From 2008-01, NH A Democrat (Independent Democrat, but still) is an effective surrogate in a GOP primary. But while John McCain was campaigning in Iowa, his wife Cindy and Joe Lieberman were barn-storming New Hampshire. Incidentally, Lieberman doesn’t think that he wants to be VP.
I asked John McCain what he thought of Mitt Romney’s "notes" comment. The Senator said that when Romney checks his notes: The record will show that he was looking at his shoes.
Mitt Romney made what may prove to be a major league gaffe today. In response to a reporter’s question, perhaps triggered by an aggressive web ad, Romney said: Mr. Romney: I don’t recall all the things that I said at that time, so I’d just have to go back and Read more
Mitt Romney dropped a negative ad in New Hampshire attacking John McCain. However, it seems that Romney, again, has some truthiness problems. Given the factual errors below, it is clear why McCain goes straight to Romney’s credibility problem. Factcheck.org, "More Mitt Malarky": Romney’s latest ad attacks McCain in New Hampshire Read more
It is clear that in Iowa, the debate is not about experience. It will be a fight between Mitt Romney’s money and Mike Huckabee’s churches. There are real doubts that Huckabee can sustain a challenge to any mainstream GOP candidate. Ultimately, his foreign policy and other flubs might create real Read more
Imagine what would happen if this happened on the first day of a Barack Obama or a Mitt Romney presidency, from the New York Times: An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon Read more
Core Favorability/Opposition Among All Voters Candidate Def. FOR Def. AGAINST Net Obama 29% 36% -7 McCain 22% 33% -11 Huckabee 21% 34% -13 Thompson 21% 34% -13 Edwards 23% 38% -15 Clinton 30% 47% -17 Giuliani 23% 42% -19 Romney 19% 47% -28 Paul 10% 48% -38 Bloomberg 5% 49% Read more
The day of the CNN/YouTube debate, Matt Drudge, handmaiden of Mitt Romney’s campaign, raised the issue that became known as "Shag Fund." The claim was that Rudy Giuliani had improperly hid expenses for visiting his then girlfriend. Well, it turns out that it just wasn’t true. Powerline and Captain’s Quarters Read more
UPDATE: My friend Erick at Redstate makes the same point. Today, John McCain got some press for stating, as a number of people had already, that David Petraeus should be Time’s Man of the Year, not Vladimir Putin. He is transparently correct. But there is a broader point that should Read more
The Des Moines Register and the Boston Globe endorsed John McCain today. The Register’s key quotes: Yet, for all their accomplishments on smaller stages, none can offer the tested leadership, in matters foreign and domestic, of Sen. John McCain of Arizona. McCain is most ready to lead America in a Read more