There’s a fight over taxes between Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. Yesterday, Romney accused Rudy of supporting a commuter tax. But, as always seems to be the case for Romney, whose operating principle seems to be "what is good for Read more
The first thing I notice. He is the first candidate to come up with his wife. She walks away. And AFP messes up the music. But the crowd is attentive. I think that the people here want to believe in Read more
Mike Huckabee speaks at AFP. He starts with populism. "Getting the economy moving for everyone." But then he switches to talking about the defects with the tax code. He is so interesting. This is anti-government populism. "The average American is Read more
The whole framing of this is interesting. Rudy is speaking in the middle of a nasty fight with Mitt Romney over their economic records. Rudy starts by saying that he is a supply-sider and that he had made supply-side policies Read more
One of the things that Republicans have done better than Democrats is staff organizations on the Hill. One of my favorite from being on the Hill is the Republican Communicators Association. Every blogger in Washington should come. And, furthermore, the Read more
Senator Thune introduced John McCain at the Americans for Prosperity reception last night. I thought it was a very good introduction. It highlighted McCain’s record as a anti-spending guy. Thune calls him the "lobbyist for the taxpayer" in contrast to Read more
They all come at once: Rudy Giuliani at $10.5m. $15 CoH Mitt Romney at $10m, $8.5m from self. And only $9m CoH. Is that a burn rate over 100%? Fred Thompson at $8m John McCain at $6m. $3.6m CoH, $1.5m Read more
From WESH Orlando: Flagler County is the fastest-growing county in the United States. One of every five homes in Flagler County is for sale. Celebration is feeling the same pain because 50 percent of the homes there are for sale. Read more
Yesterday, I wrote about Mitt Romney’s Ames effect wearing off in Iowa. I am pretty sure that I missed the story. Gallup Poll’s Frank Newport had the first hint: I disagreed. In fact, one thing the national polls have shown Read more
Richard Nadler wrote an important piece in the Journal a couple of days ago. First, Nadler’s conclusion is simple: Immigration policies that induce mass fear among illegal residents will induce mass anger among the legal residents who share their heritage. Read more