Who said conservatives can’t organize on facebook?
Errr. Conservatives, as in the Conservative Party of Canada: H/T to my friend Stephen, north of the border.
Rudy raises $17m, $18m CoH
Update: $2m was raised for the general. That means that he raised $15m primary money in Q2 and has $16m in the bank for the primary. Details coming soon. This means that he spent $10m, about half of what Romney Read more
Romney only raises $14m? Spent $32m in 6 months
Ok. Mitt Romney was supposed to be the money king. But he only raised $2.8m more than John McCain, according to AP. Between Q1 and Q2 Romney raised, including the $9m from himself, about $44m. And now he has $12m Read more
Switchin’ Bloomberg
When Mike Bloomberg switched his registration, I was annoyed that the press never reported that Bloomberg switched to the GOP to avoid a tough primary for NYC mayor. But then, I found this which, perhaps, made the argument more eloquently Read more
Questions for remainder of fundraising numbers
Now that John McCain’s disappointing numbers are out, there are still a couple more interesting questions remaining: Mitt Romney versus Rudy Giuliani: What does it mean if Rudy raises more money than he did in Q1, but Romney raises less? Read more
McCain’s fundraising numbers
Ryan Sager has the info. John McCain’s campaign fired about 50 staff, raised $11.2 CoH, and has $2m CoH. That means that they spent about $13m in Q2. Where did that go? Apparently, the strategy is to focus on New Read more
economy
More on the 2008 environment: Iraq and the economy
This morning, Novak said: It is difficult to exaggerate the pessimism about the immediate political future voiced by Republicans in Congress when not on the record. With an unpopular president waging an unpopular war, they foresee electoral catastrophe in 2008, Read more
economy
More on the housing bust
From Bloomberg this morning in a story about the collapse of the housing market in Georgia, you can see the macro situation: Bear Stearns, the second-biggest U.S. underwriter of mortgage-backed securities now reeling from the worst housing decline since the Read more
Romney’s Big Dig problem
Back in October, I wrote about Mitt Romney’s problem with the Big Dig: Today [the Boston Globe] attack[s] his record on the Big Dig and his management skills in general. There are two significant issues here. First, the investigation may Read more
Elephant in the mirror
Yesterday, Marc Ambinder reported about a poll taken by Fabrizio McLaughlin. Liz Mair had some of the top-line numbers. The Hill and the Boston Globe wrote a little about it, but frankly, I think that they missed the real stories Read more