's not using the forum to blast messages about the bleak state of the political system and his competition, which, to Roemer's reckoning, is fairly money-corrupted. (He's not wrong!) Roemer had the opportunity this week to speak at length on the latter matter at an appearance at Tulane University. In his address, Roemer denounced both parties as "married at the billfold." While his criticisms focused on President Obama, he often couched them by mentioning that they were not personal, but that Obama is simply a product of the corrupt political system. For example, Roemer complained that the president's signature legislative accomplishment, health care reform, has so many concessions to the insurance, pharmaceutical and hospital industries that it will result in a more costly medical system overall. "You think your vote counts?" Roemer said. "No, it doesn't. The only time you count is when you're old enough or rich enough or desperate enough to give a big check to a politician." Those same special interests dominate policy making at every level of government, Roemer said. After the passage of controversial banking reform legislation -- which he said still allows "too big to fail" banks that were the basis of the banking crisis -- Obama held a Wall Street fundraiser hosted by investment firm Goldman Sachs. "I think America's in trouble," Roemer said. "I think we've allowed our government to be run by GE and Goldman Sachs." Also in trouble, though? Roemer's hopes for gaining the Americans Elect nomination, where he's falling short of the threshold of support the organization established as his own benchmark. He's making what effort he can to get over the hump, directing that what warchest he has be spent on signing up the delegates he needs to qualify. As Austin Cassidy reports, he's a ways to go: "Thus far, only about 3,000 people in total have signed-up to back the former Louisiana governor in his quest for a spot on all 50 state ballots. What's worse is that in Roemer's very best state, California, he's only about 30% of the way to the required threshold." And Roemer is actually doing better than anyone else at securing the Americans Elect nomination, all of which leads Cassidy to ask a few pressing questions: With the recent signs of trouble coming from the non-profit organization, it's unclear how the process would move forward if no candidate managed to secure the required support. Would Americans Elect cease to exist? Would their millions in ballot access spending go totally to waste? Yeah, spoiler alert: the answers to those inquiries are "yes" and "yes."
Fred Karger, despite being the longest of shots and getting longer to win the nomination, aint quit this race yet. And he's not likely to do so anytime soon, if his interview with The Times Of Israel is any guide: I've always been a long shot -- I've said that from day one. I've never run for office before. My entire goal, and it still is, is to get in one debate, and if that happens, anything is possible. We've seen what happened to Herman Cain, a classic example -- he was in the first debate in South Carolina last May, and he went from zero to ahead of Romney in Iowa. So my strategy was two-fold: It was to get into one of the early debates. I came very close -- I qualified for the Ames, Iowa, Fox News debate last August, but then they changed the rules to keep me out... Now I'm hoping that the field narrows to two, and I'll be the third candidate... That has been my strategy all along, and we're right on track. "I'm not ruling Fred Karger out just yet. I'm one debate away," says Karger. But even though he's pressing on in the race for the nomination, we've noticed that lately he's been willing to spend more time working another debate that he is, perhaps, even more passionate about -- marriage equality, and his ongoing battle with the National Organization For Marriage (NOM). A week ago, Karger was highlighting Mitt Romney's $10,000 donation to the group, and pointing out hos NOM had been playing fast and loose with their money and their public statements. This week, he ramped up his attacks on NOM, by targeting it's figurehead, Maggie Gallagher, and her own marriage. In an email to supporters, Karger referred to Gallagher as a "bigocrite" (think "bigot" meets "hypocrite") and went on to wonder if the state of Gallagher's own marriage wasn't lacking: Where's Your Wedding Ring, Maggie?? According to WikiAnswers only 9.3% of American women don't wear a wedding ring, a pretty small number. Certainly this national champion of marriage whose twitter name is @MaggieMarriage would wear a wedding ring if she was really married. Tell the Truth, Maggie I first became suspicious when you spoke in Rhode Island two years ago at NOM's "Celebrate Marriage & Family Day." If ever there was a day to appear with your husband that was it. I even scoured Google images, not one photo of you and Raman. NOM's Brian Brown is all over Google. There are lots of photos of Brian with his wife and family. I smell a rat, Maggie. In a funny echo of the Birthers, Karger signed off: "Let's see your marriage license, Maggie. Better yet, let's see your husband!" So, when Karger's quest for the nomination ends, you get a good sense of the cause he'll be turning to. And he'll have a higher profile to put to use.
