Edwards’ awful ad
Why is John Edwards running such a lame ad? Is a message too expensive?
Why is John Edwards running such a lame ad? Is a message too expensive?
Earlier in the week, Mitt Romney released his "Ocean" ad. Jonathan Martin, typically exuberant in his praise of Romney, had this to say: Second, it seems as though this ad is yet more evidence of Romney trying to "close the deal" with social conservatives. The campaign increasingly views Fred Thompson Read more…
So today, I had lunch with a bunch of bloggers (Patrick Ruffini and Joe Carter were the conservatives. I didn’t know any of the liberals) and staff from the ONE campaign, a bipartisan effort to raise awareness of international poverty issues. I came in with several kinds of questions. The Read more…
In Q1, the refrain from the 2nd tier was that the only fundraising number that really matters is Q2 Cash on Hand. The reasoning for that was Ames. The amount of money that a campaign has right now limits the amount of money it can spend at Ames, and there’s Read more…
In Q1, Mike Huckabee’s fundraising team disappointed. Looks like he did it in Q2 also: Republican Mike Huckabee raised $764,000 for his presidential campaign from April through June and had $437,000 cash on hand at the end of last month, according to financial reports filed Sunday. The former Arkansas governor Read more…
Just when you thought that the calendar was going to be stable, Ohio and Michigan start to screw it up. In Ohio, legislation has been introduced by a Democratic State Senator to move the date to Jan. 29th, the same day as Florida. Stealing Florida’s special location would probably have Read more…
Fred Thompson popped into the College Republican National Convention for a surprise visit, again appealing to elements of the base with a sort of folksy, grassroots style. Here’s what he said: Sam Brownback also spoke. Trent Lott was a surrogate for John McCain. And Mitt Romney had a table. The Read more…
Jim Gilmore got out today. From his release. I am today withdrawing my candidacy for the Republican nomination for President. It has been a positive and rewarding experience for me, for my family, and for my supporters. It has become apparent to me that the combination of my late start, Read more…
Getting in at the tail end of McCain’s opening. He sounds very, very tired. Jennifer Rubin asks about Sens. Lugar and Warner re-authorizing the war under different conditions. McCain says that once you authorize a war, you either win the war or lose it. Says we can still win. James Read more…
After writing about Virginia and West Virginia polling yesterday, I got thinking about one of the discussions that is not taking place on the internet right now. The question is pretty simple: who will be the swing voters of 2008? Several possible answers. But let me start with some facts, Read more…