Welcome to the week! Today, Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) from Salon to talk Mitt’s meltdown, South Carolina results and the race going forward. Use this post as today’s thread and click thru for a show UPDATE:
Steve Kornacki dishes about South Carolina, the upcoming primary in Florida and the craziness of GOP Primary season. Plus, Gingrich scolds Juan Williams and lies about ballooning food stamp numbers. An extreme call from a right wing publisher in Atlanta and Mitt’s lost his narrative. Your calls and IMs.
11:29 am
mornin gang!
Newt blames his infidelities on working too hard.
Will taxpayers pay for the harem he’d need if elected?
12:35 pm
Heh1
1:44 pm
Phooey! I blew it. That was supposed to be a link to this:
http://theresadarknessuponme.blogspot.com/2012/01/newt-2012.html
I want a preview feature and/or the ability to edit my posts so bad!
[sigh]
11:33 am
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11:37 am
RonPaul Ron Paul
My son @SenRandPaul being detained by TSA for refusing full body pat-down after anomaly in body scanner in Nashville. More details coming.
TPM Talking Points Memo
Report: Sen. Rand Paul set off body scanner at airport, detained by TSA tpm.ly/ygsm2u [He refused a pat down, still at airport!]
12:24 pm
Huffington Post
HuffingtonPost Huffington Post
Major movie stars diss Hollywood, bad movies huff.to/A3d965
1:02 pm
Sen. Mark Kirk could have left-side problems after a stroke
underwent “successful” surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he is recovering, his office said Monday.
After being stricken Saturday, Kirk, 52, who is divorced and lives in Highland Park, drove himself to Lake Forest Hospital, “where doctors discovered a carotid artery dissection in the right side of his neck,” his office said.
Kirk was later transferred to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where tests showed that he had suffered an ischemic stroke, his staff said.
“Early this morning, the senator underwent surgery to relieve swelling around his brain stemming from the stroke,” his office said. “The surgery was successful.”The
surgery was to relieve swelling around his brain.
Kirk’s office said his doctors are “very confident” about his recovery “over the weeks ahead.”
A Northwestern Memorial surgeon said the senator suffered a stroke” to the right side of his brain. What that means is it will affect his ability to move his left arm and possibly his left leg.”
He said the senator’s speech and thinking weren’t affected, adding, “We’re very hopeful . . . he should be able to do very well.”
The surgery took place Sunday night and involved “removing a part of his skull to relieve swelling.”
Kirk took himself to the hospital Saturday after suffering dizziness and a headache, and, once he was transferred Sunday to Northwestern Memorial, his condition was deteriorating.
http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/10185178-417/sen-mark-kirk-has-surgery-after-a-stroke.html