Political Insider has a little blurb about Newt being the real candidate of the right. I’ve mentioned this a couple of times before here and here. It is very interesting. At today’s American Democracy Conference, Rich Galen said: There is zero downside no matter what he decides to do. Newt Read more…
I spent part of my morning at the UVa/Hotline American Democracy Conference. Hotlineblog liveblogged the conference. One of the panels was on the 2008 GOP race. (Much of this was also reported by the St. Lake City Tribune) There were plenty of interesting questions that I am going to try Read more…
A number of people have written on the underlying facts here. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi) reported — but did not quote — that Falwell had endorsed Mitt Romney. The Boston Globe reported that Falwell denied this and that Romney denied saying it in the first place. So all of this Read more…
John Boehner’s press secretary is going over, according to Roll Call. Two economists, both previous Chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisors, will also be joining the Romney campaign. Greg Mankiw, whose blog I love, and Glenn Hubbard. This feels like Andy Card working hard…
The Hill has an article about operatives being unhappy with the RGA, which Mitt Romney was chairman of this cycle. Apparently, some GOP operatives think that the RGA could have done more or differently: “If there was a message sent to the national party, (it was that) for a few Read more…
Massachussets! From the NCSL blog: The Massachusetts Legislature, with 88% of its members coming from the Democratic party, jumped ahead of Hawaii (83%) and Rhode Island (82%) as the most Democratic legislature in the country as a result of the 2006 election. Rounding out the top five Democratic legislatures are Read more…
Favorite Sons and Daughters, 2008 from the most recent AEI Political Corner. Q: Would make a good president . . . ? Yes No Arizona voters John McCain 48% 42% Georgia voters Newt Gingrich 30 63 Illinois voters Barack Obama 64 29 Massachusetts voters Mitt Romney 31 65 Massachusetts Read more…
I know that I’ve been beating this dead horse, but something should be pointed out. While, I am still not convinced that Rudy Giuliani could put together an operation that raises $100m by, say, November or December 2007, these changes make him more competitive. His strength will be media, bypassing Read more…
I recently wrote about the changes that big states changing their primary date will have in terms of increasing the amount of money required and thereby creating a higher barrier to entry. But there’s are several strategy points here. First, the schedule for all practices purposes would be IA followed Read more…
The Boston Globe has an interesting article about a number of big states moving up their primaries: Political leaders in California, Florida, and Michigan are gaining momentum in their efforts to move up the 2008 presidential primaries in their states to shortly after New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, which could lead Read more…