Here’s an interesting observation from the Boston Globe: THE VARIETY of opinions expressed by the Republican presidential candidates in last night’s New Hampshire debate made for an engaging evening of aired differences. On Iraq war strategy, immigration, abortion rights, health care, trade, and English as the official US language, the Read more…
Well, Rudy Giuliani will not be at Ames. Neither will Fred Thompson. One has to wonder whether other campaigns will reconsider their commitments. Let’s look at what this all might mean. Here are some possibilities. Ames will select the most important 2nd tier candidate It is clear that the straw Read more…
Mitt Romney seemed not present. Perhaps he will claim, like the second tier democrats, that he didn’t get enough questions. It seems that the NRO crowd is claiming that McCain won. I remember him and GIuliani. I don’t remember Romney at all. Again, Huckabee did well. Will think well.
Introductions Tancredo: MoC for 10 years Tommy Thompson: Candidate not the actor. Governor for 14 and Secretary of HHS Sam Brownback. Raised on farm in Kansas, have 5 kids, Senator Mitt Romney: Family, neighbor and MA. Giuliani: Likes the motto McCain: Served coountry all his life. Huckabee: Give people from Read more…
There was a very important letter published in the Dallas Morning News about immigration. It was signed by a number of leading Republicans. Let’s look at some text: This is the most far-reaching and thoughtful reform of our immigration system in four decades and one that will significantly enhance American Read more…
Patrick Ruffini wrote an interesting post about, what he called, different modes of activism. I thought that he was arguing that the online left was unfocused, and that it was hard to convert to GOTV, which was where the rubber really meets the road. I responded and argued that there Read more…
Patrick Ruffini argues that the GOP has the right model for online activism: I can sing chapter and verse on why our model was better. Lateral communications (or community building amongst supporters) is a worthwhile goal in itself, but often gets confused with what it takes to do GOTV in Read more…
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had some thoughts on the immigration bill. It is a useful check on the hysteria on the right: “This is a divisive issue” for both parties, said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican. But, he said, “I don’t think there’s a single member of either party next Read more…
ABC just wrote about the damage that Mitt Romney’s pandering on immigration will do to him in Florida. It even quotes Jeb Bush as "disappointed" in Romney. I think that this raises an interesting process point. There has been much talk about adding Nevada to the Democratic schedule having the Read more…
Is there a new word coming? Ryan Sager discovers that Fred Thompson had taken different positions on immigration than his current one. In April of 2006 and March of 2007, he firmly was to the left of the current bill. For example, he opposed the fence: that’s a technical problem. Read more…