Ann Coulter Changed Her Mind-- Mitt's The Man

OK, it's understandable why Trump is all negative on Romney these days. It wouldn't matter if Bachmann and a couple of the other clowns didn't show up for the Trump freak show, but there can't be a credible freak show without the leading freak... and Mitt gave the silliness a big thumbs down. Trump strikes back (via Fox): "His [Romney's] numbers have gone down very substantially since he said 'no', and a lot people think it's because it showed a lack of decisiveness or a lack of courage in going into this debate. And you look at what happened with Newt. Newt has gone up like a rocket ship." It's always all about Trump.

But Coulter? Is it always all about her too? She used to be so insanely anti-Romney. She predicted the Republicans would not just lose their chance to oust Obama if Romney was nominated; she said they would lose Congress too. Apparently she thinks Newt is an even worse alternative. At CPAC last February she told the drooling throngs that “if we don’t run Chris Christie, Romney will be the nominee and we’ll lose.” Now she's flip-floppin' as much as her man Mitt-- and doing paid endorsements for him for Iowa teabaggers! (And, yes, she endorsed Ron Paul too-- although he isn't bragging about it to Iowa voters.)

Newt's already using DNC talking points that Romney's time at vulture capital firm, Bain was a disaster for the companies and the employees of the companies he took over. "If Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he's earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at Bain, then I would be glad to then listen to him. And I will bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won't take the offer."



What a party! But there's worse than just internecine bickering between right-wing rivals. I mean, let's face it... when it comes down to the important stuff, they all agree on everything. Like the lie, Boehner, Cantor and their cronies keep repeating, that wrecking the regulatory system will somehow, magically create jobs-- since giving tax breaks to millionaires never did.

Economists have debunked the myth that environment regulations stall job growth again and again. Even as Mitt Romney calls to “tear down the vast edifice of regulations the Obama administration has imposed,” data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show regulations haven’t hurt the economy. In 2010, only 0.3 percent of layoffs were due to higher costs from government regulations/intervention. By comparison, lower business demand caused 25 percent of layoffs.

Past studies also confirm that regulations have virtually no impact on jobs. Richard Morgenstern’s landmark study found that over a decade of regulations on heavily polluting industries didn’t cause “a significant change” in employment:

According to the study, when jobs were lost, they were often made up elsewhere in the same industry. For every $1 million companies spent, as many as 11 / 2 net jobs were added to the economy.

Overall, the research shows that the GOP field’s hyperbolic calls to eliminate regulation would have minimal impact on the unemployment rate.