Prior to yesterday’s Florida primary, Human Events touted the GOP gubernatorial primary as a “Moral Crossroads” and a “Test of the Religious Right”. The race is over. What have we learned? First, the dynamics of the race. Both candidates had a relatively moderate record. Both tacked to the right in Read more
Stephen Bainbridge has written a piece in TCS Daily advising the GOP to not talk about the war in the 2006 election. He has further argued that a recent WSJ piece supports this position. His argument, at its simplest can be summarized with this: Democrats need to talk about the Read more
I just wrote something on Bill Frist and I got an email from, presumably, a Frist fan asking why I don’t take Frist seriously. He pointed me to a positive review by Hindraker and by a guy who went to Princeton. Ed from Captain’s Quarters was also there and has Read more
As we noted earlier, Right Wing News has an analysis why Rudy may not be acceptable. Ann Althouse argues that those reasons make him more attractive to her (self-consciously in the middle). She says: But what about the potential to appeal to people like me who are in the middle? Read more
RightwingNews has (yet) another summary of the case againset Giuliani for the conservative GOP primary electorate. While we agree that there are many things that are damning in the eyes of the electorate, we think that, to some extent, people are asking the wrong questions. I think that Chuck Larson Read more
(Sorry for the break in posting. I had a great time with my girlfriend on the James River and in a nice little B+B in Luray) While I was enjoying coffee at the Mayneview, I read the cover story of the Washington Post Magazine on John McCain. The article wasted Read more
Dan Drezner is saying that the next McCain is Brownback. One Redstate writer agrees, but another suggests Hagel. Of course, no one really thinks that these are viable 08 candidates. But the search for an anti-McCain candidate continues furiously. One option seems to be Mitt Romney. But Gary Glenn, the Read more
The Washington Times has a glowing article about Mitt Romney’s trip to the California GOP meeting. Truth Caucus has a source on the ground with great stories of Romney’s time there. The Miami Herald has an article on John McCain’s campaigning with Charlie Crist in Florida. Note that this is Read more
Tom Rath was a huge Bush operative in 2000 in New Hampshire. He didn’t do too well in his own state, but he carried a lot of water for our President. Now it appears that he is carrying water for Romney. Now, that’s cool, but he cannot do it as Read more
The “insurgents” ran very good campaigns. But we learn very different things from them. First, CT Senate. Ned Lamont, the darling of the lefty blogosphere, had a lot of good campaign ideas. People have talked about all the blog stuff and YouTube stuff (NPR/Slate on this). But, perhaps more to the Read more