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div defang_xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” class=”dkimg-c”img width=”550″ height=”351″ alt=”Rick Santorum” src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/151025/Santorum_-_Sarah_Conard-_Reuters.jpg” / div class=”dkimg-cap”(Sarah Conard/Reuters)/div /div When last we checked up on GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the semi-popular Sinclair Lewis character was threatening to upset Mitt Romney in the Michigan primary, primarily on the strength of his spectacular Dana Carveyesque Church Lady impressions.

div defang_xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” class=”dkimg-c”img width=”550″ height=”351″ alt=”Rick Santorum” src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/151025/Santorum_-_Sarah_Conard-_Reuters.jpg” / div class=”dkimg-cap”(Sarah Conard/Reuters)/div /div When last we checked up on GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the semi-popular Sinclair Lewis character was threatening to upset Mitt Romney in the Michigan primary, primarily on the strength of his spectacular Dana Carveyesque Church Lady impressions.

div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/2563/Fullscreen_capture_1112012_44914_PM-1.jpg” alt=”golden parachute pie chart” height=”179″ width=”275″ title=”golden parachute pie chart” / div class=”dkimg-cap”(a href=”http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102561686275-69/GMI_GoldenParachutes_012012.pdf”GMI/a)/div /div pPlease, everyone, follow me into a a href=”http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/11/1053687/-Did-Sarah-Palin-really-say-that-Orwasit-

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/191280/romneyandpalin_shannanstapleton_mariounzuoni_reuters.jpg” alt=”Mitt Romney” height=”182″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”It’s getting harder and harder to tell Mitt Romney from Sarah Palinbr / (Shannon Stapleton and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)br / nbsp;/div /div strongThe challenge:/strong Decide whether the following statement was uttered by Mitt Romney or Sarah Palin. blockquoteYou know, I think it’s about envy.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/3/caucus_night_flag.jpg” alt=”US flag, Iowa caucus night” height=”350″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”A technician irons the U.S. flag on the back of the stage before Mitt Romney’s Iowa Caucus night rally. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)/div /div ul li123,000 people in Iowa got to decide that at least two of the GOP field weren’t worthy to continue.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/3/caucus_night_flag.jpg” alt=”US flag, Iowa caucus night” height=”350″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”A technician irons the U.S. flag on the back of the stage before Mitt Romney’s Iowa Caucus night rally. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)/div /div ul li123,000 people in Iowa got to decide that at least two of the GOP field weren’t worthy to continue.

pa href=”"Paul Krugman/a says the only presidential candidates who can meet basic GOP requirements are the clueless or the cynical:/p blockquoteThe Washington Post quotes an unnamed Republican adviser who compared what happened to Mr. Cain, when he suddenly found himself leading in the polls, to the proverbial tale of the dog who had better not catch that car he’s chasing. “Something great and awful happened, the dog caught the car. And of course, dogs don’t know how to drive cars.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/151025/Herman_Cain_-_Jason_Reed_-_Reuters.jpg” alt=”" height=”357″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”So long, Herman. Thanks for playing (Jason Reed/Reuters)/div /div Oh, Herman, we hardly knew ye. pIn the most entertaining “I’m quitting” press conference since half-term Gov.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/191280/hermancain_cnbcdebate_110911.jpg” alt=”Herman Cain” height=”212″ width=”550″ /br / div class=”dkimg-cap”Even Herman Cain’s own website knows he needs cheering up./div /div Jed already showed you Herman Cain’s a href=”http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/02/1041739/-Herman-Cain-website-launches-vicious-assault-on-husbandless-accusers?detail=hide”Women for Cain/a site, meant to show that all of these cruel women making naughty a

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_11_4.jpg” border=”3″ //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pThe a href=”http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501707_162-57317722/boehner-calls-anti-tax-activist-random-person/”Associated Press/a brings us this bit of Boehner hilarity:/p blockquoteTo many members of Congress, Grover Norquist is a force to be reckoned with.