What is this about? Ezra Klein writes about this in the LATimes. The answer is simple. It is about turning her into the national boss of the Democratic Party. She would use her fundraising network to raise money for candidates and pick candidates in primaries. She would use her power Read more…
After my analysis yesterday of McCain’s chances, I got a comment from RudyBlogger, writer of GiulianiBlog. This got me thinking about the logical and political basis of a Rudy Giuliani candidacy. Then, I woke up this morning to see an article on Redstate about an attack from the left on Read more…
Do Democrats think that if you repeat something enough times, it will become true? They do it on the economy every day… What today? The DSCC is attacking McCain again for violating campaign finance laws. This is funny. Last time they got it wrong. In fact, their press release makes Read more…
There has been much discussion today of McCain’s frontrunner status. Today’s granddaddy article on McCain has to be the NYT’s piece on all the people that he has recruited. It was mostly a list of Washington Insiders. Other stories have pointed out that he has been lining up people in Read more…
The Washington Times has a glowing article about Mitt Romney’s trip to the California GOP meeting. Truth Caucus has a source on the ground with great stories of Romney’s time there. The Miami Herald has an article on John McCain’s campaigning with Charlie Crist in Florida. Note that this is Read more…
H/T The Plank: In the end, I think the party needing to go in a different direction from a conventional conservative approach was the primary reason for his diminished position in the race for the 2008 nomination. This just puts an exclamation point on the view that Allen is no Read more…
H/T to Greg Mankiw for the analysis. The GOP markets at Tradesport only have McCain and Giuiliani, so I don’t think that they are very meaningful. But Mankiw points out what is interesting about the Democrat ones: [W]e can obtain for each candidate the conditional probability–the probability that the person Read more…
H/T Granite Grok. The Bow Picnic and Straw Poll in NH took place on the 19th. The results: US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)26% US Secretary of State Condoleezza “Condi” Rice (R-Cal.) 26% Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY) 14% Governor George Pataki (R-New York) 12% US Senator George Read more…
Hotlineblog has some of the details (unfortunately, something is screwed up with their link). The Chicago Tribune and Manchester Union Leader have the best coverage. First, the procedure. The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee passed a resolution fixing the beginning of the 2008 Dem primary and caucus schedule. Today it Read more…
So much has been written about this that I can’t tolerate it. I am beginning to agree that this is near fatal to Allen’s Presidential hopes. The reason is not that he’s a racist. It is that it continues to highlight questions about him: Is Allen smart enough to be Read more…