Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced his support this morning for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and urged the party to rally behind Romney's Etch A Sketch leadership.
* Despite having strongly opposed the Romney campaign for months, the right-wing FreedomWorks group is dropping its opposition to the former governor, apparently in recognition of the prevailing GOP winds.
* In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) still enjoys a fairly strong 53% approval rating, but it's down sharply over the last month, especially among women, after he became Gov. Ultrasound.
* Rick Santorum raised $9 million in February, which is quite good for his underfunded campaign, but he's still spending to keep up and has only $2.6 million in cash on hand.
* Newt Gingrich, meanwhile, raised about $2.6 million in February, but spent about $2.8 million. He now has more debt than cash on hand.
* On a related note, Gingrich argued this morning that Santorum's second-place finish in Illinois means the right should give Gingrich another look. The former Speaker finished a distant fourth in the state.
* In Arizona, Ron Barber, a former Gabrielle Giffords aide, is running in the special election to fill her vacant seat, and announced this week he will also seek a full term in November.
* And in New Jersey, the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows Sen. Bob Menendez (D) struggling against a generic opponent, but defeating his announced Republican challenger, Joe Kyrillos, by 10 points.
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Election singalong time again!
http://youtu.be/v2eXtCuVyFM Know your rights! On Occupy and Cameras,
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http://youtu.be/ej7dfPL7Kho Save the Rich
The fact that FreedomWorks (and, no doubt, the other Koch Brothers Astroturf groups) are on board with Romney proves what I've been saying for several years: that they're just regular Republicans, rather than some group with a separate agenda.
There is no "Tea Party." There's just the Republican Party, which has moved so far to the right that it's about to fall off the earth.
So when the Koch brothers succeed in building their empire that damns the masses and rapes the earth, their righteous department can say the devastation that ensues is God's will.