C-SPAN’s coverage makes it clear that he brought lots and lots of kids to the straw poll. Sam Brownback starts with tying together families with terrorism. Huckabee did that in his own way. He really talks about abortion differently than Read more
Mike Huckabee gets a nice intro from Laura Ingraham. Give America back to the people on Main Street. This is an important undercurrent to the language Sams Club Republican thing. Is that really what Huckabee is? Michael Vick joke was Read more
For some good straw poll blogging, I recommend Marc Ambinder, The Fix, and Cyclone Conservative. Well, first Newt started by pandering to the anti-immigration forces. Wasn’t he an open borders guy back in the day? Wasn’t he a hero of Read more
Open Left’s Matt Stoller argues here and here that there is an operative "conservative majority" in Congress right now. His basic thesis is summarized here: In particular, this comment by Paul Rosenberg is I think accurate, as he argues that Read more
Earlier today, I said: Jonathan Martin is reporting that Sam Brownback, among others, has buses: An Iowa Republican said that Romney was bringing about 125 onto the campus of Iowa State University and Brownback just over 100. Tommy Thompson is Read more
The Politico’s Roger Simon is reporting that Mike Huckabee has no buses: Mike Huckabee does not have buses. Huckabee needs to get people to the straw poll in Ames this Saturday and even if he had the money for buses Read more
Patrick Ruffini takes up my challenge to put some meat on the ideological bones. While I agree with most, I would re-emphasize. First, we have a set of broad principles: Win the War on Terror and advance human rights around Read more
At least the weather will be better. But that’s what the WSJ is telling us: South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson will join with New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner tomorrow morning to announce that both states are Read more
Now, I don’t buy all this Yellow Elephant junk, but Mitt Romney doesn’t understand something fundamental: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons’ decision not to enlist in the military, saying they’re showing their support for Read more
Marc Ambinder catches this: In case you missed it, Chuck said on MSNBC earlier that Bill Clinton, in private conversations, has said that he couldn’t win the Democratic nomination in this environment; the party had shifted to the left on Read more