Gary Johnson's campaign trail has, of late, been a pretty clear road. He's been crisscrossing the United States, lining up support for his Libertarian Party bid for the presidency, and quietly building to seven percent in the head-to-head polls that included him. And up to now, the experience has seemed to be a refreshing and uncomplicated one for the former New Mexico Governor. So at some point, he had to figure that he'd catch some criticism and backlash. And as it turns out, this was the week that happened. I think the important thing now is to make sure Obama is not elected,and that means in my mind, I would love for a libertarian like Gary Johnson the two term governor of New Mexico would actually get elected President, but I think we all know that's not going to happen so therefore it's got to be Romney there is no choice. That's Wayne Allyn Root, the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate from 2008, weighing on the matter. Now, Root's comments managed to attract some Johnson defenders. (Which is understandable, considering that Root ran under the same banner, without concern for whose election he was spoiling!) But somehow, this broke the seal, and it was suddenly okay to start criticizing Johnson again. To be sure, these other critics had a perfectly decent argument to make. Johnson sat down this week with reporters from the Daily Caller, to talk foreign policy, and those reporters were quick to notice an inconsistency: Johnson said that while he wants to end the war in Afghanistan, that doesn't mean he would necessarily stop drone attacks against terrorists in Pakistan or Yemen, even though he believes they create more enemies than they kill. "I would want leave all options on the table," Johnson said. "But there's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen," he continued. "Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants." But if Johnson plans on leaving Afghanistan, how does he plan to leave the option of a drone campaign against al-Qaida elements in Pakistan on the table? And that inconsistency was of even greater importance to the libertarians Johnson was courting, who had come to expect Johnson to be a voice against militarism. Thomas Mullen, writing for the Washington Times "communities" pages, voiced this criticism the best: Johnson proposes to cut the military budget by 43 percent. However, when pressed on one hypothetical military intervention after another, Johnson refuses to rule any out. He'd consider military intervention for humanitarian reasons. He believes that the United States should maintain a military presence in the Middle East. He would continue drone attacks in Pakistan. By the end of the interview, libertarians were likely waiting for Johnson to rip off a mask Scooby Doo villain-style, revealing he was really Dick Cheney in disguise. [...] Libertarians make policy decisions based upon the non-aggression principle. Recognizing that all government activity is a mandate backed with a threat of violence, libertarians understand that every policy either responds to aggression or perpetrates it. There is no third choice. Cost and benefit are not factors in libertarian decision-making. That the government costs far less when limited to responding to aggression is one result of libertarianism, but not its governing standard. There is no evidence that Gary Johnson is even aware of the philosophical basis of libertarianism. If he is aware of it, he's obviously decided to reject it. That's certainly his prerogative, but he shouldn't be seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination. Well, he did say he'd lower the drinking age. That's pretty cool, right?
