FYI

[Warning for zombie-esque allusion to violence.]

The cover of the new issue of New York magazine is terrifying. For about a dozen different reasons. Yiiiiiiiiikes.


Jon Huntsman, please don't eat my face! Or Mitt Romney's face! Or whoever's face you're intending to eat whenever that picture was taken of you making an expression that DEFINITELY says, "I am going to do some face-eating."

It is also a very stupid cover, in addition to being terrifying. The Cain and Abel of American politics? Whut? Shut up.

Number of the Day

$18.25 Million: The amount of money raised by Mitt Romney for his presidential bid in the last quarter.

While Romney, whose team now has $12.6 million cash left on hand, is in a strong position, the latest numbers were somewhat below expectations. At this point in 2007, Romney had collected $23 million despite being less established as a top tier candidate. But he's essentially competing against himself at this point: none of his rivals are expected to even crack the $10 million barrier.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has not reported her fundraising numbers yet, has been his closest rival in straw polls, but is not expected to best $18m.

As a result of the several awesome SCOTUS decisions on campaign financing since the last election, 2/3 of Romney's fundraising has come from a single super-PAC, "Restore Our Future, which can collect unlimited corporate donations and raised $12 million this quarter."

So, quite literally, corporations are buying the Republican nomination. And, at this point, they're putting their money on Mitt.