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Makes Rudy wish he lived in Arizona…
Jonathan Martin has a point… Meanwhile one of the Arizona Republic’s blogs is playing interference for McCain…
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Romney flip-flops on favorite movie…
Or so says the Boston Herald. I mean, you have to keep that straight, it is a security question online, right? (H/T Wlady)
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An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter
[see original here] Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak out in the defense of the conservative movement, and make a stand for political civility. This is one of Read more…
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Politicizing families is wrong (update)
Update: Some of my readers have suggested that I am overdoing it on Ann Romney. I don’t think so. Look at this excerpt from a recent Politico story: When I asked Romney if it was legitimate to ask people to vote for him because of his stable family life, his Read more…
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Are the ads Romney’s last stand?
Last week, Mitt Romney released ads in a bunch of early states. I argued that Romney was going on the air because he was getting defined in the media. Now HotlineTV weighs in, arguing that Romney made a fundamental mistake with these ads because now, if Romney’s numbers don’t move, Read more…
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Mitt losing the media (update)
Update: A reader points out the date of this: Feb. 28, 2005. This is after Romney’s supposed conversion. Romney now says that he was pro-life when he gave this interview. Does this sound pro-life: I’m personally pro-life but I won’t change the laws, you could describe that as – well Read more…
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Why is Mitt going on the air?
As everyone knows by now, Mitt Romney has gone on the air in a bunch of states. Here is the ad. Mitt is doing this because he has a problem. A recent post on the Gallup poll blog gets it right: At the other end of the spectrum is Mitt Read more…
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Does “Rudy wins blogger straw poll!” matter? Yes!
Patrick Ruffini pushed out the news that Rudy Giuliani won the February GOP bloggers straw poll. David All has one interpretation of what this means. I have another. It will be easier for Rudy to control stories about him, especially negative stories. First of all, this means that when the Read more…
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Season starting too early? For whom?
Yesterday the Politico published an interesting article about an interview with Karl Rove. The emphasis of the article was: "I think it is going to mean that people develop a persona earlier and wear out their welcome earlier than they would," he told The Politico in an interview. "I think Read more…