Dan Bartlett ripped into the GOP field the other day: One of President Bush’s closest advisers has a brutally candid analysis of the Republican nomination battle: Fred Thompson is the campaign’s "biggest dud," Mitt Romney has "a real problem in the South" because people will not vote for a Mormon, Read more…
I spent Friday morning at the Americans for Prosperity Conference, Defending the American Dream. (blog here) I was struck by several things about it. First, there were a lot of people. 1,600, and they said that they turned away more people. A lot of these are Republican activists. Some of Read more…
District Winner Total Votes California 34 (Los Angeles) D+53.6 74,818 California 31 (Los Angeles) D+100 64,952 Neil Stevens has an interesting post at Redstate about "Rotten boroughs" in California, among other states. He points to some interesting issues. He points to illegal immigration more than I would and less to Read more…
Candidate % Romney 29 Thompson 18 Huckabee 12 Giuliani 11 McCain 7 I normally don’t like to write on polls, but I think that this one tells us a lot about the future of the GOP race in Iowa. David Yepsen comments here. I am going to write this as Read more…
Candidate % Romney 29 Thompson 18 Huckabee 12 Giuliani 11 McCain 7 I normally don’t like to write on polls, but I think that this one tells us a lot about the future of the GOP race in Iowa. David Yepsen comments here. I am going to write this as Read more…
One of the things that Republicans have done better than Democrats is staff organizations on the Hill. One of my favorite from being on the Hill is the Republican Communicators Association. Every blogger in Washington should come. And, furthermore, the bloggers can share ideas with staffers, and, perhaps we can Read more…
They all come at once: Rudy Giuliani at $10.5m. $15 CoH Mitt Romney at $10m, $8.5m from self. And only $9m CoH. Is that a burn rate over 100%? Fred Thompson at $8m John McCain at $6m. $3.6m CoH, $1.5m in debt. I wonder where Jonathan Martin got his bogus Read more…
Richard Nadler wrote an important piece in the Journal a couple of days ago. First, Nadler’s conclusion is simple: Immigration policies that induce mass fear among illegal residents will induce mass anger among the legal residents who share their heritage. In other words, we are alienating Hispanics who are voters. Read more…
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) is announcing his retirement. That’s lousy news. The question is whether Rep. Heather Wilson runs for the seat. She’s probably our best chance, unless Darren White, the Bernallilo County sheriff runs. The conventional wisdom is that Rep. Steven Pearce has some nasty negative on Wilson just Read more…
Reps. Jeb Hensarling and Marsha Blackburn had a very brief conference call with bloggers. They noted that S-CHIP was vetoed by the President. They pointed out all the details about this being more than a children’s healthcare program. 17 states are adding adults with this. Dropping the citizenship requirement. Clearly Read more…