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Haven’t I been saying this? The housing crunch is most severe in some of the most hotly contested political battleground states, a trend that could spell trouble for Republicans next year. Six of the 10 states with the highest foreclosure rates in the country last month are considered by leaders of both parties to be [...]
A number of people have asked me why I think that the religious right hasn’t found a candidate. The supposition is that if the religious right came around and supported someone like Mike Huckabee or Sam Brownback, they could be the nominee. Here is my attempt to answer that question. First, the process starts with [...]
I woke up this morning, and started checking my email. The first hint was a message from a Polish friend in Brussels. Al Gore had won the Nobel Peace Prize. My friend now thinks that Al Gore has a lock on the primary and general now. I responded that that was an over-reaction. But what [...]
The Foreign Policy blog has some interesting details about rich people losing their homes: A good example of this is the greater Washington, D.C., area. One might think that subprime loans would be most popular in poorer areas of the District. And they’d be right. According to a study by the nonprofit Urban Institute, high-interests [...]
I’m going to get in big trouble for this. My friend David Freddoso tried to define conservatism in relation to the Rudy Giuliani phenomenon with: There is a long philosophical debate to be had over what makes a conservative, but conservatives in Washington have a rule of thumb for awarding the label to actual politicians: [...]
Candidate — Congress Party Total Percentage PATRICIA A. MADRID DEMOCRAT 93,709 50.16% HEATHER A. WILSON REPUBLICAN 93,105 49.84% Candidate — Sheriff Party Total Percentage JOSE E. CHAVEZ DEMOCRAT 69,781 36.92% DARREN WHITE REPUBLICAN 119,201 63.08% Candidate — Governor Party Total Percentage BILL RICHARDSON and DIANE D. DENISH DEMOCRAT 130,994 68.00% JOHN DENDAHL and SUE WILSON [...]
Who else could write this? Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani looked like the main contenders tonight, talking about Hillary Clinton and scrapping at each other. But neither did much to chip away at the reservations Republicans have about them. Mr Giuliani, handed a question about third-party candidates, did not address the fact that he might [...]
If the test of a debate is memorable lines or gaffes, then Mitt Romney’s line about lawyers was a big problem. Marc Ambinder has the exact quote: "We’re going to let the lawyers sort out what he needed to do and didn’t need to do." Dave Freddoso at NRO doesn’t buy it either. This speaks [...]
They start with Fred Thompson. Thompson: No reason to believe in a recession. He rattles off the numbers. He cuts to long-term spending, which is right up his ally. They follow up and ask about the polling and the angst. They switch to Romney and ask about foreclosure. 1/100-some. Romney responds. "Inexcusable that Michigan is [...]
Yesterday, Kevin Hassett, an economist at AEI and a member of John McCain’s economics team, pointed out something that we forget. Hillary Clinton is a big ole porker: Democrats have been so busy preparing the coronation of Hillary Clinton that they have failed to train a critical eye on her record. When it comes to [...]
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