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What part will Herman Cain play in 2012?

What part will Herman Cain play in 2012?

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Wikimedia Commons (Gage Skidmore) Morus examines the candidate leading the GOP polls It’s not easy for the party outwith the White House to unseat a sitting (elected) President. Since the last depression, FDR, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and GW Bush all strode to re-election. Truman retired, JFK was shot, Johnson beaten by his own party, Ford was never elected. Carter would be unique, were it not for the three-way split caused by Ross Perot that allowed Clinton to beat GHW…

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After the resignation, what’s in the Sundays?

After the resignation, what’s in the Sundays?

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Could taxes on flights (and facelifts?) be a political battleground? Fox may be firmly back at home and on the backbenches (and how many of you had winning bets on his departure – or Hammond’s arrival?), but the reverberations continue in today’s Sunday papers. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Werritty received money from donors to “promote their political agenda but were furious to discover the cash was used to fund his lavish lifestyle” – and donors expecting to remain secret…

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Can the Tories Tackle the Jobs Deficit?

Can the Tories Tackle the Jobs Deficit?

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HenryG on Friday There was a queer moment during this week’s Prime Minister’s Question Time where David Cameron appeared to defend his austerity measures and the rising unemployment on the grounds of keeping interest rates low. The usually assured Prime Minister looked oddly out of step focusing on his means rather than the end. With unemployment increasing to the worst levels since 1994, the pressure is on. Conservative Home Editor Tim Montgomerie goes as far as arguing ‘George Osborne has…

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Will Biden be re-nominated as VP?

Will Biden be re-nominated as VP?

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Wikimedia Commons Might there be a Democratic contest after all? Betting on the next VPOTUS is a mug’s game. Our Genial Host, I think as a rule, avoids throwing money on it beyond treating it like an amusing raffle. I, for my sins, can’t resist it: the political punter’s version of the Grand National – after all, form only counts when half the horses don’t fall over their own feet. The permutations and combinations for the Republican VP nomination would…

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Tonight’s Marf Cartoon…

Tonight’s Marf Cartoon…

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If you would like to purchase one of Marf’s prints, please contact her at marfcartoons@btinternet.com (Note from Double Carpet: There will be no NightHawks tonight, but it should return tomorrow with the usual well-stocked range of comments.)