A week into the debate and Romney is already changing his tune. This weekend in South Carolina, Romney said: “If that’s not a form of amnesty, I don’t know what is,” Romney said. “I think we should not call it Read more
The Washington Prowler has the story and the analysis: Any doubts former Sen. Fred Thompson isn’t getting into the race have probably flown out the window based on the news this morning that Rep. Marsha Blackburn has jumped off the Read more
Michael Gerson, President Bush’s former speechwriter nails it today in the WaPo. FIrst on the future of the GOP: Given current demographic realities, Republicans cannot rely on their white base alone. If a Republican presidential candidate doesn’t get about 40 Read more
Yesterday, Heritage held a conference call about immigration. The theme was the same old same old. But one of the lines that jumped out at me (and Matt Lewis) was that: Jon Kyl thinks he is smarter than Reagan They Read more
Datamar has a poll of the 2008 GOP Florida primary. Race42008’s HeavyM says, "who in the world is DataMar?" Well, from their website: Providing quality software solutions since 1981 Surveys & Data Intelligence Strategies Datamar Modular Accounting Solutions Sweet! Read more
Rudy Giuliani just announced his Rhode Island leadership team. One name struck me: Republican National Committeeman Robert Manning Why? Because Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed him as an early RNC endorser: Current And Former RNC Committee Members Supporting Governor Romney (Already Read more
Earlier in the week, Heritage released a study claiming that the immigration bill would bankrupt country due to welfare payments to regularized immigrants. Of course, another study from Heritage ("in peer review." I wonder if it will ever get out, Read more
Yesteday, I wrote about the possibility of Mitt Romney facing political problems in Florida because of his pandering flip-flop on immigration. ABC picked up on the issue, and pointed out that Jeb Bush was "disappointed." Turns out that the Miami Read more
The Washington Times has a good story about why this calendar is still in flux. First Florida moves up. Now the South Carolina GOP is talking about moving up: "We have the latitude as a party of setting our own Read more
Another poll indicates that Mitt Romney is leading in Iowa. I think that this is probably right, and the RCP average suggests that this is sustained. I have suggested that Romney is running a fantastic campaign in Iowa and in Read more