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I keep giggling whenever I read about the Norman Hsu scandal. First, Fred Thompson got it right. Didn’t the Clinton’s learn anything from the fundraising scandals of the 90s? Second, the first great fundraising scandal of the post-Abramoff ethics era is about an illegal donor. He didn’t give money for ideological reasons. He gave money [...]

How many candidates could take this hit to their CoH? The Clintons may be sleazy, but they are loaded and clever too.

Sometimes I offer advice to candidates. When you are trying to shake a story about felon-fundraisers, don’t hold fundraisers at the home of people convicted of extortion who steal elections. We are talking about Raul Martinez, the former mayor of Hialeah, Florida with a shady past. Back in 1991 Martinez, was convicted of extortion and [...]

  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 and DaveG at Race42008.  Rudy [...]

On Hannity last night, Mitt Romney was talking about his health care plan: So it’s one of the things I’m most proud of. And I hope I get a chance to debate Hillary Clinton on the very topic because when I’m asked what the biggest difference is between my plan and her plan, I’ll say [...]

Basically, my answer is that Hillary Clinton is a smart politician, she sees an issue coming, and she is trying to get in front of it. I have argued repeatedly that the housing and credit bust is going to be a huge issue. It is probably an unsolvable one. After all, in her proposal, Clinton [...]

I have talked a bunch about the housing crunch and its impact on politics. Inevitably the question turns to something like, what can Republicans say or do now to get us out from underneath this issue. Frankly we struggle to find good answers. Well, Hillary Clinton is announcing her answers. From today’s WSJ: The latest, [...]

Now, I was not a big fan of the CNN/YouTube debate. I largely agree with the criticism that CNN used their editorial ability to pick questions that they couldn’t ask as reporters. That said, I was struck by something this morning. Somehow this seemingly trivial debate managed to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to [...]

Remember all that blabber about Barack Obama getting so much Facebook support? Recall Patrick Ruffini’s recent discussions about who Obama’s voters are? He said this: See, Barack Obama has mobilized people, even if he hasn’t mobilized the netroots. He’s brought in students, African Americans, and apparently, young females. These are groups that are relatively apolitical. [...]

Pollster.com has the results of a 16-state survey of 2-way and 3-way matchups between Giulaini, Clinton, and Bloomberg. First, the data: 3-way 2-way Bloomberg Effect State Giuliani Clinton Bloomberg Giuliani Clinton From G From H Alabama 46 39 11 53 41 -7 -2 California 40 45 10 44 49 -4 -4 Iowa 37 42 11 [...]