I don’t think they posted the actual poll yet, but their last Iowa GOP primary poll had 481 respondents. So probably a number around there.
400-something, IIRC.
OK, so that’s not all that far removed from 1%, then.
On the bright side, he has the easiest task of doubling or even tripling his support.
To be fair, his chances, such as thy are, are pegged on doing well in New Hampshire. Yes, he still has a long way to go. But there a lot of New Hampshire GOP primary voters looking for someone to vote for. He is not known so far but he also has no negatives. He is intelligent and articulate. His current low standings don’t reflect too much, what dooms him is that he is too moderate to excite the GOP base.
I’m rooting for NJ Gov. Christie to jump into the race. What could be more entertaining than a candidate who takes a state helicopter to his son’s baseball game, and has a state limo show up to cart him the last 100 yards from the football field where the helicopter landed to the adjacent baseball field?
And yeah, he’s refusing to reimburse the state for the cost of the helicopter flight. Sweet. 
I just noticed, in the videos, that the Palin family vacation is the Sarah & Piper Political Tour.
Crane
You seen the blubber on that pork star? You seriously think he could walk a hundred yards?
Not to be outdone by Bachmann’s interesting spin on American history, here is Sarah Palin’s take on Paul Revere:
What I don’t get is, can’t she hire a speechwriter? I mean, even Palin has to be capable of reading off something pre-written, and the speechwriter could be some wonk that nobody ever actually has to see-- She’d still get all the attention.
Maybe that could be the first step in his couch-to-5K program. 
Why would she need that? She’s obviously more than capable of speaking off the cuff. It’s not her fault that you didn’t study US History.
No shit. Everybody knows that Revere would have made Chuck Norris his BITCH if they’d been alive at the same time! I mean, that time he single-handedly defeated the British at Concord and then captured Benedict Arnold whilst bringing guns to Washington’s Army? Dude, the Norris could only hope to tie Revere’s shoes (if he had laces which he didn’t - he strapped guns to his feet and ran on those).
The amazing part is that her base doesn’t understand the problem. They think she’s right - after all she’s home schooling her daughters.
Crane
Mitt Romney damaged himself further, saying…
“I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that. It’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be significant contributors.”
Sure he hedged it with “may be,” but that ain’t gonna cut it in today’s Republican party.
I guess, though two years ago, the same thing was part of the official GOP platform, the sitting Republican President believed the same thing (granted they weren’t in any huge rush to do anything about it) and the GOP Presidential nominee had recently been one of the prime movers behind a cap-and-trade plan. I guess the reaction to Romneys statement will be a good measure of how much the GOP has changed in the last two years.
Really, he pretty much just skullfucked Saint Ronnie on stage.
-Joe
Noted slimeball and homophobe Rick Santorum has now declared himselfas running (or slithering) for the nomination.
Yep, I heard that this morning on NPR. I needed the chuckle. 