Back in October, I wrote about Mitt Romney’s problem with the Big Dig: Today [the Boston Globe] attack[s] his record on the Big Dig and his management skills in general. There are two significant issues here. First, the investigation may damage his 2008 chances. After all, who wants to vote Read more…
Yesterday, Marc Ambinder reported about a poll taken by Fabrizio McLaughlin. Liz Mair had some of the top-line numbers. The Hill and the Boston Globe wrote a little about it, but frankly, I think that they missed the real stories in here. I got my hands on the presentation, and Read more…
If I sit back and worry about what could happen in 2008, I don’t worry about Iraq. I worry about the economy. Here is why, courtesy of the NYT: In the coming year, interest rates on some $850 billion in mortgages are scheduled for their first increase. Over half of Read more…
I think that all the people who thought that Fred Thompson had suddenly become a campaign finance hater are going to be disappointed. From Marc Ambinder, reporting from South Carolina: And, addressing Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform act, Thompson said that while he remained a Read more…
George Romney that is. According to the Globe, Nixon’s CoS said, "P concluded that Romney is the type who always folds under pressure, after talking a big game." Like father, like son?
Patrick Ruffini makes an articulate defense of flip-flopping: It’s easy to turn a blind eye if someone’s flip-flopping in my direction, but that’s not it. Rather, it’s that at some point, you’ve gotta dance with the ones that brung ya. Said another way, the positions Romney et al. are taking Read more…
Get an honest answer: "When we walked through the series of measures that are being proposed, we got 77 percent of Republicans, 72 percent of Democrats, and 70 percent of independents supporting it," says Goeas (pronounced GO-as). "There’s not a piece of research I’ve seen that, if you explain each Read more…
Jennifer Rubin, over at Race42008, wrote a summary of the 2008 candidate responses to yesterday’s SCOTUS decision. At one point, she said: Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani issued statements applauding the decision. Romney made no mention of prior support of campaign finance reform but his ringing endorsement of the Court’s Read more…
The Influence Peddler says: For some years, it’s been difficult for conservatives to figure out when to stand with President Bush and when to draw distinctions. On judicial appointments, executive privilege, the War on Terror, and most social and ‘values’ issues, conservatives have seen Bush as an ally. On Iraq, Read more…
Mitt Romney endorsed Rocky Anderson for mayor of Salt Lake in 2003. Here’s the ad: Turns out that Rocky is unhappy with Mitt now. From the Deseret News: Anderson told host Amy Goodman, "This is not Mitt Romney. If you asked Mitt Romney, sat down and got the real Mitt Read more…