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...Norris would never write a book called “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork.” John McCain (Senator from Arizona) PRO: Survived 5.5 years as a POW, making him officially more badass than 50 Cent. CON: Is approximately 132 years old. Fred Thompson (Senator from Tennesse PRO: Sexiest would-be First Lady. CON: We’re just really sick of Law and Order. Rudy Giuliani (Mayor of New York City) PRO: Is an honorary knight. CON: Would probably lose in a joust to John McCain. Ron Paul (Representative from Texas) PRO: Supports...
...race deeper into chaos. The party has now held three major contests in three weeks and each has produced a different winner. Though Romney leads in the delegate count, he is not well positioned in the next big primary, in South Carolina, where Huckabee and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson have grassroots support...
...Fred Thompson, he didn't show all that much enthusiasm for the job during his campaign swings through Iowa. But when he got to South Carolina last week, he released all the pent-up energy in an unprompted torrent of negative attacks on Huckabee. Then on Thursday, his campaign staff came to the grounds of the statehouse, where they offered reporters cigars (made in Nicaragua) to illustrate an accompanying press release that noted Huckabee had recently backed off his earlier support for a federal smoking...
...Both Huckabee and McCain, who are statistically tied for first place in recent polls, have predicted they will win the state, and Huckabee has said victory is a necessity. The Thompson campaign, which has been on life support for weeks, is banking on at least a second-place finish to give it a rationale to continue. Romney, who has spent millions of dollars in South Carolina, has officially ceded the expectation of victory here and left to campaign in Nevada, though he continues to spend money on television ads, in the apparent hopes of a third-place finish...
...includes national political correspondent Karen Tumulty, who is covering her sixth presidential campaign; Washington bureau chief Jay Carney; and Ana Marie Cox, the former Wonkette, whose witty writing and fun explainer videos help give Swampland its flair. (Working with Cox to put them together is TIME.com politics producer Caitlin Thompson.) Another regular TIME.com feature, The Page, provides a daily webcast by editor-at-large Halperin and 24/7 breaking-news coverage from the trail. It has become indispensable to anyone who loves politics...