| Fridays with Erick Erickson | 01.20.12 |  |
What a weird race.
Rick Santorum is now the winner in Iowa by 34 votes. But eight precincts cannot now show us their votes.
Mitt Romney won New Hampshire.
Last night at the CNN debate, it would not surprise me if Newt Gingrich locked in a win in South Carolina. John King, the CNN debate moderator, was in an impossible situation. He had to ask the question. It was legitimate news. If he had asked it at the end, he would have been accused of stringing everybody along for ratings. He asked it at the beginning.
And in asking it at the beginning, and in giving Gingrich no real time restriction to follow in answering the question, King let Gingrich off to a strong start, hitting the question out of the park, winning the debate on question one.
Other than Rick Perry dropping out, it was the story of the day.
There were two questions last night that the news has focused on all week. Gingrich's marriage and Romney's taxes. Gingrich got a standing ovation. Romney, for the second time this week, flubbed his answer and the crowd jeered.
We may be on the verge of something we haven't seen in Republican politics in quite a while: A three way split in the first three contests. This has turned into one wild political ride.
—Erick Erickson |
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A Federalist on the Court
On this day in 1801, American President John Adams appointed John Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall would go on to become the greatest Chief Justice in American history, establishing judicial review in the Marbury vs. Madison decision. |
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