Doesn't it seem like just two weeks ago, the Obama campaign was really concerned that their supporters were going to get complacent, assume that the President had re-election in the bag, and figure that it was just going to be easy? If it seems like that, that's because they were -- and they were taking great pains to instill worry and fear. Two weeks later, Buzzfeed's Michael Hastings and Ben Smith drop in on Obama HQ, and they find the same worries have magnified in a campaign that's currently giving in to their worst tendencies: "To say that the campaign doesn't fear Romney is an understatement -- he's viewed as almost a joke." Some of Obama's old Chicago allies however, say they worry that the campaign is getting a little too cocky. Months of blockbuster economic data were interrupted by a March jobs report that missed expectations. Obama allies fear that the president's team will get caught flatfooted on the economy if growth slows down between now and Election Day. And complacency? Got that too: Axelrod described what he saw as "complacency" among donors in face of what is likely to be a $700 million to $800 million onslaught from the Romney campaign and their Super PACs. "That's why we took the position that we took that we need to support the [Obama Super PAC] effort," he said. "There is still ambivalence on the part of people. Perhaps people are too complacent because the Republican race has been so much of a spectacle." Perhaps. And maybe the burden of cockiness and complacency is helped along by a strong run for the incumbent in polls, various and sundry. Obama's approval ratings continue to edge upward. Poll respondents say that he is "more likable" than Romney. Obama leads with swing state independents. And in North Carolina -- one of the key states into which Obama expanded Democratic support in 2008 -- he's opened up a decent five-point lead. And, of course, the biggest advantage Obama has at the moment is that the grueling and often debasing GOP primary season has put him on the right side of a giant gender gap, and the campaign is gleefully working to maintain it. "Women are not an interest group," said Obama, whilst addressing -- wait for it! -- a women's issue forum. He went on to raise the rhetorical: "Is it possible that Congress would get more done if there were more women in congress?...I think it's fair to say: That is almost guaranteed." Yeah, so, as you can see, it's totally possible to lay this on a little thick. But you would be hard-pressed to call a celebration of any of these polling advantages as anything other than premature. There are plenty of factors that can bring them back down to earth, and make this a close race. The economy, for example, is still the economy -- fragile, fraught and easily shaken. And this week, the Obama got a jobs report that did not immediately have them reaching for Chivas and cupcakes. If the recent jobs report is the beginning of a stall, or a pitch back into bad news, Romney will be able to advantage himself. And there are plenty of political decisions that can go wrong and policy outcomes that can head into SNAFUland. For example, the latest incarnation of a plan to help needy homeowners looks like it's going to be a big fat bust like most of the others. Obama's decision to embrace the GOP's JOBS Act looks like a gesture that will either be cynical or harmful or both -- as Matt Taibbi points outs, it's tough to see Obama's decision to sign on to plan that will allow more fraudulent shenanigans from sketchy start-up companies as anything other than a reward to his Silicon Valley donor base. And the latest perplexing decision came only two days ago, when the Obama administration gave out that they would be delaying the implementation of an executive order that was intended to prevent federal contractors from discriminating against members of the LGBT community. We don't have the first damn idea what the policy benefit is for delaying this, and we can even begin to fathom what likely group of Obama voters this panders to. For the umpteenth time, your Speculatroners will remind you that we forecast a tight race. These are some of the reasons why.
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4 Star B&B, close to town centre, amenities and award winning beach. Two Double rooms en-suite with showers and one twin en-suite with bath. The ideal base to explore the town and surrounding area. You can also Email us on: email@example.com
|Bayleaf Guest House
The Bayleaf is a charming Victorian Licensed Guest House, centrally located for all amenities, and the seafront, yet quietly situated. Our family run house will take care of your short or long term holiday. Afternoon teas & bar snacks available, with a well stocked bar. All bedrooms are en-suite including two ground floor rooms for easy access. Colour TV, beverage trays and complimenary toiletries. Car parking available.10, St Peter's Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8QY.Tel: 01263 823779 http://www.bayleafbandb.co.uk
|Belgrade B & B 31 Holt Road Sheringham NR26 8NB
Large family house with two double bedrooms, both en-suite and within walking distance of the town and the amenities. Car parking available. Tel 01263 822653 Mobile: 07790748656 Email - email@example.com
|Camberley Guest House
Friendly, comfortable, family run B&B in splendid Victorian house, close to Sheringham beach and town centre. Views over the sea and countryside. Ample off street parking.
|Chalet House
High quality family run Bed and Breakfast with one ground floor twin-bedded room and one first floor double room both with en-suite and all private facilities. Close to town centre and all amenities. Good off-road parking.Also organised bird wartching tours and bird watching weekend breaks available.70b Cromer Road Sheringham Tel 01263 821604
|Cleathouse - 5 Star Gold
We are accredited 5 star Gold, with a national breakfast award;offering luxury and homely accommodation, we are listed in Alastair Sawday's 'Special places to stay'. Our bedrooms are elegantly furnished with your comfort in mind, all with sitting area. TV DVD, bathrobes, hairdryer, complementary toiletries and tea facilities. Wireless network is available in all bedrooms. We also have a separate guest sitting room well equipped with extras such as iron,DVDs, books, local maps and fridge. We are a great location to walk, or drive from, to explore North Norfolk heritage coastline, or wander into town for your evening meal.
