It’s good to be back to the familiar ground of Camp Campaign‘s beloved Winners and Losers list after a week on a rabbit trail. Read on to see who scored and who shot an air ball in the big game we call politics this week.
WINNERS:
Mitt Romney --
Mitt Romney narrowly makes the Winners list this week. He won in Maine — barely. He got an endorsement, of sorts, from Tea Party beauty queen Sarah Palin. OK, endorsement might be too strong a word, but she did call him “a great candidate” on the way to calling him not conservative enough for her taste. She made the comments at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Coalition, where they hold a straw poll to pick the Conservatives’ choice for a candidate. Thirty-eight percent of those hard-core Conservatives at CPAC picked Romney, 7 points more than his closest rival. So, what do we make of that?
The GC Party –
The GC Party moved one step closer to taking the White House this week with the unveiling of brand new website complete with T-Shirts featuring the most compelling slogans for their candidate.
WINNER/LOSER:
President Obama –
President Obama scores a first here at Winners & Losers by earning a special Winner/Loser award. He struck a Solomon-like middle ground on a controversial issue this week. After declaring that religious institutions would be forced to pay for contraceptive prescriptions, he reversed course and said not-so-much. By exempting these institutions from the broader bill, he managed to craft a compromise that nobody likes but everyone can live with.
LOSERS:
Greece --
Crippling debt, austerity measures, and rioters in the streets. No, I’m not talking about The United States of America. I’m talking about Greece, where the debt is more crippling, the measures more austere, and the rioters are more rioty.
Rick Santorum --
Nobody likes a sore loser. And whatever else he may be, Rick Santorum is a sore loser. His whining and veiled accusations this week are distinctly un-presidential.
Talking Heads -
Eleven whole days without a debate, caucus, primary, or straw poll in the Republican race. What are the media talking heads to do?
