I think that this press release just about says it all. No need to comment. Apparently this was triggered by the Romney campaign circulating statements comparing Sam Brownback and Mitt Romney’s record on abortion: Mitt Romney’s Campaign Misleads Voters about Senator Brownback’s Position on Abortion "Mitt Romney’s flip flops are Read more…
Mike Huckabee announced that Carroll Campbell’s wife and one of his son’s are leading his South Carolina team. Interestingly, a while ago, McCain had picked up Carroll Campbell III. Apparently both McCain and Mitt Romney had pursued the rest of the family.
So Caucus Cooler finds… How long will this one stand?
So says the New York Post. Wow. That’s a bunch of Rudy Giuliani delegates, right? This just raises the bar. Competing in New York is incredibly expensive. Can someone really pop from Iowa and be able to raise enough money to compete in California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and New Read more…
I think that’s what Vin Weber is saying, "I don’t want to contribute to my own party’s demoralization, and it doesn’t necessarily mean there will be a Democratic landslide, but I think there is a thumb on their side of the scale that’s not going to come off until after Read more…
Several things have come together for Mike Huckabee recently. National Journal is giving him a bump. He picks up some good staff in New Hampshire. He gets called one of the two options for Evangelicals (although McCain is getting some attention). For Huckabee, there are two or three issues. First, Read more…
At the MRP conventjon, which I blogged about here, there was an anti-Mitt Romney protest put on by members, apparently, of the Michigan State and University of Michigan Young Americans for Freedom: In this video, there are protesters with signs like "RINOs for Romney" or "If you don’t like Romney’s Read more…
George Will argues that there will not be another Reagan or another Reagan movement. While that may not mean we return to a Burkean pessimism, it may mean that we need a new framework. Reagan was a great politician because he was a function of his context. Which of our Read more…
Two sources at the Michigan Republican Party Convention report that John McCain’s campaign defeated Mitt Romney’s campaign in a clear proxy fight at the convention in the battle for Youth Chair. While neither campaign endorsed in the race, staffers from both campaigns were managing the floor fights for their respective Read more…