|Highfield Guest House
A lovely spacious Edwardian house in the heart of Sheringham, quietly tucked away, yet just a stones throw to the beach, rail station and golf course. We'd love for you to come and stay with us, you'll get the very best of good ole Norfolk hospitality, with a great nights sleep in one of our lovely, en-suite bedrooms and a breakfast to write home about. Look forward to seeing you! Click on photo for link. 01263 825233 http://www.highfieldsheringham.com/
|Hill Top Outdoor Centre
Modern Accommodation within activity centre. Suitable for family breaks.
|Holly Cottage Bed & Breakfast The Rise Sheringham
Holly Cottage guest house-award winning superb accomodation offering 2 suites, one on the ground floor for less abled visitors. This suite can be a double/triple or 2 singles. Situated in a quite residential area with off-road parking walking distance of the Town, Churches, Theatre, beach and Steam Railway. A bus stop is situated one minute from the guest house going into town, Holt, Cromer and Norwich are all accesible. The Coasthopper runs between Cromer and King's Lynn. Our aim is to make your stay in Norfolk a happy one in our home to home Christian guest house. We cater for Vegetarians, full english breakfast & special diets.We provide complimentary items, orthepedic matresses and pillows for comfort.A deposit of £50 secures the booking(sorry no cards) We are usually open from Easter to October please ring for further details. 01263 822807 email email@example.com click photo for link
|Hooray Henrys
A unique B&B offering a warm welcome, boutique style accommodation with king size and double beds, memory foam mattresses, hypoallergenic bedding and a fabulous Norfolk breakfast. Flat screen TV, tea and coffee facilities, homemade cookies, robes and much, much more.........
|Olivedale Guest House
Olivedale is ideally located just round the corner from the Little Theatre, and 2 mins from the Steam Railway and Beach. Offering a real home from home experience,with really comfy beds and great breakfast. For more info, availability, and booking click on the picture for the link to www.olivedale.co.uk
|Providence Place Bed and Breakfast
Providence Place Bed and Breakfast is a lovingly restored Victorian property built in the late 1800s. Situated in the charming coastal town of Sheringham, Norfolk. We offer superior bed and breakfast accommodation, with facilities that include, en-suite bath and shower rooms and off road parking.We are ideally situated, just two minutes walk from Sheringham town centre, with all its attractions and amenities, including the famous steam rail way and award winning beach.
|Sunrays B&B 29 Holt Road Sheringham
A Lovely Arts and Crafts house offering Bed and Breakfast. Four double ensuite rooms, two in the main house and two ground floor annexe rooms. Large parking area. Tel 01263 822663 Email firstname.lastname@example.com
|The Lobster Inn B&B
The Lobster Inn B&B offers rooms furnished to a high standard with hotel quality beds and duvets. All rooms have Superfast Wi-Fi, a flat screen TV and tea / coffee making facilities. Our breakfast menu features a full English, continental, cereal and bread baked locally for your toast. Evening and lunchtime meals are also available. Our Stables accommodation has a stunning 10m long luxury en-suite for those extra special occasions in memorable surroundings. The Stables also has further en-suite rooms which can be block booked along with the luxury suite to create self contained accommodation for groups of up to 10 people. Website www.thelobsterinn.co.uk
|The Melrose B&B
3 star accommodation in the heart of Sheringham. Jewel of the North Norfolk Coast. Suzanne and John invite you to The Melrose where you will always receive a warm welcome. We are within easy walking distance of rail and bus stations, the town centre and the beach. We also have a private car park for our guests. Our nine bedrooms are all ensuite with colour televisions and beverage tray.
