Isn’t it ironic that Rudy Giuliani is using "states rights" language to sell "northeast liberalism" to the South? Forty years ago, of course, Republicans talked "states rights" in the South to communicate that they were not northeast liberals. In a sense, he is recapitulating in reverse how Republicans won the Read more…
Jonathan Martin has the details for Rudy and Mitt. I would note that Romney raised $6m more online than Rudy. That’s remarkable. Update: Hotline has more details and Jonathan has the DNC’s attack on Rudy’s fundraising. Several things are clear: Romney only raised $2m more online than Rudy, not 6. Read more…
Yesterday and today (in response to Andrew Sullivan), Hotline’s Marc Ambinder pointed out that Rudy Giuliani is, perhaps, making a dodge on a variety of issues by invoking federalism. In essence, Marc’s position is: By not saying something like I think the flag is divisive, and I don’t like it. Read more…
I almost wasn’t even going to mention this because I had before. But there is one interesting little note. The New York GOP primary is winner-take-all. Did Spitzer just assign a bunch of delegates to Rudy with a pen?
On Face the Nation yesterday, Mike Huckabee attacked Mitt Romney over his hunting record. He said: "I think it was a major mistake," said Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor. "It would be like me saying I’ve been a lifelong golfer because I played putt-putt when I was 9 years old Read more…
Now, I’ve been trying to avoid the Rudy pile-on on abortion. But, now he is blaming bloggers for his problems? He could be running against Hillary Clinton. And he thinks bloggers play dirty? WTF?
"In a loud voice" that perhaps reporters weren’t supposed to hear, Rudy Giuliani says that the social conservatives will be split and that he will form a coalition of the remainder: In a voice loud enough to be overheard on the other side of the room, he outlined his view Read more…
Tom Ravenel, the State Treasurer. I remember making phone calls for DeMint hoping desperately that we wouldn’t elect a protectionist to the US Senate. Good statewide pickup for Rudy. He needs more of those.
This would be interesting. Chuck Todd and co. at NBC suggest that Grover Norquist may be signing on with Rudy Giuliani: Also in the article, it looks like Grover is about to come aboard. “Grover Norquist, the tax cut crusader and conservative strategist, said news reports about Giuliani’s personal life, Read more…
The Politico’s Jonathan Martin has an interesting article on potential struggles for Rudy Giuliani in Iowa. Hotline’s Marc Ambinder has a partial rebuttal this morning. And Sunday, AP’s Mike Glover had an interesting story about difficulties faced by conservatives in Iowa right now: As the 2008 race takes shape, these Read more…