Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) is announcing his retirement. That’s lousy news. The question is whether Rep. Heather Wilson runs for the seat. She’s probably our best chance, unless Darren White, the Bernallilo County sheriff runs. The conventional wisdom is that Read more
After Ames, Mike Huckabee was a rockstar. His campaign manager said that the fundraising calls were coming fast and furious. And now he has only raised $1m? Only $200k more than the previous quarter? Surely Ames and all that free Read more
Reps. Jeb Hensarling and Marsha Blackburn had a very brief conference call with bloggers. They noted that S-CHIP was vetoed by the President. They pointed out all the details about this being more than a children’s healthcare program. 17 states Read more
I harp on the need to build a network of blogs in the states. One just popped up in Maine. Allen vs. Collins. Hopefully they will also cover state legislative races and the open-seat that Tom Allen left. Susan Collins Read more
Real Clear Politics polling suggests that Mitt Romney has not been able to maintain his bump from the Ames Straw Poll. Is Romney peaking? Did people take a second look at him after Ames and …. pass? Romney is the Read more
This is sort of interesting. In Virginia, incumbents are allowed to pick the process by which nominations for their seat are made. A part of that law was struck down. There is also no party registration. The 4th Circuit said Read more
Forbes has rated the GOP candidates in order of conservativeness: Fred Thompson, 40.6/50 John McCain, 40.5/50 Sam Brownback, 37.9/50 Mitt Romney, 36.7/50 Rudy Giuliani, 36.2/50 Duncan Hunter, 34.3/50 Ron Paul, 31.2/50 Tom Tancredo, 31.1/50 Mike Huckabee, 26/50 No idea what Read more
The Economist’s Democracy in America blog gets the Rudy Giuliani versus social conservative politics right: That last scenario sounds bad for all Republicans, because it would be a help to the dread Hillary Clinton. But at this point it looks Read more
Reading the morning news, this little vignette about Fred Thompson at the Iowa Christian Alliance meeting struck me: At one point in the receiving line, a man’s Huckabee sticker fell off while he was shaking Thompson’s hand, so the former Read more
Yesterday Salon reported about a meeting that occurred concurrently with the quarterly meeting of the Council on National Policy, a conservative organization that tries to coordinate the actions of various components of the conservative movement. The top-level story that people Read more