Romney collapsing?
I think that Romney will be more "Night of the Living Dead" than collapsing, but Dick Morris did call him a corpse. NY Sun’s Ryan Sager lists all the problems and it looks bad.
McCain on the House Iraq Supplemental
John McCain has harsh words for the House Democratic Leadership on the Iraq Supplemental Appropriations Bill that they just passed. This is what he said at a town hall meeting in Plymouth, NH: McCain has been taking some heat for skipping some votes recently. But he is canceling some fundraisers Read more…
A view from the Straight Talk Express
John McCain’s campaign invited two bloggers, me and Townhall’s Matt Lewis, to join his campaign this weekend in New Hampshire. We attended two town hall meetings, in Plymouth and Littleton. On the bus, John McCain sat between the two of us for two hours, with 5 or 6 "old media" Read more…
Big changes with Thompson in the race
Well, we have our first set of polls with Fred Thompson in the race. What happens? First, Rudy Giuliani loses a lot of support to Thompson. That is a surprise, but not entirely. I suspect that these are the people who like Rudy, don’t like McCain so much and want Read more…
Thompson more pro-life than we thought…
The American Spectator has the story. Fred Thompson was more pro-life than was commonly accepted. That’s a change of pace for this cycle…
More crazy calendar stuff: WA and NV
Hotline points out that the GOP Nevada caucus might move into the window. At the same time, both parties in Washington are turning their primaries into beauty contests and selecting delegates in caucuses. Expect more states to follow this pattern. If Feb 5th does not determine the nominations, then caucuses Read more…
California
Florida moving up primary into the window
This is quite interesting… Apparently, the Florida state legislature is moving up the primary, again, to January 29th. This would be the same day as South Carolina, I believe. I see several implications: I believe that the Democrats will penalize Florida for this by either stripping their delegates or stripping Read more…
The Cuba quote the Romney team took down
I noted earlier that Mitt Romney’s team took down video of Romney quoting Castro. One of the local news stations has the clip and used it to contrast with John McCain’s more successful visit:
Romney donor switches to Rudy; Cites lack of moral compass
This is brutal. The rumors were thick yesterday, but it hit. Ambassador Richard Blackenship, a major Florida donor, switched from Romney to Giuliani. Check out part of the letter: "The changes in core beliefs gave rise to some concerns. You have to have an anchor in life," he said of Read more…
Rudy bags Ehrlich
Former MD Governor, Bob Ehrlich, signs on with Rudy Giuliani. Nice to see the endorsements… This has been in the cards for a while. Perhaps I am beginning to stand corrected? However, it still fits the pattern of people disconnected from local electoral machines.