The Washington Times has a good story about why this calendar is still in flux. First Florida moves up. Now the South Carolina GOP is talking about moving up: "We have the latitude as a party of setting our own primary dates and we are going to move our primary Read more…
Another poll indicates that Mitt Romney is leading in Iowa. I think that this is probably right, and the RCP average suggests that this is sustained. I have suggested that Romney is running a fantastic campaign in Iowa and in general. It strikes me that this is soft though. Check Read more…
Thomas Friedman (Times $elect) attended a graduation at Rensselaer Polytech. He noticed something: The reason I had to laugh was because it seemed like every one of the newly minted Ph.D.’s at Rensselaer was foreign born. For a moment, as the foreign names kept coming — “Hong Lu, Xu Xie, Read more…
Ann Romney says: Whether the issue is running for the presidency or taking over the Winter Olympics, "I weigh in so heavily, and he listens to my advice probably more than anyone else’s," Ann agrees. "We never sort of go off on our own, either one of us, without feeling Read more…
ABC just wrote about the damage that Mitt Romney’s pandering on immigration will do to him in Florida. It even quotes Jeb Bush as "disappointed" in Romney. I think that this raises an interesting process point. There has been much talk about adding Nevada to the Democratic schedule having the Read more…
AmSpec’s Jim Antle said: I don’t understand the McCain camp’s insistence on focusing on the candidate behind them in most polls [Romney] rather than the candidate ahead of them in most polls [Giuliani]. The NYT’s Caucus blog has speculated on this too: The feud between Senator John McCain and former Read more…
Andrew Sullivan channeling Groucho Marx on Romney: "Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others."
There has been speculation that Rudy Giuliani is playing very carefully on the immigration issue because he wants Schwarzenegger’s endorsement. I have a related theory. Is Mitt Romney hurting himself with Jeb Bush because of his flip-flopping pander on immigration? Several points as you think about this. First Jeb Bush Read more…
The WSJ’s Chris Cooper makes a good point about early voting and its impact on the calendar: But even before the official votes kick off in Iowa on Jan. 14, large numbers of voters around the country already will have cast their ballots, as major states encourage voting far in Read more…
John McCain noted that once an illegal gets a Z visa, it is only convertible to a green card or a Y visa (which would put them out of the country in 2 years).