|The Two Lifeboats B & B
A Traditional Pub with Waves of History. The Two Lifeboats was originally a coffee shop and Fisherman's Mission circa 1720. The public house is named after the Augusta & Duncan lifeboats that rescued a crew of eight from the wreck of the Norwegian brig Caroline on December 6th 1882. Steeped in history and fully refurbished to a very high standard we opened to the public in June 2012. Offering not only high standards of surroundings, we pride ourselves on providing a quality affordable family offer. The refurbishment of our letting rooms is complete. We can now offer: 1 single, 1 twin, and 4 double rooms. All rooms are en-suite and have a sea view.The recently completed boutique re-fit is to a very high standard and we are sure you will have a comfortable stay with us. Seasonal holiday packages will be offered including Christmas and Easter breaks

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Even if a vacation isn't in the cards for you this summer, there's plenty to do right in our own area. Make sure you put some of our world-class local museums and summer music events on your calendar.
Even if a vacation isn't in the cards for you this summer, there's plenty to do right in our own area. Make sure you put some of our world-class local museums on your summer calendar.
In Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts will be offering an exciting mix of new exhibitions featuring American and European artists as well as summer-themed musical activities in its courtyard.
"Alex Katz Prints" (through July 29) offers more than 90 works by an iconic artist known for his bold colors. Smaller shows running through the summer include "Silver, Salt and Sunlight: Early Photography in Britain and France," "Manet in Black" and "Seeking Shambala" about a legendary Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas.
Running Wednesday evenings July 11 through Aug. 29, the MFA's Courtyard Summer Series will bring an eclectic mix local musical favorites like Patty Larkin (Aug. 2) to bands with international roots such as Oliver Mtukudzi an the Black Spirits (July 25). Tickets are $24 for members, seniors and students and $30 for non-members. For information, visit www.mfa.org
For his first U.S. show, British sculptor Gary Webb will be exhibiting two works outside the entrance plaza of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and a survey inside the Lincoln museum. Curator Nick Capasso predicted visitors would be excited by "the sheer joy and bizarre fun" of Webb's sculptures which are characterized by his use of numerous unusual materials.
For the third year, the deCordova will host outdoor yoga classes on its spacious grounds with sessions offered on the second Sundays of June, July, August and September. Starting at 10 a.m., half-hour classes will be offered for children from 3 to 12 years old and classes for adults in Vinyasa Flow Yoga will start at 11 a.m. Classes cost $5 for children and $15 for adults.
The deCordova opens a new show, "Second Nature," that features abstract photographs by more than 30 20th century photographers. May 26 – April 2013. www.decordova.org
Where else but the New England Aquarium will visitors be greeted by African penguins or get the chance to feel the smooth wings of cownose rays and 2-foot-long Indonesian bonnet head sharks in the largest Open Touch Tank in the East Coast. Or, come and see Sierra and Zoe, the Aquarium's mischievous new 2-year-old sea lions in the New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center.
Need to escape Boston's summer heat? Check out "To the Arctic," a spectacular new 3-D film narrated by Oscar winner Meryl Streep, in the NEA's Simons IMAX Theater, about the struggles of a mother bear and her two cubs to survive a changing environment. For information, visit www.neaq.org
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The second International Rachmaninoff Russian Music Festival comes to the area for a week of choral concerts, opera, chamber, organ music, modern and more. Titled "Russia's Musical Treasure Chest," the concerts celebrate the beauty and tradition of Russia at a variety of venues in Brighton, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Acton. May 20-27. www.russianmusicfest.com
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A 19-year-old Silverdale man claims he was ripped off of $100 Tuesday after buying faulty stereo equipment.
According to Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reports, the victim was exiting the Jack in the Box on the 10700 block of Silverdale Way when he was approached by two men who wanted to sell him $2,500 worth of stereo equipment for $600 to $700.
The men eventually talked the 19-year-old into looking at the sound system, which was in the back of their white delivery van. The three agreed on the price of $100 for everything.
The man said he took the Olin Ross system home and hooked up, only to discover that it didn't work.
He went online and discovered that there have been many people who were scammed just like him with the same faulty equipment.
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You might say 1959, when, barely able to read, I sprawled on my belly on the living-room floor and read the comic strips "Alley Oop" and "Captain Easy." (I liked the Tribune's "Dick Tracy" much better.)
