[Former candidate Michele Bachmann, with her husband Marcus (in pink shirt and tie) says farewell to the race. Photo by Chris Carlson/AP] Let’s do a quick Countdown of Crazy, and touch base with the best of the best of the Republican party and what they have to offer us in country leading potential. 6) Michele [...]

Well, folks, the Iowa caucuses are drawing to a close. It looks like it’s basically a tie between the loathsome one and the reprehensible one, with the goofy delusional one coming in third. The batshit crazy one and the stupid frightening one may drop out. The angry mean hypocrite is really pissed, and the sane [...]

The ex-half-term governor, and former mayor of a town of 7,000 people has some political advice for the field of Republican presidential candidates, particularly for Jon Huntsman. I wonder if Huntsman (former full-term governor of Utah, who served in the administrations of four Presidents) will take the sage advice, based on her vast experience and [...]

Here’s one for you. It’s Rick Santorum on contraception. “It’s not OK. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.” A Des Moines Register poll has Santorum within one point of Iowa Republican caucus frontrunner Mitt Romney, and well within the margin of [...]

[Photo by Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images] Iowans who are less than enthusiastic about Mitt Romney might want to take heed. Just in case the crocodile tears of Newt Gingrich, or Rick Santorum’s “surge from behind” are influencing your voting decision, you’d better listen up. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ventured west from the Garden State [...]

Unlike the object of their affection, Palinbots refuse to quit. A radio, and TV ad are appearing in Iowa this week, in advance of the Iowa caucuses, urging people to “vote rogue” and write Sarah Palin’s name on the ballot. Behold. The Sarah Palin Earthquake Group (so named because Palin said that nothing save a 10.3 [...]

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more… Adorable on Steroids Be warned. Do not play this video unless you are able to handle a serious overdose of cuteness. This is a polar bear cub from the Scandanavian Wildlife Park. His mother was unable to nurse him, so little Siku [...]

After both Newt Gingrich, and Rick Perry have spectacularly failed in their attempts to get on the Virginia primary ballot, analogies are being made. Gingrich’s National Campaign Director Michael Krull stated via Facebook on Saturday that the campaign “will make all other deadlines” and said it “will continue to learn and grow.”  Don’t think of [...]

Sarah Palin says it’s not too late for folks to jump into the Republican presidential race. That’s right… “folks.” “Folks” still have time to throw their hat in the ring. “Folks” could change their minds. “Folks” aren’t sold on the current lineup of candidates. There’s just not enough fire in those bellies. “Folks” could even [...]

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! This is Alaska… A 30-year old man escaped from jail during a bathroom break in the remote Western Alaska village of Alakanuk. It’s been nine years since Kevin Patrick has escaped from the Alakanuk jail during a bathroom break. This time his [...]

You might remember that in September, a coalition of organizations launched the One Anchorage Campaign: The One Anchorage campaign filed an application this morning with the Anchorage Municipal Clerk’s Office to place an initiative on the April 2012 ballot asking voters to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Alaskans in the same legal protections [...]

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Enjoy today’s dose of random stuff on the half-shell! Links in the titles. Brrrrrricane Makes Landfall The Bering Sea megastorm that made landfall yesterday on the West Coast of Alaska did damage to buildings, caused massive erosion in some areas, and flooding [...]

    Oh that dastardly redistricting board… We knew that there would be several Democrats who had a challenging time of it in 2012 once the new lines were drawn, and legislative districts were reshaped.  Senator Bettye Davis, champion of children’s health care is one of those who will need some extra support this year.  [...]

And the results are in! We didn’t have to wait long to see how the latest mix-up in the cast of GOP presidential wannabes played out in the polls. Here was our lineup: Herman Cain – Blinking and stammering his way through allegations that he sexually harassed multiple women over the years, we heard him [...]

It’s been a busy week for Herman “Blinky” Cain. All that dodging and deflecting, all the blinking and stuttering, doing interviews and trying to keep stories straight… grueling work, that. And now he’s added a new activity to his already busy calendar – blaming. No, he’s not blaming the women he sexually harassed (although he [...]