James Pethokoukis, who used to work at IBD and whose writing seems to lean pretty much to the economic right, has a consistent critique of the GOP primary so far. His most recent post is entitled, "GOP Debate Strangely Ignores Read more
An important discussion is emerging on the role of social conservatives in the righty-blogosphere. Joe Carter, who organized the blogger row at FRC’s Values Voters summit, had this to say about the experience: Anyone who wonders why the audience for Read more
Ummm. Not so much. Why? Well, first, listen to Mike Duncan’s lukewarm statement, as reported by Jonathan Martin: Letters went out this morning warning New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan and Wyoming that they were "on notice," Duncan said in a Read more
Justin Hart of Race42008 wrote a post that is 95% correct. He said: You don’t try to win straw polls as proof of your national success among a group of voters. You don’t try to win straw polls as proof Read more
Well, McCain’s lines dominated the debate: Putin Tied up To Romney about "fooling people about your record." "Lead" I posted my notes, and I am having trouble finding other things that struck me deeply. Giuliani did well on Hillary’s spending Read more
They ask Romney about his liberalism and 1994. He dodges. He won’t talk about his past. Thompson cracks jokes at Kennedy’s expense. He gets to talk about his details. Then he whacks at Rudy on abortion, immigration, and gun control. Read more
After everything is done, here are my thoughts: Fred Thompson did not have a good weekend. His speech was ok, but in contrast to Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, it wasn’t so impressive. Lots of people were disappointed in hindsight. Read more
Total (fundraising) Offline (real) Candidate Votes Candidate Votes Romney 1595 Huckabee 488 Huckabee 1565 Romney 99 Paul 865 Thompson 77 Thompson 564 Tancredo 65 They made on and offline versions First, values: Abortion Marriage Tax cuts Family tax issues Sounds Read more
Mike Huckabee has a great crowd here. Certainly a much stronger reception at the beginning than either Romney or Giuliani. Way bigger. Starts with jokes about the baby boomers collecting social security. "If you that’s bad economic news, just wait Read more