I saw this press release from Mitt Romney’s campaign. I asked Patrick Hynes, who is the blog-outreach guy for John McCain, what he thought of it. His first response was to tell a joke: First, I think that John Lynch Read more
Many people have commented on Bob Novak’s piece in the Post today. I thought that the most interesting point was, perhaps, this one: But the situation is not a simple confrontation between the Christian right and Giuliani. The Gallup data Read more
John Fund wrote about the future of 20% of the US Economy and over 10% of the population: Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of state politics, says that if Democrats retake the governorship after Read more
Haven’t I been saying this? The housing crunch is most severe in some of the most hotly contested political battleground states, a trend that could spell trouble for Republicans next year. Six of the 10 states with the highest foreclosure Read more
The Conservative Leadership Conference occurred over the weekend. It had called itself "CPAC West." That is perhaps too generous, but the straw poll results strike me as, perhaps, interesting. After all, these are activists. MSNBC’s First Read has the results, Read more
A standard question is "who is actually supporting Ron Paul?" There has been an assumption that the answer is "not Republicans", but there isn’t always evidence. Then I was reminded of this when a comment was left on a video Read more
A number of people have asked me why I think that the religious right hasn’t found a candidate. The supposition is that if the religious right came around and supported someone like Mike Huckabee or Sam Brownback, they could be Read more
I woke up this morning, and started checking my email. The first hint was a message from a Polish friend in Brussels. Al Gore had won the Nobel Peace Prize. My friend now thinks that Al Gore has a lock Read more
The Foreign Policy blog has some interesting details about rich people losing their homes: A good example of this is the greater Washington, D.C., area. One might think that subprime loans would be most popular in poorer areas of the Read more
Another month. More lousy housing numbers: A total of 223,538 foreclosure filings were reported in September, up from 112,210 in the same month a year ago, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac Inc. The number of filings in September was down 8 Read more