The Club for Growth‘s Pat Toomey was interviewed on Fox and Friends and had some explosive things to say about Presidential candidates: Quotes: Nobody walked away with it either. But there’s an opening…. What disappointed me a little bit is that no one came out with a really bold platform Read more…
Mitt Romney loaned his campaign $2.5m, according to Hotline. That was a goof for two reasons. The first is that it steps on his own story. The second is that he had suggested that he shouldn’t need to do that: Romney himself said later that contributing any of his personal Read more…
Update: Romney loaned himself a big chunk of change… Mitt Romney posted $23m raised. Hotline has the story: Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney raised $23M this quarter, more than enough to top the field of Republican contenders. That Romney was able to squeeze so many low hanging fruit sources in what Read more…
They release before Romney, indicating that they don’t want a separate story of their own. That’s the high end of Hotline’s estimate. I assume that he’s not looking for a big comparison to Romney. Apparently only $1m is general election money. COH total of $10m, after transfers. My sense is Read more…
Roll Call ($) has the story. I argued a long time ago that Iraq was going to be more of a problem for the Democrats than the Republicans. What has happened since then? First, Bush is going to get to veto a pork-laden bill. And the people like that: The Read more…
Really? I never… Indeed. Hillary says one thing in fundraisers and another in the Senate.
That’s the number from the Hotline. They note that, for her, that isn’t really that impressive. Furthermore, this is a primary and general number. As the Romney memo notes, this number is a little bunk. The NYT’s Caucus points out results for Joe Biden, $3m, and Bill Richardson, $6m. They Read more…
This post emerges from some a number of sources including some recent polls and articles that I will reference, some discussions with conservatives in other countries, and Rob Bluey’s recent blogger lunch on the topic. Let me start with a summary of where the GOP candidates are on the issue. Read more…