Anyone left?
John McCain’s campaign sure lost a lot of staff.
Did Gary Marx get caught again?
The Prowler has text of an email pushing negative info. How many times is it going to happen to this guy?
Red states going blue?
I missed these because I was in Florida at the Young Republican convention. Two stories about the GOP in light red states. First, Marc Ambinder references an old poll that has Hillary up substantially in West Virginia: A survey of 400 likely voters completed in May by the political consulting Read more…
Thoughts on Young Republican convention
All the enthusiasm was for Fred Thompson. Probably a quarter of the delegates were walking around with Thompson stickers. The news stories and the videos only partly capture the energy in the room for him. While his speech was a little bit of a let down on content the positioning Read more…
Romney’s Young Republicans speech
I was at the back of the room, so I had to zoom. That made this more jittery. And the tele-prompters (for a YR speech??) were inconveniently placed. I had to cut it up into multiple bits for YouTube. Here it is:
Mitt’s 70 years Young Republicans
Update: Virginians for Fred Thompson has some pictures of geriatric Young Republicans, including a nice explanation of what actually happened at the straw poll. The Mitt Romney campaign has usually been quick to announce straw poll results. I haven’t seen an announcement yet for the one at the Young Republican Read more…
Young Republican straw poll
First, I should say that there have been two major blog posts written about the problems with this. They allege that Mitt Romney bought another straw poll. With details. That said: Romney 163 Thompson 103 Giuliani 37 Huckabee 14 Hunter 14 Paul 11 McCain 5
Fred’s speech to Young Republicans
Title says it all:
Fred Thompson interview from Young Republican Convention
Update: My deepest apologies. I have had sporadic internet access and convention responsibilities. Here is the interview. Liz Mair and I interviewed Fred Thompson after his speech. The speech is coming up.
Off to Young Republican National Convention
I am off to the Young Republican National Convention in Miami. I will be blogging some of it on-site. Mitt Romney will be speaking, as will Duncan Hunter. There will be a bunch of other exciting events, including a straw poll. The last big Young Republican straw poll last year Read more…