If I sit back and worry about what could happen in 2008, I don’t worry about Iraq. I worry about the economy. Here is why, courtesy of the NYT: In the coming year, interest rates on some $850 billion in Read more
I think that all the people who thought that Fred Thompson had suddenly become a campaign finance hater are going to be disappointed. From Marc Ambinder, reporting from South Carolina: And, addressing Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the McCain-Feingold campaign Read more
George Romney that is. According to the Globe, Nixon’s CoS said, "P concluded that Romney is the type who always folds under pressure, after talking a big game." Like father, like son?
Patrick Ruffini makes an articulate defense of flip-flopping: It’s easy to turn a blind eye if someone’s flip-flopping in my direction, but that’s not it. Rather, it’s that at some point, you’ve gotta dance with the ones that brung ya. Read more
Get an honest answer: "When we walked through the series of measures that are being proposed, we got 77 percent of Republicans, 72 percent of Democrats, and 70 percent of independents supporting it," says Goeas (pronounced GO-as). "There’s not a Read more
Jennifer Rubin, over at Race42008, wrote a summary of the 2008 candidate responses to yesterday’s SCOTUS decision. At one point, she said: Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani issued statements applauding the decision. Romney made no mention of prior support of Read more
The Influence Peddler says: For some years, it’s been difficult for conservatives to figure out when to stand with President Bush and when to draw distinctions. On judicial appointments, executive privilege, the War on Terror, and most social and ‘values’ Read more
Mitt Romney endorsed Rocky Anderson for mayor of Salt Lake in 2003. Here’s the ad: Turns out that Rocky is unhappy with Mitt now. From the Deseret News: Anderson told host Amy Goodman, "This is not Mitt Romney. If you Read more
Turns out that Mitt Romney’s Director of Operations, who recently took a paid leave of absence because he claimed to be a cop while harassing reporters and citizens, had harassed another reporter, according to Scott Helman at the Globe: Now Read more
Remember all that blabber about Barack Obama getting so much Facebook support? Recall Patrick Ruffini’s recent discussions about who Obama’s voters are? He said this: See, Barack Obama has mobilized people, even if he hasn’t mobilized the netroots. He’s brought Read more