California’s Flash Report has two posts (here and here) about the GOP money that is getting lined up in California. A summary below: John McCain: Jon Fleishman calls Donald Bren "the biggest prize in the sweepstakes for prominent figures in the California Republican finance community". One California consultant told me Read more
The Fix has the story. This is a big deal. Good for Rudy. Mike is a great guy. Everyone knows him and loves him. And he’s worked with, literally, everyone. (and you thought all I did was bash Romney) It will be really interesting to see the rest of the Read more
I know that I’ve been beating this dead horse, but something should be pointed out. While, I am still not convinced that Rudy Giuliani could put together an operation that raises $100m by, say, November or December 2007, these changes make him more competitive. His strength will be media, bypassing Read more
Another question about the 2006 election results is: Who survived and lost and what effect does it have on 2008? Note that The Fix is back up with Presidential rankings… We think that he is too high on Huckabee. A big one that people have talked about a lot is Read more
Now that I’ve spent a day recovering, I want to write a little bit about the 2008 consequences of the 2006 elections. I will cover issues, candidates, and other things. But, I’m starting with issues. The Washington Times(!) clearly argues that the winner is McCain, and while I agree overall Read more
Today the Blogosphere is buzzing with the news that people are advising Hillary Clinton not to run for President. Some discuss her future as the Democrat’s Senate Leader. I have written earlier about some of this here and here. Why is she considering this? There are several theories: She is Read more
Today the NY Times ran an article about Bloomberg not endorsing Faso: Dealing a symbolic blow to Republicans’ hopes of holding on to the executive mansion in Albany, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that he would not make any endorsement in the race to succeed Gov. George E. Pataki. Read more
As we noted earlier, Right Wing News has an analysis why Rudy may not be acceptable. Ann Althouse argues that those reasons make him more attractive to her (self-consciously in the middle). She says: But what about the potential to appeal to people like me who are in the middle? Read more
RightwingNews has (yet) another summary of the case againset Giuliani for the conservative GOP primary electorate. While we agree that there are many things that are damning in the eyes of the electorate, we think that, to some extent, people are asking the wrong questions. I think that Chuck Larson Read more
After my analysis yesterday of McCain’s chances, I got a comment from RudyBlogger, writer of GiulianiBlog. This got me thinking about the logical and political basis of a Rudy Giuliani candidacy. Then, I woke up this morning to see an article on Redstate about an attack from the left on Read more