Earlier in the week, Mitt Romney released his "Ocean" ad. Jonathan Martin, typically exuberant in his praise of Romney, had this to say: Second, it seems as though this ad is yet more evidence of Romney trying to "close the deal" with social conservatives. The campaign increasingly views Fred Thompson Read more…
The Prowler has text of an email pushing negative info. How many times is it going to happen to this guy?
All the enthusiasm was for Fred Thompson. Probably a quarter of the delegates were walking around with Thompson stickers. The news stories and the videos only partly capture the energy in the room for him. While his speech was a little bit of a let down on content the positioning Read more…
I was at the back of the room, so I had to zoom. That made this more jittery. And the tele-prompters (for a YR speech??) were inconveniently placed. I had to cut it up into multiple bits for YouTube. Here it is:
Update: Virginians for Fred Thompson has some pictures of geriatric Young Republicans, including a nice explanation of what actually happened at the straw poll. The Mitt Romney campaign has usually been quick to announce straw poll results. I haven’t seen an announcement yet for the one at the Young Republican Read more…
Update: Since writing this, Glen Johnson at the AP has written on the whole Romney/porn story. He quoted Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council. At the very least, this puts an exclamation point on my second point below. Clearly the Focus/FRC operation has engaged for Thompson and Read more…
Ok. Mitt Romney was supposed to be the money king. But he only raised $2.8m more than John McCain, according to AP. Between Q1 and Q2 Romney raised, including the $9m from himself, about $44m. And now he has $12m COH. That means that Romney spent $32m, with about $20m Read more…
Back in October, I wrote about Mitt Romney’s problem with the Big Dig: Today [the Boston Globe] attack[s] his record on the Big Dig and his management skills in general. There are two significant issues here. First, the investigation may damage his 2008 chances. After all, who wants to vote Read more…
George Romney that is. According to the Globe, Nixon’s CoS said, "P concluded that Romney is the type who always folds under pressure, after talking a big game." Like father, like son?
Mitt Romney endorsed Rocky Anderson for mayor of Salt Lake in 2003. Here’s the ad: Turns out that Rocky is unhappy with Mitt now. From the Deseret News: Anderson told host Amy Goodman, "This is not Mitt Romney. If you asked Mitt Romney, sat down and got the real Mitt Read more…