This is a big deal. Mike Allen has the story: Former Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick is planning to go to work fulltime next year for the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, overseeing development of domestic and foreign policy, Republican officials tell TIME. It is hard to Read more…
The other day, ABP was telling us that McCain got the New Media. This was in response to my pointing out that a self-congratulatory Redstate writer thought McCain was going to get rolled by the blogosphere. Well, and you are probably sick of hearing this, McCain announced some new hires Read more…
Do Democrats think that if you repeat something enough times, it will become true? They do it on the economy every day… What today? The DSCC is attacking McCain again for violating campaign finance laws. This is funny. Last time they got it wrong. In fact, their press release makes Read more…
There has been much discussion today of McCain’s frontrunner status. Today’s granddaddy article on McCain has to be the NYT’s piece on all the people that he has recruited. It was mostly a list of Washington Insiders. Other stories have pointed out that he has been lining up people in Read more…
The Washington Times has a glowing article about Mitt Romney’s trip to the California GOP meeting. Truth Caucus has a source on the ground with great stories of Romney’s time there. The Miami Herald has an article on John McCain’s campaigning with Charlie Crist in Florida. Note that this is Read more…
H/T Granite Grok. The Bow Picnic and Straw Poll in NH took place on the 19th. The results: US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)26% US Secretary of State Condoleezza “Condi” Rice (R-Cal.) 26% Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY) 14% Governor George Pataki (R-New York) 12% US Senator George Read more…
The Boston Globe ran a story about Massachussets Governor Mitt Romney campaigning in the South. It included a picture with Mississippi Senator Trent Lott. The funny thing is that Lott has already signed up with Straight Talk America, John McCain’s PAC and embyonic campaign.
GOP side: John McCain: 24% Rudy Giuiliani and Condi Rice: 20% Newt Gingrich: 10% Dem side: Hillary Clinton and John Edwards tied at 34% Vilsack third. Upshot: McCain is still the front runner. And Hillary just can’t go that high, we think.
The DSCC blasted McCain for his appearance with the GOP SC Adjutant General candidate… But the DSCC got their facts wrong (“Shoot first, ask questions never”). You see they say: The law that McCain wrote specifically prohibits Senators from raising more than $2100 for a state candidate. [my emphasis] However, Read more…