I meant to write about this but got distracted. Dan Gerstein has, I think, the proper rebuttal to the guys at the Politico. Perhaps the GOP bad poll numbers are just about Bush? And the correction to Bush lies with Read more
Jonathan Martin has a point… Meanwhile one of the Arizona Republic’s blogs is playing interference for McCain…
I think that the press, and bloggers, sometimes misunderstand the power of people like Richard Land, an SBC leader. Today, according to the Hill, he joined Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina (and John McCain supporter) to help introduce a Read more
This is ridiculous. He was at 3% nationally in Gallup. He is losing supporters. An analyst says Romney may need a new campaign staff. Chuck Todd says his fundraising numbers need to be great. Castellanos is probably looking for a Read more
What a great title. Though, I have to say, they don’t get the positive part of it very well. Only the stupid negative that the GOP bloggers have been doing so far.
Well, people are certainly throwing trash out. Why? You better make your opponents stink before the Club for Growth meeting… The problem for the Club for Growthers is that they are going to have to choose between Rudy Giuliani and Read more
This is great stuff. I’m just going to quote: McCain: Up until last weekend, I was convinced McCain was destined for second place for the quarter. But something about the way McCain softened his financial expectations personally has me nervous Read more
The Hill says that John McCain considered leaving the GOP. Actually, it appears that it was Daschle who said it. I think that Powerline got it right:
My guess is that after the 2000 election, McCain was understandably at odds with President Bush; like most Senators, he has friends on the other side of the aisle and probably did grumble to them about the Bush administration. In early 2001, the Democrats were desperate to convince a Republican to change parties, and McCain, as the loser to Bush in the 2000 primaries, was a natural choice.
I have two meta-comments. First, I thought this story would get more legs. Not because it is a good story — it is poorly sourced — but because the conservative blogs are supposed to hate John McCain. How have they come down so far? Power Line, Hot Air, Captain’s Quarters, Influence Peddler, Brainster, and David Brody have all come out saying, "no story here." Some have come out more negative: Mitt Romney’s former driver at TownHall, Outside The Beltway, QandO, and Ace of Spades have been more negative. That’s a pretty good day for John McCain on this story.
Perhaps most telling is that Drudge, who hates McCain, has not posted on it at all… Read some more excerpts and thoughts after the jump
This is interesting… Can McCain be far behind?
Marc Ambinder (welcome back!) has the story about Rudy Giuliani hitting the road. I am really looking forward to seeing how this goes. One of my big questions is how well New York City will play in Iowa and New Read more