Senior Romney staffer bailing?
NH Insider is hearing that Barbara Comstock is preparing to jump ship to Fred Thompson. Romney has already lost some endorsers to Thompson. Not good…
Romney buying more straw polls?
Now, I’m no fan of straw polls. It is one thing if the voting universe is small. But it is not at many, and straw polls are usually arbitrary fundraising adventures for the hosts. And for the winners, they are Read more
Giuliani and the evangelicals
One of the great questions of this election will be whether social conservatives abandon Rudy Giuliani. Conventional wisdom suggests that they will. The Giuliani campaign has gone to great lengths to argue that they will not. Today, the LA Times Read more
MoveOn giving McCain a helping hand?
Doesn’t MoveOn cutting an ad attacking John McCain help him? I think that Michael Goldfarb nailed it: As the Hotline points out, "The more liberals bash McCain, the more comfortable conservatives tend to get." Truer words were never written. The Read more
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Possibility of a brokered convention?
I agree that this is a real possibility on the GOP side. Mike Tomasky discusses how it might arise on the Democratic side.
More on technology and the right
David All, Michael Turk, and Patrick Ruffini, have all weighed in in the latest round on technology and the GOP. David is a web 2.0 proponent. Michael has a different take: This is illustrative of a larger problem the GOP Read more
Alexander putting together a Thompson team
This kind of thing could make a big, big difference for Thompson if he gets in.
The blogosphere, Obama, and the media
Marc Ambinder writes, in response to Matt Yglesias, that Hillary Clinton is "not doomed! Yet!" and discusses her relationship with the blogosphere. The fundamental question is "does Hillary’s failure to catch on in the lefty blogosphere mean that she is Read more
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Thoughts on Fred Thompson
I have been struggling to really articulate my thoughts on a Fred Thompson candidacy, but here’s a go. This was, to some extent, precipitated by a conversation yesterday afternoon, this post of Michael Turk, and Thompson’s interview with John Fund. Read more
PBA decision impact
I have not yet decided what the impact of the Partial Birth Abortion decision will be on 2008. I see two scenarios. Will the narrative that emerges be about abortion or about judges? John McCain and Mitt Romney will want Read more