According to Alexander Bolton in The Hill: Political experts in Iowa say top-tier Republican presidential candidates are facing growing pressure from two social conservatives who may grab one of the “three tickets out of Iowa” because of greater organizational strength. As a result, candidates such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Read more
I thought this was an encouraging sign. The College Republican National Committee is encouraging members to engage on YouTube. I don’t recall the College Dems doing this: The CRNC has started a YouTube group, College Republican Debate Questions, to encourage College Republicans across the country to submit questions for the Read more
Recall that Catholic Hispanics are more likely to be Democrats while Evangelical Hispanics, especially Pentecostals, are more likely to be Republican. Of course, if they think that the Republican Party is a bunch of racists, the ball moves, or so says the head of a national Hispanic evangelical organization: Mr. Read more
For all of the slightly odd talk about this being the start of the campaign season, it is clear that candidates are setting their messages for the next 3 months, and the press is going to take things more seriously now. One of the things that is clear is that, Read more
So, it is the day after labor day, and I am catching up on the news, including some big labor endorsement news from John Edwards, via Marc Ambinder: In Pittsburgh this morning, ex-Sen. John Edwards will proudly receive the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mineworkers of America, Read more
Ross Douthat ends a discussion of Mike Huckabee with: The most important thing, to my mind, is that a Huckabee-Giuliani-Romney race would be a lot healthier for the GOP than a Thompson-Giuliani-Romney race, which is reason enough to wish the Huckster well. Now, assuming that these aren’t battles over personality, Read more
I am really surprised that the tax fight hasn’t been engaged really. There was some, but not too much, noise when the tax-raising budget was passed by a Democratic Congress. But this is going to come back. In theory, the Bush administration helped the 2008 GOP nominee because imminent, steep Read more
As my friends Patrick Ruffini, Rob Bluey, and Justin Hart have pointed out, a bunch of us organized a new media training workshop at Heritage, sponsored by Google, on Wednesday. It was a success. About 200 people attended. It was truly extraordinary. The goal, more than anything else, was to Read more
Somehow, I am not all that impressed by the fight over the national parties stripping delegates from state parties who will have primaries prior to Feb. 5th. Last week, the story was Florida and the Democrats. This week, it appears to be the Republicans and Florida, South Carolina, and New Read more
This really isn’t a surprise, but Roll Call has the news. Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) will not run for re-election. The FBI raid was making this swing seat even harder to keep, and there was a lot of pressure from the NRCC to get out. There will undoubtedly be a Read more