Mitt Romney has gotten in some hot water because his "Director of Operations" seemed to be role-playing a secret service. Mitt Romney also said that "the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman," and so he ducked out of the Read more…
Excuse the disorder of my notes. This should have somewhat more organized thoughts. In some real sense this was my first exposure to Huckabee as a candidate. I had interacted with him previously through the Young Republicans, and I knew that he was doing what he was doing to move Read more…
Mike Huckabee is holding another blogger conference call. This is my first. These are notes. I will have a seperate analysis post. First, notes from his opening statement: The last two weeks have been intense. "The straw poll has been phenomenal for us." "On a non-stop tour in terms of Read more…
Chris Bowers pre-emptively declares defeat on pulling out of Iraq.
I am really surprised that the tax fight hasn’t been engaged really. There was some, but not too much, noise when the tax-raising budget was passed by a Democratic Congress. But this is going to come back. In theory, the Bush administration helped the 2008 GOP nominee because imminent, steep Read more…
I think that this is fascinating. Here’s what the Machinists say: “Mike Huckabee was the only Republican candidate with the guts to meet with our members and the only one willing to figure out where and how we might work together,” said Buffenbarger. “He is entitled to serious consideration from Read more…
The AP has a story on Bush’s proposals on housing and the subprime mess. I am glad to see that "no bailout" is part of the answer. A lot of people are saying that we have pulled out of it. There were two sentences that should remind people that the Read more…
As my friends Patrick Ruffini, Rob Bluey, and Justin Hart have pointed out, a bunch of us organized a new media training workshop at Heritage, sponsored by Google, on Wednesday. It was a success. About 200 people attended. It was truly extraordinary. The goal, more than anything else, was to Read more…
So Mitt Romney released a new ad. A number of people have commented on the "legs" side of Romney’s ad, but I thought the "challenges" side was more interesting. Consider some quotes: "An Olympics hit by scandal and deficits" "He turned around dozens of companies" "State losing jobs with huge Read more…
Marc Ambinder reports that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers endorsed Mike Huckabee. I wonder how many of these are Republicans? Does it hurt Huckabee by confirming his less-than-conservative economic record?