Last night the Virginia GOP passed a resolution: The Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee yesterday evening passed a motion requesting the Virginia State Board of Elections withdraw the “statement of intent” requirement before participating in the 2008 Republican Read more
Matthew Yglesias (November 29, 2007) – Win-Win (Politics) (tags: 2008 huckabee life romney giuliani) Republicans Lose Strong Candidate in NJ-3 — Political Wire (tags: 2008 nj-03 nj congress gop) No Sanctuary from Mitt and Rudy – Fact Checker (tags: 2008 Read more
Jonathan Martin posted the PDF of Mitt Romney’s immigration contrast mail piece in Iowa. He compares himself to the other top 4 GOP candidates. But look at the dates. The thing that strikes me…. Romney’s position on immigration is defended Read more
There’s a lot of uncertainty in the race right now. The biggests questions are probably: First, will there be a Mitt Romney-Rudy Giuliani murder-suicide? Luntz focus groups suggest that Romney might have done better on immigration in the debate. Second, Read more
Romney’s Imaginary Advisers – Swampland – TIME (tags: 2008 romney mccain) Marc Ambinder (November 29, 2007) – Atlantic Umpire: Does Romney Want South Carolina Republicans To Think He Favors An Immediate Constitutional Ban On Abortion? (tags: 2008 romney life sc) Read more
On November 19th, Ramesh Ponnuru and Rich Lowry published a very interesting cover-story in National Review. They argued that the situation that the party is in is much more dire. First, the diagnosis: So while Republicans are depressed these days, Read more
The day after a debate in which Mitt Romney does …. not so well, it seems that there might be a concerted effort to lower expectations. Jen Rubin had been noticing it for a while. It seems that that strategy Read more
RealClearPolitics – Articles – How to Meet Our Nation’s Challenges (tags: 2008 security) Marc Ambinder (November 27, 2007) – Romney And Muslims (tags: 2008 romney) RealClearPolitics – Articles – McCain’s Electability Argument (tags: 2008 mccain) Mitt’s Muslim Checkbox | Democracy Read more
I didn’t get the chance to live-blog this, but I did take notes. There were some great moments. Rudy Giuliani’s slap of Romney with "sanctuary mansion" was outstanding. Mike Huckabee’s handling of the death penalty question was masterful. The complexity Read more
So this morning was the Mitt Romney’s hypocritical bigotry towards Muslims scandal. Then the Boston Herald broke that Romney’s affirmative-action judge had screwed up and let out a child-rapist before Romney gave her a promotion. And now Rudy Giuliani was Read more