The bottom line in all this is that this flack has boomeranged on Gingrich, Perry and the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Romney had actually been rather low-key in mostly just stating he was a businessman who knew how to create jobs. Now it comes out he made 88% return for investors during his tenure and had basically an 80% success rate with companies already in trouble. You cannot have those kind of returns and success without creating value in our economy. This net net is just...

Putting it that way, economic freedom, free market, take from the rich and hardworking Americans, hardworking taxpayers, wanting careers, government waste, cooperation, I get it, job creators, we're all in together and occupy Washington; what part does the left and the Democrats not get?

Bachmann stayed resolute on her convictions and pointed out Pawlenty's conviction flaws. Pawlenty got defensive and was a bit too cute with his pre-planned comments. When you think about it, the, "Please stop - because you're killing us" was in retort to her standing up to Republican principles. What is the corollary to that? The net result in the Bachmann-Pawlenty exchange is she skewered him with a stick and deep-fried him. Pawlenty's done.

No comics!!

Since I travel a lot I found the replica print e-Edition gave me more of a sense of home. The new app seems to be nothing more than a re-packaged web site edition which I already had access to on the iPad. What is missing is the editorial placement and the minutia. Was that article front page or page 8?

The West Extra was missing today which is a major reason for wanting to read a local newspaper vs a more national source.

The print ads from the replica e-...