Yesterday, I criticized an egregious misquoting (turns out the misquoting was not original. Derrida and Searle would be proud of a bunch of conservatives arguing about the authorship of Jason quoting Human Events quoting McCain quoting the Supreme Court…) of one of the YouTubes that Matt Lewis and I took Read more…
My girlfriend. She was very impressed. And she’s not even a Republican.
John McCain has harsh words for the House Democratic Leadership on the Iraq Supplemental Appropriations Bill that they just passed. This is what he said at a town hall meeting in Plymouth, NH: McCain has been taking some heat for skipping some votes recently. But he is canceling some fundraisers Read more…
John McCain’s campaign invited two bloggers, me and Townhall’s Matt Lewis, to join his campaign this weekend in New Hampshire. We attended two town hall meetings, in Plymouth and Littleton. On the bus, John McCain sat between the two of us for two hours, with 5 or 6 "old media" Read more…
I noted earlier that Mitt Romney’s team took down video of Romney quoting Castro. One of the local news stations has the clip and used it to contrast with John McCain’s more successful visit:
I noticed something today when I saw that Dan Quayle said that he thinks that Mitt Romney will win the nomination. Look at Indiana, where the endorsements are split between John McCain and Romney: McCain: Governor Mitch Daniels Attorney General Steve Carter Romney: Secretary of State Todd Rokita National Comitteeman Read more…
Patrick Hynes, who works for John McCain, accompanied the Senator yesterday in New Hampshire. He’s got some great video. I can’t help but think that McCain really helped himself this weekend in New Hampshire.
Almost all the big polls are now out, along with some important analysis. So let me dive right in.
There are clearly three tiers of candidates from the polls. The picture at the right from Gallup clearly points these tiers out. First is Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. They have similar likability, and in recent weeks, it appears that Rudy has taken support from McCain in the polls. The second is Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. Both of these candidates appear to have relatively high "unfavorables" and even large numbers of Republicans who do not want them to be the nominee. And the third tier is people who no one has heard of. These are Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, etc.
Now, these differ from the conventional wisdom in Washington that places John McCain first, Rudy Giuliani second, and Mitt Romney third. Another poll found that Romney is leading about Republican National Committee members. So there is a clear disconnect between the opinions of "insiders" and the opinions of the masses. What is going on and how do the various campaigns understand these polls?
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Update: I have two additions, both from Jon Fleischman. First, Duf Sundheim denies in writing that he supports John McCain. Usually conservatives have trouble that anyone supports McCain. It is amusing that they insist on it here. Second, Fleischman, in his second post, gets a firm denial from the McCain Read more…
This is interesting: GOP consultant and former state GOP Executive Director Brendan Quinn, who was involved in the state Republican Party’s efforts to keep U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Az, off New York’s presidential primary ballot in 2000, confirmed he is now working for McCain and setting up his Empire State Read more…