I noted that Kevin Madden’s most recent denial is a clear non-denial. Or rather it is not responsive in some way. Let’s drill down on his statements to see just how much the Romney campaign has backtracked in the last Read more
According to Tom Bevan at RCP, Kevin Madden has issued a denial. The denial however is of the non-denial denial subspecies. Let me be perfectly clear: our campaign was not and is not involved with any efforts to engage in Read more
I think that this story will dominate the GOP 2008 race today. It suggests that Alex Gage, who Chris Cilliza calls part of the Romney "inner circle," is behind the push polls.
Justin Hart, blogger at MyManMitt and Race42008, is the only person who seems to be in contact with people inside Western Wats. He has defended Western Wats’ denials that this whole thing is associated with the Mitt Romney campaign here, Read more
The Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked one of the kings of political sleaze what he thought of the Mitt Romney phone calls. He sees a historical antecedent in the the 1960 JFK race: Just as Bobby Kennedy was behind anti-Catholic calls Read more
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Well, we seem to be in day 3 of this scandal. The calls went out Wednesday or Thursday. The AP’s Phil Elliott and the Politico’s Jonathan Martin reported on it on Thursday. Friday, all sorts of speculation abounded. The solid Read more
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UPDATE: I wrote the basics of this in a comment this morning, but I was at the DC Walk for the Homeless, and so could only update via my blackberry. I have been contacted by Vic Lundquist, who’s post is Read more
So, there was a three-ish day media frenzy on this. The video on YouTube has been watched almost 1m times. It was rebroadcast hundreds of times. Whoopi Goldberg defended John McCain on The View to a bunch of liberal women. Read more