Trouble for Thompson? “Lobbyist” a “dirty word”?
That’s what Gallup says. If you can’t take money from lobbyists, surely you can’t be one, right?
Michigan
States will get full delegates
Somehow, I am not all that impressed by the fight over the national parties stripping delegates from state parties who will have primaries prior to Feb. 5th. Last week, the story was Florida and the Democrats. This week, it appears to be the Republicans and Florida, South Carolina, and New Read more…
Romney changing his story on abortion again
GraniteGrok has the video. Mark Kilmer at Redstate thinks Mitt Romney is wrong about Reagan and abortion.
Media
When is Thompson going to get the space to announce?
So I was reading all the news about Alberto Gonzalez’s resignation. Unless the White House never really nominates someone — highly unlikely — the news up until September 11th is going to be focused on the new nominee. So how is Fred Thompson going to announce and get any attention? Read more…
Romney’s healthcare plan: The politics
So, I have already reviewed the policy aspect of Mitt Romney’s health care plan. Basically, I think it is reasonable, but he is playing "hide the ball" with the money. It has to come from somewhere and he is leaving the "where" up to the states. Fine. Now the next Read more…
Romney’s healthcare plan: The policies
UPDATE: Sally Pipes is kind enough to remind us that it just didn’t work in MA. And, of course, Romney’s proposal is tax breaks for people who can afford health insurance but don’t buy it. In other words, another subsidy… First, let me say that I am reasonably sympathetic to Read more…
Ethics
Rick Renzi out in AZ-1
This really isn’t a surprise, but Roll Call has the news. Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) will not run for re-election. The FBI raid was making this swing seat even harder to keep, and there was a lot of pressure from the NRCC to get out. There will undoubtedly be a Read more…
What does state general election polling tell us?
Virginia Kentucky Alabama vs. Hillary Undecided vs. Hillary Undecided vs. Hillary Undecided Giuliani -3 5% -5 7% +6 6% Thompson -9 7% -7 5% +2 4% Romney -14 8% -12 6% -2 6% Survey USA released a bunch more general election polling, commented on by the Hedgehog Report Read more…
Dems building national precinct organization?
This is the first thing that the Dems are talking about in 2008 that actually scares me. Mike Dukakis is talking about building a real national precinct organization: "We have to organize every damn precinct in the United States of America—all 185,000,” Mr. Dukakis said. “I’m serious. I’m deadly serious. Read more…
Romney’s electability problem
Survey of 800 Likely Voters August 6-7 and August 8-9, 2007 Candidate Def. FOR Def. AGAINST Net Obama 29% 35% -6 Clinton 33% 43% -10 Giuliani 26% 37% -11 Thompson 20% 33% -13 Edwards 20% 38% -18 McCain 16% 35% -19 Romney 16% 44% -28 The argument for Mitt Romney Read more…