Stephen Hayes at the Weekly Standard notices that Mitt Romney is scoring with more emotion: Many other (far more influential) people praised Romney for showing some emotion, too. And since then he has become emotional twice more – once on Meet the Press this weekend and again during a speech Read more…
First, I want to say that I have no problem with what I am about to talk about, and I am not alleging anything conspiratorial. In politics, affinity groups are affinity groups and great things. Barack Obama will do better among African-Americans than other candidates. Joe Lieberman got huge electoral Read more…
Island tax havens factor into Romney’s business success – Los Angeles Times (tags: 2008 romney) Mike Huckabee’s Success as a Kinder, Gentler Pat Buchanan — New York Magazine (tags: 2008 huckabee) The American Spectator (tags: 2008 paul ia) BBC NEWS | Business | China’s economic muscle ‘shrinks’ (tags: china) Fred Read more…
You won’t believe this. Drudge is attacking Mike Huckabee for having a floating cross in his ad. Dude. It is a Christmas ad. He says "Christ." Silent Night is playing in the background. Huckabee stops speaking when the hymn comes to "mother and child." It ain’t subtle. Please tell me Read more…
New ads are up. The verdict is in. Huck wins the exchange. I do agree that the crime and ethics issues are what ought to hurt Mike Huckabee. One of the big questions was how people were going to handle ads around Christmas. Huckabee has managed to come up with Read more…
So, it is undeniable that Ron Paul raised a monstrously huge amount of money. He will likely have, Mitt Romney’s personal check book aside, the largest fundraising of Q4. What is he going to do with it? So far, we have cheesy ads. But we also have large mailings going Read more…
McCain’s Last Stand (tags: 2008 mccain) Fading Romney targets Huckabee – Jonathan Martin – Politico.com (tags: 2008 romney huckabee) For the Republicans: John McCain – The Boston Globe (tags: 2008 mcain) Huck’s gift-givers ended up in state posts – Kenneth P. Vogel – Politico.com (tags: 2008 huckabee ethics) Seacoastonline.com: Vote Read more…
It has turned out that Mitt Romney’s Meet the Press appearance appeared decent at the time, but mistakes seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Race 4 2008 has one write-up. First, there was Romney’s lie about the NRA endorsement. He claimed that he had received it in 2002. Read more…
Mitt Romney didn’t tell the truth. Again. In answer to questions about whether he would sign an assault weapons ban, Romney said: "Just as the president said, he would have, he would have signed that bill if it came to his desk, and so would have I. And, and, and Read more…
The Nashua Telegraph is suggesting that Rudy Giuliani is pulling television ads from New Hampshire media markets. If the theory is right that Rudy splits votes with John McCain, then this should help McCain in NH. Presumably Rudy is going to spend the money in South Carolina or Florida, where Read more…