Anyone left?
John McCain’s campaign sure lost a lot of staff.
McCain’s fundraising numbers
Ryan Sager has the info. John McCain’s campaign fired about 50 staff, raised $11.2 CoH, and has $2m CoH. That means that they spent about $13m in Q2. Where did that go? Apparently, the strategy is to focus on New Hampshire and South Carolina. I assume this means that they Read more…
Strategy
Logic of the McCain/Romney attack
Patrick Ruffini argues that it doesn’t make sense for John McCain to be attacking Mitt Romney. His argument boils down to the fact that if the punch lands, it still leaves Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson standing and, probably, helps them. But there are a lot of strategic and tactical Read more…
Strategy
McCain, Romney, and Rudy
AmSpec’s Jim Antle said: I don’t understand the McCain camp’s insistence on focusing on the candidate behind them in most polls [Romney] rather than the candidate ahead of them in most polls [Giuliani]. The NYT’s Caucus blog has speculated on this too: The feud between Senator John McCain and former Read more…
McCain offers fighting words on Romney
McCain discusses Romney’s position on immigration: Maybe I should wait a of couple weeks and see if it changes. Maybe he can get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his yard. McCain refers to Romney’s general flip-floppery, Romney’s gun gaffes, and the illegals who take care Read more…
John McCain’s conference call
John McCain opened the call with a discussion of his speech, his discussion with Kyl, and immigration. He notes that immigration is a national security issue. And he also notes that there’s no smaller bill that can get through the Senate. Ann Althouse asks about the difficulty of running for Read more…
Strategy
Isn’t Rudy’s best feature his personality?
Matt Lewis writes an interesting comparison of Giuliani and McCain’s debate strategies. It occurs to me that more than any issue, which serve to validate Rudy Giuliani’s credentials, what he is really offering voters is his personality. Isn’t that right?
Environment
McCain foregrounds global warming
This is the sort of thing that the conservative blogosphere won’t understand. John McCain is foregrounding his support for global warming. Today, Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from neighboring Maine, penned a piece for the Portsmouth Herald on global warming, praising McCain. Check this out: McCain partnered with Sen. Read more…
McCain attributes Romney’s OBL position to “naivete”
Race4008‘s Jen Rubin asked Senator John McCain about Mitt Romney’s statement about Osama Bin Laden. McCain attributed his position to "naivete." Recall the quote: [Romney] said the country would be safer by only "a small percentage" and would not see "a very insignificant increase in safety" if al-Qaida leader Osama Read more…
MoveOn giving McCain a helping hand?
Doesn’t MoveOn cutting an ad attacking John McCain help him? I think that Michael Goldfarb nailed it: As the Hotline points out, "The more liberals bash McCain, the more comfortable conservatives tend to get." Truer words were never written. The idea that this ad could do any damage to McCain Read more…