You could say 1968, when I started riding my bike a half mile through the night, its whirring generator keeping the headlight gleaming, to deliver about 50 copies of The Courier-News. Ninety-five percent of the homes subscribed, paying me 45 cents a week and creating one single news and advertising organ that could reach virtually everybody in town.
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Team Wild Oats Chardonnay, undefeated on day two of the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta
The Australians have continued to shine on home soil in the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta with Nicky Souter and her Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club crew edging closer to qualifying for next month's ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship.
France's world number one Claire Leroy has also settled into the Elliott 6's and new surroundings with both she and Souter undefeated on day two. A redress race between the pair has been earmarked for the end of round robin two and the result of that grudge match will propel one of them into the regatta lead.
During a hard hitting match in flight six this afternoon against Leroy, an unexpected gybe on Souter's boat caught trimmer Kylie McKillop out, the boom hitting her in the head as it flicked across. This afternoon McKillop was taken to St Vincent's Hospital for observation.
Due to a race committee error at the start of that same match, which was unrelated to McKillop's misfortune, it will be re-sailed tomorrow.
Chardonnay racing conditions in terms of blue sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures again blessed the 10 boat fleet as Souter skippered Team Wild Oats Chardonnay to victory in six flights today, scoring a crucial win over club mate Spithill and world number two, Lotte Melgaard Pedersen from Denmark.
During a break after the completion of round robin one and prior to her accident, McKillop said, 'we have always sailed better in more breeze, especially against the Europeans'.
Two time ISAF youth rep Rayshele Martin, who sails bow for Souter, described today's conditions as shifty with the sprightly 10-15 knot NNE breeze a touch inconsistent.
'It's been building all day but it's shifty. It's a matter of looking up the course and staying on top of the shifts. There are patches where there's little wind, which makes it tricky. The breeze is lifting and knocking,' she said.
Leroy was delighted with her team's results today, commenting late this afternoon 'our manoeuvres were good. It was really shifty which meant we could take the advantage with our tactics'.
The match of the day according to the race committee was between Katie Spithill, who was the early mover on the first day of competition, and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Jess Smyth, who 'is coming up to pace' acknowledged the CYCA's Jenni Bonnitcha from on-water.
'On the final downwind run in flight four, Smyth was ahead but wide of the rhumb line. When the two gybed to reach towards the mark, Spithill rolled over Smyth and as they both squared up to finish it became anybody's race. Spithill got slightly better pressure to cross a hair's breadth in front,' said Bonnitcha.
One second separated the two teams on the scoresheet.
German skipper Silke Hahlbrock and well known 470 sailor Frederike Ziegelmeyer on bow have become accustomed to what is essentially an unfamiliar class of boat. Hahlbrock's world four ranking stands them in good stead but their arsenal for this regatta also includes a couple of locals recruited from the host club. CYCA Youth Sailing Academy sailors Lucinda Whitty and Kat Stroinovsky have spent countless hours aboard the Elliott 6s and they are proving valuable additions to the German push for victory in this lead up event to the Worlds.
Racing finished at 1645hrs with three flights of round robin two still to be sailed. It is hoped racing can finish early tomorrow so the overseas contingent can spend the afternoon soaking up some of the Sydney's famous sights prior to D-day on Wednesday when the knockout semi finals and finals will produce the overall winner.
Germany's Silke Hahlbrock sailing with YSA sailors Lucinda Whitty and Kat Stroinovsky, and Frederike Ziegelmeyer on the bow
For results go to www.cyca.com.au/editorial.asp?key=1550
Spectators can follow teams by their spinnaker colours, which will remain the same for the entire regatta. For the spinnaker draw go to www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/Harken_Competitors__Spinn_08.doc
Australia's Katie Spithill (Wotif.com) vs the world number one, France's Claire Leroy (Thai Airways).


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"Candy goes a long way to occupy children," she said. "During a disastrous event, it can make it less traumatic for them."
Steven Naglic, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Columbia, said everyone should have a plan for a natural disaster and be aware of what might happen in their local area.
He said the best way to be in the know is to sign up for text alerts from local news stations.
