Romney said: I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life. I’ve never really shot anything terribly big. I used to hunt rabbits. Monty Python’s Mosquito Hunter said: I’ve been a hunter all my life. Watch the vid: Note also from that AP story: Romney added: "Shooting a rabbit with Read more…
Mitt Romney’s hunting problem continues. Earlier this week, Mitt Romney said he had "been a hunter all his life." (see video here) But a reporter did some research, and Romney’s campaign admitted that Romney had only been hunting twice, once as a teenager and once for a fundraiser. Then Romney Read more…
Now, I’ve been trying to avoid the Rudy pile-on on abortion. But, now he is blaming bloggers for his problems? He could be running against Hillary Clinton. And he thinks bloggers play dirty? WTF?
Mitt Romney, changed his story on hunting … again. Here’s where he started: Mitt Romney said he had hunted "pretty much all his life." Then the press asked his staff to confirm … and he had hunted only twice (and once at a fundraiser no less!). Now Romney has clarified. Read more…
"In a loud voice" that perhaps reporters weren’t supposed to hear, Rudy Giuliani says that the social conservatives will be split and that he will form a coalition of the remainder: In a voice loud enough to be overheard on the other side of the room, he outlined his view Read more…
There are now two pieces of legislation that are going through the legislative process in early primary states. In South Carolina, there is an abortion-related bill that requires that doctors review ultrasounds with a mother before an abortion. In New Hampshire, the House just passed a civil-unions bill. This matters Read more…
Tom Ravenel, the State Treasurer. I remember making phone calls for DeMint hoping desperately that we wouldn’t elect a protectionist to the US Senate. Good statewide pickup for Rudy. He needs more of those.
Jim Geraghty has a great article over at NY Sun Politics about Fred Thompson. There is lots of talk about filling the conservative void, but I think that the more interesting discussion is about gun owners, the NRA, and interest groups: One powerful organization that may breathe easier at news Read more…
Duncan Hunter is also at $500,000. That’s pretty sad, considering his role in leadership. Jim Gilmore is at $200,000, probably. Again, this merely confirms that there are three tiers, the big three, Sam Brownback, and the rest. Unless something drastic happens, Brownback is the only one who is in a Read more…
Mitt Romney has a problem with gun owners, and it is that he is like John Kerry. John Kerry referred to his "trusty shotgun", which was actually a weapon he had voted to ban. This was seen as fabricated, and it was rightly mocked in the righty blogs. Mitt Romney Read more…