They start with Fred Thompson. Thompson: No reason to believe in a recession. He rattles off the numbers. He cuts to long-term spending, which is right up his ally. They follow up and ask about the polling and the angst. They switch to Romney and ask about foreclosure. 1/100-some. Romney Read more…
Now there are plenty of interesting things to say about the economics of the UAW strike. But let’s talk politics. What are the Dem candidates going to do? Does John Edwards run to join the picket lines? Does Hillary Clinton, confident in her primary victory, stay lukewarm? Or, sensing that Read more…
Somehow, I am not all that impressed by the fight over the national parties stripping delegates from state parties who will have primaries prior to Feb. 5th. Last week, the story was Florida and the Democrats. This week, it appears to be the Republicans and Florida, South Carolina, and New Read more…
Chuck Todd has the main story: According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state’s primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15. This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who really wanted to move the Read more…
State 1/x Households in Foreclosure # of Households foreclosing Bush 04 margin EVs Primary Date Nevada 40 25,208 21k 5 1/19 Colorado 60 34,287 100k 9 2/5 California 69 189,560 -1.2m 55 2/5 Michigan 80 55,896 -160k 17 1/26?? Florida 81 102,213 380k 27 1/29 Ohio 82 60,728 120k 20 Read more…
Just when you thought that the calendar was going to be stable, Ohio and Michigan start to screw it up. In Ohio, legislation has been introduced by a Democratic State Senator to move the date to Jan. 29th, the same day as Florida. Stealing Florida’s special location would probably have Read more…
As has been repeatedly noted, the primary calendar is strongly in flux. However, one of the most interesting questions is: what happens if New Hampshire moves up sharply, as I expect it will. Consider some facts: New Hampshire is committed (and empowered) to move up before, at least, Nevada, meaning Read more…
Epic-MRA has a new Michigan poll. Now, the horserace numbers are interesting, but I want to focus on some other things. But first the numbers. They gave us both fav/unfavs among Republicans: Don’t Know very Gen Total Gen very Total undec George W. Bush 0% 30% 43% 73% Read more…
Wait. Last week Romney said he was "always for life". At the same time, his staff was saying that he was pro-choice until he was elected (what will be be after he is elected this time?) Check out the letter after the jump.
I’m confused about where he stands. So is his staff. So is Romney.
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NYT’s The Caucus has a good rundown. John McCain did the same thing at Mitt Romney’s Republican Governors Association meeting.