According to Alexander Bolton in The Hill: Political experts in Iowa say top-tier Republican presidential candidates are facing growing pressure from two social conservatives who may grab one of the “three tickets out of Iowa” because of greater organizational strength. Read more
This is bad news. Jim Ramstad (R-MN-03) announces that he is retiring. This is a marginal seat. Ouch.
Well, Alan Keyes is in the race, it appears. A friend who was a highly trusted Bush donor back in 2000 once told me that he got regular phone calls from the Bush campaign in 1999 and 2000 asking to Read more
Drudge is pushing a story about Hillary Clinton’s health care plan. While Drudge focused on the dollar amount, I saw this: The centerpiece of Clinton’s plan is the so-called "individual mandate," requiring everyone to have health insurance — just as Read more
I keep giggling whenever I read about the Norman Hsu scandal. First, Fred Thompson got it right. Didn’t the Clinton’s learn anything from the fundraising scandals of the 90s? Second, the first great fundraising scandal of the post-Abramoff ethics era Read more
I have argued that housing will be a big issue in 2008. Matt Stoller of Open Left has a great example of one way that this is playing out in a Maryland Democratic primary. The Washington Post has a story Read more
Update: Rob Bluey got me the video and a proper quote. I was driving home from a meeting at church, and C-SPAN radio was playing in my car. Michael O’Hanlon was speaking (live) at Heritage. O’Hanlon said: They are the Read more
Ralph Hallow’s Washington Times article from yesterday talked about the possibility of a Newt Gingrich candidacy. There was an interesting paragraph: "If this election is about money and structure, then we already know who our nominee is," said Mr. Evans, Read more
Is Rob Bluey accusing Mitt Romney’s former driver, Dean Barnett, of defending cheating? Never…
So I went to accept a LinkedIn invitation. You’ll never guess from who. But, in any case, I get to the screen, and there is Barack Obama asking a question. This strikes me as a pretty clever way to use Read more