The recent stir-up involving the Vanity Fair article about John McCain and Mitt Romney dodging hard interviews have made me think a little bit about the strategies of the two campaigns regarding the media. Romney is clearly building his own Read more…
Mitt Romney announced a group of people from his national Finance Committee. Hotlineblog has good commentary that I’ll just quote: But one new name stands out: Ted Welch, the Tennessee investment banker who masterminded Sen. Lamar Alexander‘s (R-TN) $20 million Read more…
Update: TPM’s Election Central notes that Lehman’s statement included an attack against the other candidates and speculates that that means Mitt Romney more than anyone else. Sam Brownback announced an important hire: Republican presidential prospect Sen. Sam Brownback said today Read more…
Mitt Romney filed, hired a great lawyer, put up a new website, and set out his new message. I see several themes: Romney is shining up his conservative credentials. Top and center is "America cannot continue to lead the family Read more…
Damon Linker wrote an article in TNR about Mitt Romney and Mormonism. He seems to be advocating for playing a redux of JFK’s Catholic/Houston moment in which JFK said that he wouldn’t take direction from the pope. The blog community Read more…
A number of people have started to point out problems with the Rudy Giuliani camp’s explanation of what happened to their strategy binder, both strategically and factually. It strikes me that they are trying to make an issue of this Read more…
There has been a lot of attention recently placed on Mike Huckabee:
In other words, Huckabee has been attracting a lot of significant attention. There still is no credible candidate of the religious right. Sam Brownback is not setting anyone afire. Frankly, he’s a boring speaker, but he does quite well in small groups. In the context of the Iowa caucus, there’s always room for a breakout candidate who fires up the religious voters. Mike Huckabee could be that guy. Read on.
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Rudy Giuliani’s campaign plan was leaked. Outside the Beltway says that it is not a big deal, but I disagree. First of all, it shows places that Giuliani has failed to match his plan. For example: Two of the top Read more…
Mitt Romney is getting beaten up again in the Evangelical media. Again, it is Pat Robertson’s CBN: There are at least four Republican Representatives from the Michigan State House that are seriously rethinking their support of Romney for President. These Read more…
Paul Weyrich gave an overview of the field of GOP Presidential candidates. On Mitt Romney he said: "Governor Romney is going to make an attempt to sound like us," say Weyrich. "[But] I don’t think he is; I don’t think Read more…