Sorry for stopping posting. I have joined John McCain’s campaign in the Political Department. Since I have joined the campaign, I have not blogged, except for noting a couple of stories in my twitter and del.icio.us feeds. I will also blog at Redstate after we win the nomination and it Read more…
(Cross-post from Redstate) Macomb County, Michigan, is one of the homes of the Reagan Democrat. Today, I saw John McCain give a town hall in the closing stretch of the Michigan primary. I don’t have pictures because my video camera was stolen, but I have impressions. Michigan is in an Read more…
Jen Rubin captures the most important dynamic leading into South Carolina: Thompson gave himself an opening in South Carolina and gave conservatives a place to jump from the Romney leaking ship. He may have scuffed up Huckabee sufficiently to allow either himself or McCain to win SC. If the latter Read more…
The John McCain campaign is trying to score some endorsements out of the ranks of other campaigns. They are looking for a press boost and more momentum to add to what they already have. Note that with Rudy Giuliani’s complete pull-out of MIchigan those activists, voters, and endorsers may help Read more…
No one touched John McCain. No one. Fred Thompson whacked Mike Huckabee a couple of times. Mitt Romney was nowhere to be seen. McCain wins as the untouched front-runner. Fred for showing life. And Huck for handling some tough questions with grace.
New Hampshire had the potential to be another passion versus organization fight. John McCain has had amazing events overflowing with people. Mitt Romney not so much, with some evidence of Massachusetts astroturf. The polls seemed to settle on a 3-5 margin for McCain. Normally, I would have added another point Read more…
Mitt Romney’s voters are upper-middle class. The kinds of people who read the Wall Street Journal. Today the Journal attempted an assist. On the top of the page was a piece entitled "McCain’s promise" with the pull-quote: It is cruel to compare the senator to most of his Republican competitors. Read more…
(Crossposted from Redstate) From 2008-01, NH I just got to a computer after John McCain’s most recent townhall in Peterborough in western New Hampshire. Peterborough was the location of McCain’s famous 2000 town hall meeting that become a cover-story in Time Magazine. This year, it was McCain’s 100th town hall Read more…
Yesterday, we saw Mitt Romney, the candidate of the establishment, the lobbyist class, the interest group class, etc., get rejected by the people of Iowa. David Brooks understands the broader implications, which I have also talked about: On the Republican side, my message is: Be not afraid. Some people are Read more…
Cross-post from Redstate. I am posting there primarily, but I will try to cross-post here more. Mike Huckabee’s stunning victory in Iowa will have a number of consequences in New Hampshire, where I am now. Last night John McCain flew from Iowa to New Hampshire for his caucus-watching party. At Read more…