Fred giving up?
Fred Thompson seems to be throwing himself under the bus. From ABC in Iowa: By declaring that he needs to do better than he’s polled for months, Thompson risks setting a bar so high for himself that a third-place victory Read more
links for 2007-12-30
Is Romney Desperate? – The Brody File: David Brody Blog – CBN News (tags: 2008 romney) Brownstein: Romney is betting big to win big – National Journal- msnbc.com (tags: 2008 romney ia nh huckabee mccain) The strains of Danish commitment Read more
Anecdotes ? Data
But it sure is interesting: OTTUMWA, Iowa–Last night, I attended a Mike Hucabee event at the Bridge View Center here and made the conservative estimate that he drew a crowd of 400 to 500 inside an auditorium that held 650. Read more
Pro-Huckabee group goes up with anti-Romney ad
Trust Huckabee, the somewhat controversial pro-Huckabee 501(c)(4), has gone up on the air with a pro-Huckabee ad and launched an anti-Romney site. No news yet about the size of the buy. It does strike me that, at this point, Mike Read more
Red states gaining, but beware of resting on laurels
I highly recommend the book How Congress Evolves by the late Nelson Polsby to any student or practitioner of politics. Polsby documents the interplay between Congressional rules, demographic shift, and partisan realignment. The essential fact was that Southern congressional districts Read more
links for 2007-12-29
Pollster.com: Our Poll of Pollsters – Part I: Holiday Interviews Don’t trust polls (tags: 2008 polling calendar) Romney holds off on closer speech – First Read – msnbc.com (tags: 2008 romney) Marc Ambinder (December 28, 2007) – Pastors Urged To Read more
Media
Romney ad “misleading”; McCain responds
Mitt Romney dropped a negative ad in New Hampshire attacking John McCain. However, it seems that Romney, again, has some truthiness problems. Given the factual errors below, it is clear why McCain goes straight to Romney’s credibility problem. Factcheck.org, "More Read more
Desperate Romney flip-flops and goes negative in NH
UPDATE: NYT fact-checks the ad. Some misleadin’ and some makin’ up. This is pretty funny. Mitt Romney told Jill Zuckerman of the Chicago Tribune reporters should stop looking at his "old quotes": "I know that there are some—particularly in opposing Read more
links for 2007-12-28
The Anonymous Liberal: Obama For President An important point about the narrative about bush-clinton-bush-clinton (tags: 2008 clinton obama media) Does America Need John McCain? | Redstate (tags: 2008 mccain international) Yepsen: 3rd place: Disaster or boost, depending on party | Read more
International
The closing argument: Experience versus management
It is clear that in Iowa, the debate is not about experience. It will be a fight between Mitt Romney’s money and Mike Huckabee’s churches. There are real doubts that Huckabee can sustain a challenge to any mainstream GOP candidate. Read more