Romney supports troop withdrawal…
Great…. "Appearing on ABC News’ "Good Morning America," Romney voiced support for a private timetable and benchmarks for U.S. troops to get out of Iraq."
What does all this money stuff mean?
Update: Kung Fu Quip confirms my back-of-the-envelope calculations on Romney’s fundraising. Actually, he quotes Romney confirming it. Last night, I spent a lot of time on the phone with fundraisers and campaign operatives from around the country gossiping about the Read more
The also-raised…
Sam Brownback got $2m. That’s 4x Mike Huckabee. That’s good for him. John McCain got $12.5m. Not so good… He is expected to have a high burn rate. What’s the COH? Read the statement for a little self-flagellation.. All in Read more
Pat Toomey: “Disappointed” except for Brownback
The Club for Growth‘s Pat Toomey was interviewed on Fox and Friends and had some explosive things to say about Presidential candidates: Quotes: Nobody walked away with it either. But there’s an opening…. What disappointed me a little bit is Read more
Romney loaned campaign $2.5m; way to step on good story
Mitt Romney loaned his campaign $2.5m, according to Hotline. That was a goof for two reasons. The first is that it steps on his own story. The second is that he had suggested that he shouldn’t need to do that: Read more
Romney posts $23m $20m
Update: Romney loaned himself a big chunk of change… Mitt Romney posted $23m raised. Hotline has the story: Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney raised $23M this quarter, more than enough to top the field of Republican contenders. That Romney was able Read more
Rudy in at $15m
They release before Romney, indicating that they don’t want a separate story of their own. That’s the high end of Hotline’s estimate. I assume that he’s not looking for a big comparison to Romney. Apparently only $1m is general election Read more
Poll: People supporting GOP on Iraq Supplemental
Roll Call ($) has the story. I argued a long time ago that Iraq was going to be more of a problem for the Democrats than the Republicans. What has happened since then? First, Bush is going to get to Read more
Democratic double-talk on Iraq?
Really? I never… Indeed. Hillary says one thing in fundraisers and another in the Senate.
Hillary raises $26m
That’s the number from the Hotline. They note that, for her, that isn’t really that impressive. Furthermore, this is a primary and general number. As the Romney memo notes, this number is a little bunk. The NYT’s Caucus points out Read more