Isn’t this pandering?
Mitt Romney says he is going to try to repeal McCain-Feingold. Fine, I agree that McCain-Feingold is bad, as do most conservatives. But… Isn’t this laughable? I mean, this guy advocated taxing political contributions to fund "clean elections". Where is Mitt Romney? Wherever the wind blows.
Media
Politicizing families is wrong (update)
Update: Some of my readers have suggested that I am overdoing it on Ann Romney. I don’t think so. Look at this excerpt from a recent Politico story: When I asked Romney if it was legitimate to ask people to vote for him because of his stable family life, his Read more…
Thoughts on CPAC
Well, the CPAC results are in. "The Big Winner" is Rudy Giuliani. First, of all, Rudy still has an "electability" issue. Can he win a primary? A lot of people are convinced that someone with his positions on social issues cannot win. The Giuliani campaign will tout this result to Read more…
McCain wins South Carolina straw poll
Looks like John McCain pulled it out in the late reporting precincts. Jonathan Martin has a specific explanation for why Duncan Hunter performed well. There’s a clear gap here. I think that this tells us that Rudy Giuliani and McCain and the clear frontrunners. Mitt Romney’s 2nd-tier performance is quite Read more…
Strategy
Romney begins desperate attacks
Tanking in the polls and underperforming in straw polls, Mitt Romney goes on the attack!
Rudy wins Spartanburg Straw poll
The results here are wild: Candidate Votes Giuliani 158 Hunter 152 McCain 116 Brownback 83 Romney 80 Huckabee 21 Some thoughts on this. First, this is a coup for Rudy Giuliani. Hands down. Second, my sense is that the Duncan Hunter result isn’t so much for him as for "a Read more…
Conservative void push poll
Bob Novak has a discussion of the "where is the conservative" theme of this election. He discusses Keiran Mahoney’s survey of Iowa caucusgoers. First he asks where they are. Then he "pushes" them with information. Are these the numbers you thought he would get? Before After Change McCain 33 Read more…
Politico savages Mitt: The more voters learn about him, the less they seem to like him
Is there any other way to describe this piece on Romney? The last sentence is a killer: The more voters learn about him, the less they seem to like him.