There are three types of major warnings: severe thunderstorms, where the hail is at least 1-inch wide or the winds are at least 58 mph; a flash flood warning, where the area will see 1 to 3 inches of rain and rivers might flood; and a tornado warning. All three are activated by the emergency alert system, he said, which goes out over weather radios. If someone does not have access to a weather radio, the next best thing is a text message from someone who does, such as a news outlet.
"Sometimes people know these things are coming, and they just look at them," he said. "Get to a safe location."
Emergency kits should have at least 1 gallon of water per person, per day. Canned soups and meals that are ready to eat are good sources of calories. Shelter, light and warmth were stressed, including keeping comfortable and clean clothing on hand.
The event was sold out to an audience filled with some EMS personnel, Red Cross volunteers and people who were interested in learning more about the weather.
Shannon Ferraro, 12, came with her mother so she could learn more about becoming a meteorologist.
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LeAnn Rimes on cheating fears: It's definitely creeped into my mind
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Given their shared history, it's not too surprising LeAnn Rimes is wary of Eddie Cibrian's wandering eye. This time, however, the spouses are hoping to avoid another scandal -- and further heartbreak.
Rimes, 30, shared her marital fears in an interview with "Entertainment Tonight" host Nancy O'Dell, who asked the country singer if she's ever worried Cibrian, 39, will cheat on her. "Everyone else would think I am a liar if I didn't say yes, and I have at times," Rimes admitted. "It's definitely creeped into my mind, as it would anyone's." The actor shares the same concerns about his wife, Rimes added.
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"I think we've been very honest and open with that to each other, and our conversations about it have only made me understand how much he actually cares, as much as I do, about being faithful to each other," the star continued. "Where I'm at in my relationship with Eddie, that is not a worry that's in the front of my mind."
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(The "Northern Lights" co-stars began dating in 2009 while still married to other people. Rimes' divorce from chef Dean Sheremet was finalized in June 2010; Cibrian shares custody of sons Mason, 9, and Jake, 5, with ex-wife Brandi Glanville, 40.)
To cope with her affair, Rimes put a pen to paper and co-wrote nine of her new album's 13 tracks. "I don't think I even knew I was going to address these things on the record," she said of "Spitfire," available this spring. "I really, actually do feel like I'm spitting fire on this record."
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Cibrian's infidelities are well-documented. His first wife, Glanville, recently sat down with another one of his mistresses, waitress Scheana Marie, during joint episodes of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "Vanderpump Rules." "I'm glad we talked," the model later told Us Weekly. "And when I see her now, I say hello and it's really not a big deal."
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Avoid the breakfast sandwiches at BJs Coffee. Blech.
Avoid the breakfast sandwiches at BJs Coffee. Blech.
Holy smoke - the smoking odor is really bad, even in the "no smoking" section. I'm spoiled by Austin's anti-smoking laws.
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For the past few years, I've been creating a monthly wellness calendar printable. If you've never used one, the calendars have a daily wellness-related challenge (stuff like drink eight glasses of water or go for a walk), and if you accomplish each task on the calendar in a month, you've set yourself up for a great start to a healthy lifestyle. I personally believe that healthy living is made up of a bunch of small decisions instead of the big ones. If you just choose to be healthy in one way each day, you're already ahead of the game!
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How can I do a wrapper function which calls another function with exactly same name and parameters as the wrapper function itself in global namespace?
For example I have in A.h foo(int bar); and in A.cpp its implementation, and in B.h foo(int bar); and in B.cpp foo(int bar) { foo(bar) }
I want that the B.cpp's foo(bar) calls A.h's foo(int bar), not recursively itself.
How can I do this? I don't want to rename foo.
A.h is in global namespace and I cannot change it, so I guess using namespaces is not an option?
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Organized Fishing Modular Utility Box Wire Rack - NFR-008
Store up to eight plastic utility boxes! Organized Fishing's NFR-008 Utility Box Wire Rack is a modular series of utility box organizers that are both functional and durable. The unit's wire supports are angled slightly upward to securely hold even loaded utility boxes. The Modular Utility Box Wire Rack from Organized Fishing accommodates Series #3600 and #3700 boxes. The rack ideal for wall hanging or as a freestanding rack.
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